Gus Poyet's Premier League advice for Régis Le Bris

Sunderland Echo

The former Sunderland head coach reflects on Sunderland's promotion back to the top tier

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00:00One of the things that I sometimes think about teams

00:02who go up to the Premier League is they're completely committed

00:04to a possession style and then really struggle

00:06when they play against Man City, Liverpool.

00:08One of the things I really like about this manager is

00:10he's very, very versatile.

00:11And we did see that in the playoffs.

00:13Is that something that gives you a little bit of hope

00:15that he is quite happy to play a very compact style,

00:19very, very sort of structured,

00:21and he'll do whatever it takes to win the game?

00:23One million percent.

00:25I would say there is no more than 100%,

00:28but I would say yes, because you need that.

00:31You need that.

00:33It's been proven that to be able to maintain your style,

00:37especially if it's possession football,

00:38you need to be better than most,

00:41and they are all better than you.

00:44And you can go at any level.

00:46You can go at any team.

00:47You're going to go and suffer everywhere.

00:50I saw, like I said to you, Burnley, I saw Ipswich,

00:54I saw Southampton in the Championship,

00:56and you will think at that time,

00:57they play well, and then they go up.

01:00And I mean, the struggle is a struggle.

01:03We're not talking about being close.

01:05They are not even close to get safe.

01:07And you want to,

01:08you know that maybe you will fight the relegation,

01:11but you want to have a chance.

01:12And these teams, they didn't have any chance.

01:15So I think the coach probably now needs a rest,

01:20for sure.

01:20And after that, he really needs to start analysing the quality

01:25and the strength of the teams in the Premier League.

01:29I would say to him as well, if I can,

01:32how big they are, the players, in the Premier League.

01:35They are athletes, they are big, they are strong,

01:38they are in the gym, they are massive.

01:40And you think you're going to be able to play with little players?

01:44No.

01:45Difficult.

01:46Difficult.

01:46So that one is the part that you need to strengthen as well,

01:49to be powerful enough to compete.

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