No, I think Poyet had a MASSIVE say in the players we recruited when he was here. He then left when that part of his job was taken away from him and given to Burke. Our best players the next season under a decent manager were basically Poyet players with the addition of some rather ordinary...
You make a good point. Clayton, Grabban, Ward, all good players we couldn't land who would probably have made a massive difference to the shambles last season.
I'd suggest the first play off team was a Poyet team and the second one was what was left of a Poyet team who scraped in but had no chance of winning. This season was the first REAL Burke system team IMO. Allegedly the most expensive Albion team ever, I say again, that went well...
I think...
Isn't that very similar to how our system worked under Burke? That went well. Funny that Brentford are owned by an ex chum of Bloom. A disaster in waiting is my prediction.