You can't compare the budgets as straightforward as you have in my opinion. Poyet spent more money however he was starting from a league 1 winning team, good base but quality required. Oscar had a team that had just lost in the championship playoffs so a higher starting point and therefore less...
For the fans maybe but how much that effects the players I'm not sure, it's not as if they went through it. As a previous poster said it could have turned into a millstone around our necks. Plus our home form wasn't any better than any other team especially those teams that finished within a few...
Bridcutt got quite a few games last year and Buckley seems to be playing whenever I've checked so he took them out of spite and then played them? It's not spite, managers frequently try and get players they worked with previously partly because they know them very well and less of a gamble and...
Are you not contradicting yourself? You say its straightforward for a team full of million pound players and internationals to make the playoffs and then you bring wolves up? Their manager must have been completely useless.