Sami Hyypia is the new boss at.......

[fat old seagull]

2 lessons I'm sure he learnt,

1. Don't let Burke choose/buy your players

2. See above.

I agree, and the reason that Sami never really had much of a chance here. David Burkes obsession with taking on run of the mill average journeymen. Who often sat on the bench for weeks without any output. How much clever the new procurement team is can't be overstated.

 

[symyjym]

He inherited a poor squad but he started the season better than we finished it. Point for point there wasn’t anything in it between Hughton and Sami. 4 points in the last 14 games is nothing to shout about.

I wish him well and will not judge him on his time with us.

 

[rippleman]

I wish Sami well.

We are VERY fortunate that he is a man of honour & integrity and walked away when he did - whilst the club were trying to persuade him to stay.

Having said that, Hughton's record last season was only very marginally better. Hughton got lucky that there were teams that were even more appalling than us.

 

[Danny-Boy]

There are many reasons for his abject failure here, and this wouldn't be the primary one, but for me whenever he spoke he sounded like the most downbeat, morose, unenthusiastic, uninspiring character imaginable. A total charisma-free zone. A malignant, dark, swirling vortex that drained all energy and life from the immediate surrounding area. It was essentially like having Eeyore as manager.

Or a gnome...

 

[mxs_harrow]

Reference the points gathered by Hughton; the Tex and Baldock injuries certainly contributed to only just avoiding relegation. Ledesma/Carayol/Best - just scraping around with what loanees were available

 

[albionite]

I kind of liked him at first, either the players didn't buy into his tactics or not good enough to,(would of been interesting if we did have players that fitted) but his lack to change things around when it wasn't working was his downfall.

 

[dazzer6666]

A truly truly decent and honorable man who waived his right to compensation and did the best he could under limited circumstances. David Burke and his spreadsheet anyone? Selling Ulloa right before the season without a replacement identified? He did get us Tex and he wanted to walk away sooner BUT THE CLUB WANTED HIM TO STAY.

That said he was out of his depth, Jones and Hughton just about got us out the shit.

But Sami I do wish you well.

This - no way the shambles of last season is entirely down to him. Hope he does well but very glad he's not here.

 

[RexCathedra]

He'll have his side into Europe before Hughton does, if either of them do.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Sami was an honourable man, a nice bloke, but the only way he'll EVER have success as a manager is with a strong No.2 alongside him.

I fancy Leverkusen will turn out to be his pinnacle in management, I daresay he'll be Finland boss in due course and one day I hope to raise a glass as his side beat Scotland in a Euro / World Cup qualifier.

 

[GT49er]

Best of luck, Sami.

 

[W.C.]

I really hope he finds his managing mojo. On the evidence we saw, that's going to be tough, but a good guy, wish him well.

 

[Stat Brother]

A truly truly decent and honorable man who waived his right to compensation and did the best he could under limited circumstances. David Burke and his spreadsheet anyone? Selling Ulloa right before the season without a replacement identified? He did get us Tex and he wanted to walk away sooner BUT THE CLUB WANTED HIM TO STAY.

That said he was out of his depth, Jones and Hughton just about got us out the shit.

But Sami I do wish you well.

Sami was an honourable man, a nice bloke, but the only way he'll EVER have success as a manager is with a strong No.2 alongside him.

I do wonder if the fine margins Sami's Albion always fell the wrong side of might have differed had Sammy Lee stayed on board.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Bet that was a scintillating job interview

 

[symyjym]

There are fine margins in this game. We could easily have drawn the first two games this season and lost the last. If Sami didn't have bad luck he wouldn't have had any luck at all, and having to deal with six loans in an already patched up squad any manager would have struggled.

 

[Stat Brother]

There are fine margins in this game. We could easily have drawn the first two games this season and lost the last. If Sami didn't have bad luck he wouldn't have had any luck at all, and having to deal with six loans in an already patched up squad any manager would have struggled.

A fact that would make the current Hughton thread very different reading.

Wasn't Sami's team something ridiculous like 'statistically the best team at nearly winning', in Europe.

I remember coming away from some games thinking 'blimey we'll batter the next team', Cardiff instantly springs to mind.
But the next game was always 2 steps back, instead of one forward.

It's only fair to write I think I was probably the last one off the Sami train, I stayed on till Derby away.

 

[albionite]

When was Derby in the season. Think it was Rotherham at home I knew we needed a new manager.

 

[daveinprague]

Lets not forget, he was shit at Bayer as well.
Probably a nice bloke, but Jesus, was glad to seem him go.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Hmm, I wonder if COG and Colunga like cuckoo clocks

Genuinely laughed out loud at that.

 

[symyjym]

A fact that would make the current Hughton thread very different reading.

Wasn't Sami's team something ridiculous like 'statistically the best team at nearly winning', in Europe.

I remember coming away from some games thinking 'blimey we'll batter the next team', Cardiff instantly springs to mind.
But the next game was always 2 steps back, instead of one forward.

It's only fair to write I think I was probably the last one off the Sami train, I stayed on till Derby away.

I liked what he was trying to do. To change us from a cautious side into an attacking one was a mighty task using a patched up squad full of strangers, but I think he would have kept us up in the end. It always seemed to be individual errors that cost us points, not the tactics.

 

[albionite]

I liked what he was trying to do. To change us from a cautious side into an attacking one was a mighty task using a patched up squad full of strangers, but I think he would have kept us up in the end. It always seemed to be individual errors that cost us points, not the tactics.

Almost agree with that, his tactics would of worked with right players. Far too many mistakes cost us games when we was the better side( made it even more frustrating ). It was his refusal to change tactics when clearly it wasn't working