http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sunderland-head-coach-gus-poyet-8138795 Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet reveals the ideas behind his football philosophy In an in depth interview with the LMA magazine the Black Cats' boss talks about his time in France and the need for man management please log in to view this image âWhen you join a club midway through a season like I did at Sunderland, you first have to adapt to them,â says Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet. In a revealing in-depth interview with The Manager magazine, produced by the League Managerâs Association, the Black Catsâ boss discusses his upbringing in sport, his management ethos, as well as life so far at the Stadium of Light. Poyet is a thinking manâs manager and possesses an array of analytical skills, which comes across in his managerial style on Wearside. Players he has worked with in the game state the Uruguayan boss uses a âkind and honestâ approach and Poyet himself puts clear emphasis on the man-management of players. âTo compete in the Barclays Premier League you need every one of your players to be convinced that every position is important, not just the one who scores the winning goal, or saves a penalty,â Poyet adds in the interview. âPlayers need to buy into the idea they canât dip in and out when they feel like it; there must be unity right from pre-season through to the end. âWe must all show honesty, respect and responsibility at all times.â It was this professional approach that saw Sunderland pull off the most remarkable of comebacks last season, after they were cut adrift at the bottom of the Premier League. This season in patches, Poyetâs men have shown they are more than comfortable with life at the top level, despite a fluke 8-0 reverse at Southampton. Poyet seems at home at Sunderland. One factor behind this maybe the fact he has been on the road away from his home country since he was 20, when signing for French side Grenoble in 1988. âAs a young player, leaving the familiarity of friends, family and my home country for a city in the middle of the Alps was tough,â he revealed. âIt was cold and I had never even seen snow before. âI was on my own and suddenly had to pay the bills and fend for myself in ways I never had to before. âA move like that changes your life and you have to become an adult very quickly. âI developed more as a person during those 18 months than I did in my 20 years in Uruguay.â Poyet is thankful for those experiences, though, and says he has applied his knowledge to new signings arriving from overseas at the Stadium of Light. He added: âI know from these personal experiences the impact that moving from overseas can have on a player and why players need a period of adjustment before they can start to perform at their best. âThatâs why we pay a lot of attention to the transition of players from overseas to Sunderland â particularly the young ones.â please log in to view this image Poyet began managerial life with Brighton and won the LMA League One Manager of the Year in 2009. From the south coast, he arrived in the North East in charge of a struggling Sunderland side at the bottom of the table. âIt was very important that I emphasised to the players how marginal the difference between winning and losing had been in the previous four or five games,â he said. âIt had been down to just one action, one decision, one miss or one own goal. âI needed them to share my confidence that our fortunes would change sooner rather than later, although I had expected it to do so sooner than it did with only six games remaining. âWe kept our resolve, the belief in the training ground never faltered and eventually it all clicked. âItâs all well and good having beliefs as a manager, but you also have to prove that you are right. âDuring my time in management Iâve also been proving my methods work.â Sunderland fans will have grown accustomed to the passing game Poyet encourages his players to adopt starting from defence to attack and this is a mainstay of the south Americanâs footballing ideology. âI have a clearly defined philosophy â built around the idea that the ball is precious and the most important part of the game â but my ideas are not black and white or rigid,â he insisted. âI have respect for the different styles of play and methods that other managers adopt.â This will be music to the ears of Sunderland followers as they hope the Uruguayan can build on an already impressive Wearside CV which includes a great escape and a cup final appearance. A thinking man Gus Poyet clearly is and who would have thought Sunderland would still remain in the top flight when he arrived with the club stuck on one point in the table? As the third international break makes way for four months of domestic football, fans will hope Poyetâs strategies carry good into the New Year and beyond. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find this quite a comforting article actually Shows that any younger players that come in we help more with the transition and also that he has a clear view of what each and every player should be doing on the pitch to suit his style Not a bad article!
Me too - although you'll get the usual "wish he would just show us on the pitch instead of saying it"!
That often comes from me mate and it's reactive, not an unprovoked snipe. I've got nowt against what Gus has said there. My problem lies with the fact that he often says something which he's clearly not thought too much about or he's trying to be clever for his own good. Within weeks he's got egg on his face because it's been completely disproved or he's had to completely contradict himself. He's a passionate man, which is great but he could do with talking through when he needs to be passionate and when he needs to be calculated. The media is a tool he could be using to sign new players, put fear in opposition teams and instil confidence in our lads. I don't see it yet from Gus but it's only a small part of him as a manager that needs to be worked upon. Overall he's still got ****loads of potential regardless of that.
And there's why players like Giacc and Vergini haven't jumped ship when the going has got tough, they've got a shining example. Love Gus me. Feel much more confident us bringing in overseas players now. Gus has the skills, keep them determined and keen.
