S.A.F.C. - the future

Failure aside the damage gone to the youth system has been the thing that rankles most for me. Take years to recover from that.

 

I'd agree with all of that.

Personally I've not accused them of anything except being poor at the things they said they were good at.

They failed to win promotion, haven't improved the squad, destroyed the academy, alienated the support, created division, failed to sell to better people when they had the chance, didn't bring in a good manager, etc.

People are now looking out of their window, every few minutes, looking for the DHL van ...

... it's becomes increasingly frustrating when people make promises but don't deliver.

 

What’s he done for Sunderland football club? We have the worst team in our history, a dreadful reserve team, he sells all our best youngsters, has already mucked up one takeover which would have made us one of the richest clubs in the world and has constantly lied to fans and when the going got tough completely disappeared.

 

Don't think they are decent blokes. The kidnapping of his 12 year old daughter by SAFC fans is disgusting. Blaming everyone apart from themselves for the mismanagement of the club, the cost cutting with consequences that will last for years and their statements when they first turned up:
"reconnecting the fans with the club"
"The piss taking party stops here"
"Its your club ( the fans) we are just custodians"
"We will be open and transparent"
"We need the fans, we need you to trust us, give us a chance"
"Judge us on our performance".

Need these chancers out of our club as soon as possible.

 

That Weatherspoon comes across as if Donald has shagged his missus or summat. Borderline obsessive.

 

Donald. Etc. F. Off

 

'As soon as we're no longer wanted we'll be gone'.

 

Sorry but thats bollocks - they have deliberately misled the fans from day 1. All they were interested in was selling the club for a massive profit - when that failed they have been massively found out.

They deserve everything they get imo. Also up until now they have been given an incredibly easy ride.

Think back to the abuse Murray got(I'll hold up my hands and say i was at both protests outside Roker and the SOL).

They are getting off lightly imo.

 

Agreed, they tried to sell the club on from day one, they had Campbell lined up and at Wembley and an office at the AOL inside the first season.

 

What’s this kidnapping crack about.

 

Agree he's not the devil incarnate but he has been pretty crap. I'd also say he's been less than honest at times and that is never going to go down well. Additionally he ****ed a takeover up last year by being a bit greedy at the last minute and now it appears that his greed might again be standing in the way of what is best for the club. Personally don't care what Oxford think of him but for me Clive, he can **** right off.

 

They had a 3 hour stand-off on Donald's Oxford home doorstep after 3 SAFC fans spotted his 12 year old daughter getting off a bus returning home from school (apparently - during the first lockdown in April). The 3 SAFC fans questioned his investment in the club.
After 3 Hours they all separated laughing.
Donald now has to pick and drop off his daughter at the next bus stop along. Really inconvenient...
If you believe any of this you need to question the journalism which allowed him to spout this shameful period in SAFC history.

 

So he’s embellished a nowt of a story, it’s a bit ****e that’s like.

 

Yet bravely avoided troubling the local police when they were enforcing a lockdown

 

Aye, you don’t stand on the doorstep having a bit crack if you think your daughter is in danger.

 

That's being kind mate, I doubt anything ever happened.

No father would laugh about his 12 year old daughter being frightened by three strange men.

 

Exactly this. That story is utter fabrication. Kidnapping (which it wasn’t anyway) is a very serious offence which iirc is punishable by life imprisonment. Sunderland supporters or not I would’ve been on the phone to the cops the second they turned up at my house and if this story was real he would have done the same.

 

You'd invite them in for a drink while someone called 999 ...

... as you say, kidnapping is serious and this was an unaccompanied minor.

 

Seen this mentioned a few times, I had a break from forums during lockdown so missed it. Glad to finally know what it's about.

 

You probably thought it was an Internet in-joke, it's so ridiculous.