This in spades. Haven't always agreed with what you say on here Fulwell but you've got this one spot on. Good post.
I know ultimately a 6 minute video really means f**k all, he's won me round with his enthusiasm, style of football and the fact he got Barnsley promoted. They may be in the bottom 3 of the championship but it looks a pretty rash decision by them.
They got rid of the players who got them promoted in the summer and he didn’t seem to be able to have the money to replace them. Look how charlton are doing with a similar team to the one they had last season.
Yep. He had no say in sales and recruitment, they ripped the heart out of a lovely attacking side with a cracking pair of CB’s, and expected anything other than struggle in a tough league? He’s unscathed for me, the reaction of the Barnsley fans says it all. He’s the one for me.
Nah the tweet said he was at black cats house - or the ticket office basically. Someone trying to be clever and failing miserably I think.
I just think it’s too important a time for Kev. Obviously I’d love him to come here and make a success and **** me imagine the atmosphere for his first game? We haven’t time for romance and it’s one of them ain’t it? Mind, every team he’s done coaching for has done well, that’s a point of note.
Talking of mix. It appears that wigan fans are mixed in their feelings should he leave. I'd much prefer we steer away from stodgy Brits and go for something a little more adventurous
As usual you make great points but can I say in defence of Kevin Philips he loyally stood by Peter Reid, to long for his own good really , but whether this had anything to do with Sunderland is not clear, but he was not busting a gut to leave as you infer. Having said that I fully agree with your arguments, I do not want him back as manager,or any dour hard man type either, its a different ball game these days. The influx of foreign players, ideas and fitness levels blew them and their drinking culture, completely out of the water Even though something needed to be done, I do not envy SD's task and am puzzled by it tbh, it all seems a bit knee jerk rather than well considered.
Can we merge the new manager threads? We've asked to contact 5 managers in work. Ainsworth is one, I wonder who the others are.
The first interviewee has just been collected from NCL Airport. I hope there's more, I don't like the bloke one bit.
