Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Saudi State FC - FA Cup 3rd Round – Saturday 6th January 2024 - KO 12:45

Yep lets get rid of the guy that's finally taking us forward n has given us a bright future over this

I want us to have a bright positive future playing good football n having exciting players - thats the tradition i want us to have. At the minute KLD has us going in that direction, so yes lets all force him out because of this

 

Going to be bedlam on Saturday now

 

100%. You buy into the area, the club and it's fans. This doesn't do that at all. It's the biggest error in judgement I have seen for some time. Loads on here are happy to slam th chancers. Rightly so, but this is worse than anything they ever done. Can not have it both ways.

Sunderland people are pround of its stadium and it's support. To have it filled with black and white filth, posters mocking former managers at our own ground is beyond a joke.

 

The club have brung it on themselves. Handled this fixture terribly.

 

Mate , values and tradition is always more important that some short term progress. Long term, decisions like this question his judgement and reasons for being here. Simple as that.

 

Clubs fault. Disgrace.

 

I know you werent mate

The way folk are going tho is saying they would rather people like that be in charge of the club as they might get the club more than someone who actually is taking the club forward

 

In no way I’m I KLD out I’m a big fan of the on the pitch work, but this is an utter disgrace, he needs to come out publicly whatever the outcome and explain why this has been allowed to happen, it can never happen again, also understand why some will never forgive it

 

There is a 'cheer up Peter Reid' poster up behind the bar. What the **** are the club doing?

 

I think its just the disappointment, for a lot of people, that this shows our owner to not be in touch with us. He's talked in the past about how important it is for him to be the custodian of the club. And this isn't it.

We all want to feel like the owners get it and are part of it. Its why so many of us got drawn into Donald and Methven at the start. We enjoyed the fact we had an owner who seemed to "get it". Not for one second saying they're "better" than KLD because hell no.

But there are two parts of what makes an owner succesful. 1) is by doing whats right for the club. And I think undoubtedly KLD does that so far. But 2) is showing identity and connection with the club and its history. That has been failed on, massively, several times. And this is probably the worst of the lot.

The thing thats most frustrating is it shows a complete lack of understanding from them. They probably weren't expecting this to be such a PR gaffe or, worse, don't care that it is.

 

Forgive me as genuine question, we used to sing that ourselves. Is that necessarily a bad thing? Bare in mind I'm not from the north east and never been to a derby so its a genuine question.

 

I totally get that and i havent once defended the displays

I just dont agree that we should force him out the club because of it

We 100% need answers to why this has happened (if it has - as said these could be photoshopped so ill wait for proof from a reliable source), i just dont want this mistake/misjudgement to derail the progress we are making on the pitch

We all know the off the field stuff needs to be better - this is another sign that it needs to improve

I have family who have always had a seat in the black cats bar so its personal for me as well

I have so much pride in our club n i agree this is shocking n it makes me feel sick that its happening

I just dont want kld forced out because of it

 

So did they, with very different words

 

A complete misunderstanding of what used to be the rivalry between the clubs (there's no rivalry now - Newcastle United ceased to exist imo) leading to a really poor decision.

Just leave it completely bare, man.

 

Good post mate

 

Well he is the one who is the top of the tree and has ultimate sign off.

Either he doesn't care or he has employed people who doesn't care and won't tell him the truth.

Whichever it is, he has ****ed it.

 

Pretty ridiculous wanting Dreyfus to sell up over this, it's a bad PR gaffe no error but he's earned the credit to make a few mistakes and learn from them.

 

How have we managed to turn what is essentially a win win game for us into a huge loss before the game has even started?

 

What off field mistakes have been learned from though?

 

This is more than just a mistake and the supporters who pay their money will make sure he knows about it.