If,as we think,the new owners have already identified their management team,which,let's face it,they must have done,then they will have confidence in them to produce the performances on the pitch. They will have January to shake things up a bit if they want to.I suppose the plus point is we are not in a bad position at the present time from which to kick start,provided they get the deal done and get on with it. Given Parky's recent demeanour, results are bound to worsen if the whole thing drifts on for much longer.
Also, any official takeover news/confirmation i would say now more a few weeks away than days. (This will now give them the time/space not to rush things) Joint decision by seller's/buyers to not cancel meeting but to postpone meeting. Keep an eye out for when its rearranged...
no - Barnes did say it was close to going to the EFL. But he never said it had gone. This is one of the rare times I didn't misquote someone
You know, we've all been going on about Salma for ages now. But I've just found out she's married to the bloke that owns Rennes (has this been mentioned before and I,'ve just missed it?) so maybe its not that far fetched! Here's hoping anyway.
I’d like to think that whoever is lined up has already been looking at what he’s got to work with and putting a plan together to hit the ground running
If the options were to stick with Parkinson in the hope that he gets us promoted, then expect him to build something for the Championship and "suffer" him in there or take the risk of appointing someone new with a long term vision of taking us back up to the Premier League at the risk of no promotion this season , then I will go for the latter. Even then I think the risk of no promotion is more likely with Parkinson. The players aren't giving their all, he's managed to bring in a worse goalkeeper than last seasons second choice and two worse strikers than Charlie Wyke.
Its a perplexing riddle, wrapped in a mystery resulting in an enigma. They seek them here they seek them there.. The damned elusive new owners. We must have new owners soon, Jurassic has to go, his tactics and players he has brought in are disastrous. The new manager has to have January's window to dump dross, ie several strikers and to bring a couple of pacy forwards. I am not ITK, but I can identify what the club obviously needs. I did not buy Tuesday's game to watch, although by the sounds of it the 1st half was good and some young players showed promise. I know my ties in supporting the club are loosening, partly due to not attending matches true, but also due to being at our lowest ebb ever, due to crap players, manager and performances.
I'm sure they would, still got to be the right person though. They might be thinking Garry Monk would be mint because he's consistently managed at a higher level but he wouldn't fill me with confidence.
It's essential mate. You could easily argue that the next managerial appointment is the most important in the history of this club.
Big Sam has already stated live on talk sport some time ago that it is extremely unlikely that he would return to Sunderland as a manager. Thats not to say he would not accept a director of football role. In my opinion we need a manager who can build and mould a club not just a team and start us back on the right path. Put the correct foundations in for success and start to slowly turn this rudderless giant ship around.
The problem really is that its been played out in public again when compared to when SD arrived and more recently Derby. I can understand why as its at the top of the fans priority list so the club had to mention its existence or the fan base would have exploded. But if we didn't know about it, it would avoid this clamour for end of the month, then the 10th etc etc. However now we do know its another kick in the bollocks that its going to a few more weeks!
That's precisely what we need. If you look at clubs like Ajax, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, the Liverpool of old, that's how they operate. That will only happen if the new owners know what they're doing though.
The only public taking any real notice of it are the fans mate. Mainstream media,even in the region,isn't giving it much air time,if any.
I can just about understand your opinion but if it was just to kick the can down the road do you not think that they would like to keep the door open to any prospective buyers ??? The statement basically says that the club is at a sensitive stage regarding a takeover so if they were delaying tactics surely the club would not want to decrease their saleability by telling everybody that so the kicking the can down the road does not make much sense commercially for a club that the majority shareholder has stated is up for sale
This huge convoluted conspiracy theory ... ... about setting up Nick Barnes, leaking fake info to people, talking about NDAs, Donald distancing himself from the club, etc etc etc. All this to 'keep the supporters from saying things on forums'. FFS, what a crock of shyte. For one thing it hasn't stopped people saying things on forums so it would've all been a totally predictable waste of time. In fact it's probably made things worse. Secondly it would've been much easier, if Donald doesn't want to sell, for the club to issue a simple statement. "This is the situation, I'm doing my best, let's all pull together, take it or leave it." Instead some people choose to believe there's a massive tissue of lies being spun out by the owners, the CEO, Jones, the manager, etc. It's more likely Donald, as he said from the start, is trying to sell the club for a profit ... ... but I expect that's not dramatic enough for some.
