Poyet - Tottenham were right to sack myself and Ramos.

[nickGT]

Gus Poyet: Tottenham were right to sack myself and Juande Ramos

Tottenham's former assistant coach, Gus Poyet, has said the club were right to sack both him and Juande Ramos and praised Harry Redknapp for the impact he has had.



Under Ramos' leadership, Tottenham suffered their worst start to a season in the club's history, having failed to win a single one of their opening eight games.
However, in a dramatic turnaround, Redknapp has won five of his first six matches in charge, including two wins over Liverpool.
"Being honest and looking at the results, it was the right decision to sack Juande and me," Poyet said.
"When you change the manager after 10 games or so, you're not looking to change the style. What you're looking for are different results, a reaction, a change. Simple - and it happened. Full credit to Harry."
While crediting the former Portsmouth manager, Poyet feels that, given the short space of time Redknapp has been at White Hart Lane, the change is predominantly psychological as opposed to tactical.
He also claimed that Tottenham's main problem under Ramos became self-belief, with a run of bad results prompting even the most talented to question their approach.
"We had an absolutely fantastic pre-season," he said. "But we couldn't get any points in our first couple of games so the situation changed.
"I think the place got nervous. You have habits, methods, and those sometimes don't work, even if you have the best training in the world you will ask questions if you are losing. You will ask too many questions - that's why the club decided top bring in something fresh - and it worked.
"Harry has had a huge impact psychologically but I don’t see any change in the tactics - he hasn't had enough time to put his ideas across.
"It's been little by little but the impact has been big."
In light of recent public praise for Redknapp and criticism of Ramos by various members of the Tottenham squad, Poyet said that the players must accept some of the blame.
"We were not winning, and now they're not losing," he said. “Before we couldn't win and now they don't lose, so I imagine it's very easy for the players to talk about what happened before and after.
"All we can really ask is to be respectful. I don't like it when they talk about the difference between managers but I understand why.
"They're (the players) not different people now. They have to take responsibility for the problem. It's not a case of 'Juande did this before - now Harry does this and I play better'. That's too easy. They can say 'OK it didn't work under Juande but I was responsible too'."
And, as for the future, Poyet said: "I'm staying in England and I want to be a manager."

Poyet finally showing he has some Integrity

[belondon]

Hi NickGT

Gus still sounds a bit hurt to me and still wants to put blame on the players. fact is he and Ramos did a bad job this season and didn't have any methods to turn it around. Arry has come in and his results must be real pain for Gus

The better 'arry does the less likely Gus is to get a new job. I wouldn't hire him.

[P UNIT 1980]

Dont care what he has to say now.

He was a blot in our past.

Look forward to the future.

[bazzabelfast]

if poyet had of had some balls and came out against ramos when he was with the club he would be better thought off .

i still like poyet and dont think he is finished yet may have go down the leagues and prove himself all over again .

[Essex Spurs]

after what we know now, if i was a player and found out he was going to be my next manager, I'ld want ofski even if it meant going to the Orient. I hate taking the blame for other peoples poor decisions at the best of times. Being in the public eye would make it 10 times worse.

[Gareth]

Still surprised that Poyet got sent off, but then again he did blame everything on the players.

[SAspursfan]

Gus was the number 2, not the one making the final decisions. Good luck Gus in finding another position elsewhere. Unfortunately, you will always be associated with Spurs woeful start to the season and it will not exactly be the best of references for any future employer.

[toshenhamhotspur]

still like gus just didnt work out