Gus Poyet appointed as Sunderland's new manager on two-year deal http://www1.skysports.com/football/...-appointed-sunderlands-new-manager-on-tuesday
Is he? I think he did ok at brighton, well in fact but thats not the prem. Is it not a bit of a risk? I don't know i just have to ask.
No matter who you get it's a risk, tbf. For a team at Sunderland's current level (no disrespect intended) he looks like a reasonable appointment to me. Always seems like a nice guy so should get on with the players- let's face it, he's got to be an improvement on Di Canio in that respect. Whether he's good enough to keep them in the PL remains to be seen, I'm not sure what went wrong at Brighton.
Apparently it was his constant undermining of the board and chief exec at Brighton that did for him, but his coaching results were pretty good there - certainly they are not pulling up any trees since he got sacked... Could be good for Sunderland.
It's possibly one of the best options open to Sunderland. I doubt Poyet is going to be given an open cheque book in January so he's going to have to play the rest of the season with what he's got. It's still a big gamble. If he fails then he at least has experience of the Championship and could probably bring them back quicker. Though I'm sure he'll want to keep them in the Prem!
I think, given time, Poyet could be a good manager. However, I'm not convinced he is the man they required to avoid relegation.
If they are looking at the big picture, want to build a team based on the type of football Gus likes his teams to play, why the 2 year deal? I'm not sure he can implement his philosophy and keep them up this year, therefore you'd assume they'd be prepared to go down with Gus so that he could continue to rebuild and bring them back up (should the be relegated). If they wanted to ensure they stayed up, no matter what then surely (and I ain't a fan of his), someone like Pulis would have been the safer bet?
Exactly, you'd think they'd want survival at all costs, so bring in Pulis, stabilise the club, become mid-table again, and a few years down the line, if you want to go about a footballing philosophy change, do so from a more stable footing.
As much as I loathe the man, I think you're spot on there. He'd have kept them up imo, whereas they've hired Di Canio Lite, who's also got zero PL experience. Nailed on to go down now for me.
Just for Bluff.. "The best O-fence is a good D-fence..." and boy can Pulis team's defend. They've also got a couple of forwards to play is tried and tested Hoofball, what with the American Emile Heskey and Wickerman But to each their own...
They've got Fletcher as well mate. They might be short in the yard dog CB dept for a Pulis side though - he has at least 4 grocks at the back.
