Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet rounded on the media and match officials following the Black Cats’ shock FA Cup exit at the hands of giant killing Bradford.
It was another abject performance from the Wearside outfit, who crashed to a 2-0 defeat to Premier League relegation rivals Queen Park Rangers on Tuesday, as the League One Bantams ran out 2-0 winners Valley Parade.
Poyet came under fire from fans not just for the side’s woeful display, but also for his comments against the club’s supporters, suggesting they do not share his vision for the team’s style of play.
The Uruguayan insists those quotes were misinterpreted, but that didn’t stop fans from jeering their boss during Sunday’s trip to Bradford, as choruses of “Gus Poyet, it’s always our fault” sounded from the terraces.
And, in his post-match press conference, he blamed press for turning the Black Cats faithful against him.
"The problem is you, not me,” the under-pressure coach said.
"I'm not going to get involved any more. If we close Sunderland - if we put a China Wall around the city - it would be fantastic.
"Now when we let you in and you get out and say what you want we've got a problem. I invite every Sunderland fan and people around the club not to listen to any one of you - only to me."
Poyet even took issue with a question about the absence of striker Jermain Defoe, responding: "You need to know too many things and we try not to give you too much information.
"He was injured, he got a little problem on his calf and we don't know how long it is going to take."
Poyet's mood was not improved by his reaction to the performance of referee Kevin Friend, whom he believed denied Sunderland a clear first-half penalty after Rory McArdle tackled Steven Fletcher in the box.
He added: "We tried our best and I think no regrets because everybody put in their best effort and their best ability to play under the circumstances.
"They found a goal from an action that can happen in any game. Then when we started understanding a way to hurt Bradford, at that moment we needed to score and the referee needed to do his job and he didn't."
However, Poyet did refrain from following up his comments earlier this week about the poor state of Bradford's pitch - and was magnanimous in his praise of the League One side's performance.
"I'm not going to complain about the pitch - we didn't lose because of the pitch," he said.
"Bradford won at Stamford Bridge on a great pitch and today they played here and beat us on this pitch so you need to give plenty of credit to what they do."
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