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How come no one has picked up the fact press conference was ment to be today and there wasnt one surely that says something
So the past month or so has been acceptable? Would anyone else accept this ? Yes we need to have a plan but first step of that plan is promotion and LJ wont get that
Don't get me wrong here, i'd love to see us promoted this season however it was stated by KLD from memory that whilst it was preferable it wasn't the be all and end all. The first step in the plan is making us sustainable and attractive to young talent. The thing with youngsters is that they will blow hot and cold, we as fans need to understand that. The last thing i'd want to see is us being promoted and then being relegated the following season and if that means another season in league 1 whilst the foundations are being laid then i can accept that. We've been a **** show for quite a few years and that won't be fixed overnight.
Being down here for a fifth season will do even further damage to the club, the next generation of fans are already on the fence and not interested in third rate football. we cannot just wave a white flag and think that it is acceptable for the club to spend another year down here. we started off really well with the high press and getting bodies forward to support Stewart, that started to drop off long before the Crewe game and you could see what was about to unfold (I.e. Portsmouth away) we were lucky in quite a few games (funny as exactly the same happened in our end of season collapse last season). the players we have are more than capable of mounting a promotion push and there is only one person who needs to be accountable for the decline and we all know who that is! for me, promotion is a must this season, I do not want to accept mediocrity from a gutless, ****e manager who goes missing when it really matters, let’s see who he fares tomorrow against an in form Ipswich who play a very high press which he cannot work out for whatever reason. I really wanted him to succeed and keep a manager, but this bloke is clueless when it comes to tactics and when it needs to change, the sooner he goes the better for me. Oh and he should of been peddled at the end of last season for his monumental failure in the last 11 games.
you are kidding yourselves if you think a long term plan means keeping a Head Coach. It doesn't, it just means the structure will be so that the transition from one Head Coach to another will be as seamless as possible and little to no disruption to the team ethics and the system we have chosen to play.
I doubt anyone would see the last month as acceptable. Or the time before it anything other than excellent. But do we define failure by a bad month? With the team, albeit clearly out of form, still in touch at the top of the division with nearly 100 points to play for, and in a quarter final of a major competition? Maybe, but if we do, or the club does, what would that say to any alternative who might be approached? Whoever they might be, they will not see Sunderland as we see ourselves. They will know that, if as is likely they will be a youngish man with a long term type of approach, (owners plan, good for me), then the game will not allow them many failures; the next guy is always on the way up looking for his chance. Any such man will have other options. Clearly, from what we see, and know from KLD's remarks, it's a good job to have . But from outside, they will see long term talk, followed by short term action. I don't know if Johnson is capable of taking us up nor not. There is case against him because of his bad runs with teams, but he also has hot streaks. Here and elsewhere. Either way, because of the wildly erratic behaviour of the club over the last ten years, I'd say we bear more than the usual level of risk in getting yet another manager out after a few months of the season. All that said, we need a bloody win sharpish!
