I guess that’s the position we find ourselves in with some players. They’ll see a team in higher division where they feel comfortable and go for that option over a vision. Time will tell. For what it’s worth I hope we sign him.
but...but...KLD is just Donald's puppet, we have no money to spend and Ipswich and Wigan have beaten us to loads of signings
Cash rich clubs like Liverpool and Spurs wanting high sell on fees for youth players man Final nail for me was when we were looking like relegation candidates but still could of stayed up and we were playing Derby whom were pushing for the play offs and he said live on radio something along the lines of hoping Derby win because they have a chance to go up. I'm sure he is a Derby fan, so true colours come out at times like these.
Perspective: football careers only last so long, players want/need to make a living spouting ****e. Just, trying to imagine myself in SKPs shoes for a second. Got literally nothing to go on, because the club is run tight now, but isn't he obliged by FootCider to pass clueless opinion? It's lame as ****. All marketing, media, all of it is lame as ****. I want to say SKP is immune from criticism. But at some point it does start working against them, a la Marco. Maths, eh?
If SKP ever said he wanted someone to beat Sunderland in any game ever, that would be it. But it aint been it.
For those of you who like that sort of thing; When he grows up and stops the obvious handballs he could be quite a tidy player ...
Lazy journalism there They might as well gone with "Messi joins PSG despite reported Sunderland interest: Argentine McGeady always wanted to go to Paris despite Black Cats interest"
Rather we sign the young star from the premier League to be honest mate. That will be today too. It's a ridiculously good signing at this level.
Agree mate. Hopefully we’re progressing with a few more. Almost down to the last 2 weeks of the window so you would expect some decisions and pressure to close deals now.
The Boro lads that i know dont really rate him much anyway mate. Decent at going forward but dodgey in defence. Where've we heard that before.
I'm happily convinced that some of this pressure will now be coming from our potential signings. If you were an ambitious player, wanting to play good football in front of 30,000 of your own supporters you'd be asking your agent to get things moving. This is all a far cry from lazy mercenaries, like Jones or Maguire, traipsing from one club to another and dropping in at Sunderland for a while. Being in a team with Doyle, Cirkin, McGeady, Evans, Pritchard, Embleton, etc, must surely be an incentive for players. TBH, if it isn't I wouldn't want them near the place.
To be fair, I think Maguire knew he had lucked out by getting a move here - he said it himself that a player of his quality shouldn't be playing for Sunderland. I think it's fair to say he gave his all when he was here Having said that, I'm delighted he's gone and we have youth and energy in the team now
I also think its a little bit more than that mate. A manager or owner will always tells a prospective player "we want promotion". I think our prospectus will be a lot more detailed, informative and ambitious than that
