Only one thing's certain; when Sunderland go down, GP will engineer an exit in order to maintain his 'reputation'. He'll not be fussed. Won't be hanging around on the sunk ship. None of that sappy talk about 'bouncing straight back up'. He'll already have booked his prime spot in the shop window...
Superb full-on Basil Fawlty after this weekend's defeat, as quoted on the BBC website:
'Sunderland boss Gus Poyet on conceding five own goals this season: "One, two, three - bad luck. Five? Too many. Me, I believe in coincidence once, twice. Five? No, I don't.
"Somehow always something...
100% nailed on that he'll either flounce or flatly refuse to accept any responsibility for the team's league position if he's not given an unlimited war chest to spend in January. Which he won't be given. Will be funny to watch the inevitable unwind.