Alright chaps been away for a couple of days so aint had a chance to get online untill now and I have just been reading the articles in the journal and sunderland echo with interviews from Bruciem Brown and Bardo to name a few.
I am totally sick of hearing about all the new players and it takes time and our season starts now. IMO that is a poor excuse, since Brucie has been at the club each summer transfer window he has signed a boatload of players but this year he has come out with this takes time rubbish. At the end of the day our season started on the 13th August against Liverpool not the end of November.
I also hear Brucie talking about our strike force of last year being probably the best we have ever had at the club to what we have now, again more excuses, Brucie is the manager and he couldn't do anything about the Bent departure but his summer recruitment has been pretty uninspiring. Our transfers on a whole have been pretty average to say the least and seem like they have been signed without a lot of thought. We have gone from a squad last season that was a strong, powerfull, quick team that could get the ball forward quickly and had goals upfront to what? A team that look composed at the back but couldn't score in Amsterdam? I said it before and will say it again, Brucie's summer transfer policy should of been about building a squad that can go out and win games, make the SoL a fortress and no team will want to play there as they will have to play well to even get a draw but it seems we have gone down the route of a team that is hard to beat. That might be acceptable at Wigan and Birmingham but not at Sunderland but what do we know as Brucie has said our aims are far to high.
For me its time for Brucie to go, bring in a new manager and not a Hughes or O'Neil as they for me would be not much better than Brucie and let them build there squad. On the whole Brucie has done a decent job but its the end of the road. Something is wrong at the club if we keep losing all of our top players and I wouldn't be suprised if Sess is the next, he came when we were around 6th and now look at us, I wouldn't be suprised if the lad has thought why the f**k did I sign for these all the work I do and whats the point no1 can find the back of the net.
Looking at our squad there is only Sess that I would be gutted about if they left, the rest I wouldn't bat an eyelid if we moved them on, we have gone from the likes of Lorik Cana, John Mensah, Asamoah Gyan, Sully Muntari (might of been average in his time with us but is a quality player), Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones to what we have now. Serious thought needs to go into our transfer policy for the next 2,3,4 transfer windows, what type of team do we want to be and how do we want to play? For me want to see is a bit similar to last season with a team that is physically strong but athletic who can get the ball back to front quite quickly and not to worry about lack of goals, add to that a bit of experience who can help us see out the last 10-15mins when the pressure is on and address pace and creativity in the middle of the park. At the minute I wouldn't like to say what our transfer policy is :S
Come on Ellis, you have been first class so far, time to sack Bruce and get the cheque book out
I am totally sick of hearing about all the new players and it takes time and our season starts now. IMO that is a poor excuse, since Brucie has been at the club each summer transfer window he has signed a boatload of players but this year he has come out with this takes time rubbish. At the end of the day our season started on the 13th August against Liverpool not the end of November.
I also hear Brucie talking about our strike force of last year being probably the best we have ever had at the club to what we have now, again more excuses, Brucie is the manager and he couldn't do anything about the Bent departure but his summer recruitment has been pretty uninspiring. Our transfers on a whole have been pretty average to say the least and seem like they have been signed without a lot of thought. We have gone from a squad last season that was a strong, powerfull, quick team that could get the ball forward quickly and had goals upfront to what? A team that look composed at the back but couldn't score in Amsterdam? I said it before and will say it again, Brucie's summer transfer policy should of been about building a squad that can go out and win games, make the SoL a fortress and no team will want to play there as they will have to play well to even get a draw but it seems we have gone down the route of a team that is hard to beat. That might be acceptable at Wigan and Birmingham but not at Sunderland but what do we know as Brucie has said our aims are far to high.
For me its time for Brucie to go, bring in a new manager and not a Hughes or O'Neil as they for me would be not much better than Brucie and let them build there squad. On the whole Brucie has done a decent job but its the end of the road. Something is wrong at the club if we keep losing all of our top players and I wouldn't be suprised if Sess is the next, he came when we were around 6th and now look at us, I wouldn't be suprised if the lad has thought why the f**k did I sign for these all the work I do and whats the point no1 can find the back of the net.
Looking at our squad there is only Sess that I would be gutted about if they left, the rest I wouldn't bat an eyelid if we moved them on, we have gone from the likes of Lorik Cana, John Mensah, Asamoah Gyan, Sully Muntari (might of been average in his time with us but is a quality player), Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones to what we have now. Serious thought needs to go into our transfer policy for the next 2,3,4 transfer windows, what type of team do we want to be and how do we want to play? For me want to see is a bit similar to last season with a team that is physically strong but athletic who can get the ball back to front quite quickly and not to worry about lack of goals, add to that a bit of experience who can help us see out the last 10-15mins when the pressure is on and address pace and creativity in the middle of the park. At the minute I wouldn't like to say what our transfer policy is :S
Come on Ellis, you have been first class so far, time to sack Bruce and get the cheque book out
