Plus points of a new manager coming in...

[Finchley Seagull]

i think at time are tempo was far too slow and we need to break quicker like watford did against us

I agree at times that our build up was too slow. However, other times we were brilliant and played some fantastic attacking football.

 

[brightonmark1234]

I wonder if the pitch will be made smaller as well? Poyet loves a big pitch

i feel the pitch we stay the same size

 

[Barn Door Billy]

You have to look at the Swansea model which we have duplicated . Could be best thing to ever happen .

This. Swansea were the team I also thought of; must have been painful when rodgers left, but now under laudrup they are a far better team.

I have always been 100% behind gus during his time at the Albion and I still think he is one of our greatest ever. But as this story unfolds, I have started to believe that maybe his passing is a good thing for the club, partly due to his behaviour and attitude, but also because a breath of fresh air may be a good thing in footballing terms. Of course, it depends on who the replacement is...

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Lets hope Poyet doesn't get his dream budget elsewhere and come poaching Bridcutt, Buckley and so on.

After Vicente-gate I'm not so sure that our players will be quite as desperate as I suspected to follow Gus whatever.

I'm still concerned that other clubs will come in for Bridders but TBH I can't see quite so much interest in many of our other players after their play off performance.

If this means the core of our present squad will stay and give the new manager a chance then I would be pretty happy. An injection of fresh ideas and motivation might just be what we need to move onward and upward.

 

[pork pie]

Barnes maybe played as a striker not in midfield
We may play 2 upfront for more than 1-2 games in a season
WE may become a more attacking team not obsessed with possession


Over to you...

We may have a team with the backbone to fight back from going a goal down! Whoever we get must build a team with strength, speed and skill. Pussy football will not win this league.

 

[Neecha]

This. Swansea were the team I also thought of; must have been painful when rodgers left, but now under laudrup they are a far better team.

I have always been 100% behind gus during his time at the Albion and I still think he is one of our greatest ever. But as this story unfolds, I have started to believe that maybe his passing is a good thing for the club, partly due to his behaviour and attitude, but also because a breath of fresh air may be a good thing in footballing terms. Of course, it depends on who the replacement is...

totally agree with this. If he starts bleating on about other clubs in his next job other boards maybe less tolerant

 

[LamieRobertson]

There have been some incredible highs under Gus, surely nobody will deny that?

i can name a few that would deny it

 

[Neecha]

i can name a few that would deny it

no doubt its been great up until last week

 

[Finchley Seagull]

We may have a team with the backbone to fight back from going a goal down! Whoever we get must build a team with strength, speed and skill. Pussy football will not win this league.

Yet we came fourth in the league, only four points off second, and got the most points in 2013. If we had Ulloa all season we may have gone up automatically playing "pussy football". Maybe we should hire John Beck and only sign players over 6 foot 6.

 

[pork pie]

i can name a few that would deny it

Boring pussy football. Very few exciting matches. Unless you get excited by futile passes for the sake of passing. I think that we have had poor value for the money invested by TB. IF Poyet had been more adventurous we had automatic promotion within our sights.

 

[portslade seagull]

The possibility of attacking football and not hearing the manager moan/make excuses every time we lose.

Think you'll find regardless of the manager they always moan/make excuses to deflect the flak when they lose

 

[Max Paper]

I'd like to see utilising our attacking talent, a plan b and someone who doesn't think he is bigger than the club. Is that too much?

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Boring pussy football. Very few exciting matches. Unless you get excited by futile passes for the sake of passing. I think that we have had poor value for the money invested by TB. IF Poyet had been more adventurous we had automatic promotion within our sights.

Thanks for providing the perfect example of what I was talking about. Luckily most people have the sense to realise this is rubbish and we did really well to come fourth.

 

[pork pie]

Thanks for providing the perfect example of what I was talking about. Luckily most people have the sense to realise this is rubbish and we did really well to come fourth.

Rubbish! We had the ability to win matches, but failed to try.

 

[Mackenzie]

Be interesting to see if the new chap can utilise CMS correctly, you'd have thought him and Ulloa would be a decent combination.

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Rubbish! We had the ability to win matches, but failed to try.

We don't have the right to win every game you know. Some of the games we drew, we did everything but score. The goal scoring issue was solved with Ulloa and we have been on a superb run since Christmas playing some great football along the way. If you don't realise that and genuinely haven't enjoyed this season, I feel sorry for you as you will probably never be happy.

 

[Neecha]

Be interesting to see if the new chap can utilise CMS correctly, you'd have thought him and Ulloa would be a decent combination.

Barnes and Cms as well ?

 

[Philzo-93]

Or two wingers.

THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS!

 

[Neecha]

THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS!

Maybe even 4-4-2!! Ulloa & CMS Buckers & Kaz !

 

[the wanderbus]

It amazes me that people think Poyet's style was boring. We played some amazing football this season and it was far from boring. Predictable at times, maybe but not boring most of the time.

Yes we did, the best football I've ever seen at The Albion....at times. But too often slow, predictable , ineffective and ultimately boring.