Of course there was, but not as much as I have seen since he left. Every manager/team have bad games, and in Poyet's case it is difficult to forget games like the Christmas period vs Charlton at home when Calderon was sent-off, Millwall home for example or Barnsley (when McCourt scored). But you...
Did well in the Championship as well, gave us St Patrick's Day massacre, plus lots of entertaining football IMO. He just had a massively inflated opinion of himself and there are plenty of managers like that......
Brighton were a great fit for him, but he just couldn't control his mouth.