Most lucrative match is true, but not biggest in historical terms.
Don't forget it was Poyet who got us in that position in the first place - and I really don't think he 'blew it'.
Why would he not want us to reach the play-off final? Even if he had definitely decided that he wanted to...
His reaction after the game was misjudged, classic case of Poyet opening his mouth before applying his brain. You could tell he was hurt by the defeat and said we had probably reached the 'ceiling', which was pretty accurate really (we were mid-table in terms of our wage bill yet finished 4th)...
Bigger than the FA Cup final, Newcastle 79?
What evidence have you got that he was uninterested or 'sulking' - have you spoken to the players, or other people who were around him that day? Interesting if so, because even though he has connection with us anymore no-one at all has come out and...