Poyet seems like he's lost the plot to me. He's been rather erratic lately, just watch the interviews. Pressure is getting to him. I think you need an older and calmer manager and say what you want I thought Bruce was a good fit for you. Pulis would have been great for you and kept you up. What's Steve Coppell doing these days, is he retired?
Anyway, I don' think it's vital for SAFC to keep Poyet. He's not convinced me. Maybe there is something wrong in the dressing room, I don't know, but both Brown and O'Shea have won dozens of trophies between them so they know a thing or two about the mentality of a winning football team.
You can't go round saying lets to this one week and change it all up the next.
* The daily mail article has a lot of quotes and it sure sounds like Poyet is convinced somethings wrong. Well hell, pick up the phone and call Steve Bruce and ask him what the problem was. It's as if he's talking like there's an evil ghost stalking the SOL.
The way I see it, your team, much like my own is lacking in spine. Maybe that's due to the boardroom not showing enough ambition but there's not enough ambitious characters in the dressing room. I don't doubt Catts wants to make stuff work, but aside from him, who is there? Maybe O'Shea and Brown, and Bardsley, maybe Johnson? And with us? Tiote. Cabs was ambitous and Ba was and left. Remy is and will leave. The rest? Oh whatever, I'm getting my money, let's jog around a bit anyway, don't want to get hurt now do I.
I really can't remember the last time any of Newcastles back line had a bloodied nose or a cut head. Arms up in air. That's all. And that's what's wrong at both of our clubs.