The majority will turn up tomorrow without pitchforks, banners or tennis balls and cheer on their team ... ... those who, in their minds, are 'up in arms' won't actually do anything in reality once they've finished whinging in the pub.
Nobody dislikes beallyboy because of his accent or his mole. If someone has made their mind up he should go, (for whatever) then they'll have a go at owt, accent, appearance, history, hair, music, anything.
Think we can all agree that this Beale chat is absolutely howling. I'm bored ****less saying same things over and over and the same people hitting back with their argument. We need to meet somewhere in middle. .I'm sure proper fans will support the team and Beale tomorrow and give him credit if he deserves it. The others live a sad life and will never change their minds so what's the point.
This is the club approach I reckon. Young I find it awful mate. Folk always say to me, as a lad living in the midlands for 30 years, Sunderland and NE people are lovely. I guess in my 30 years away we are less nice and welcoming. Sad. Apparently NE folk see through people like Beale. When I lived at home we didnt have such an insular view. Askedy Dad tonight, who is late 80s and used to drive dray horses for Vaux as a bairn, what he thinks of Beale. His response was how he is Sunderland and I want him to be the next Stokoe. Sadly we seem to be losing our identity as Sunderland people who open our arms to all.
We grew up in a pit hovel with less than nowt ... old newspapers for toilet paper at the shared midden across the street. But anyone who crossed our doors would have the red carpet rolled out by Mam. No matter who it was from the Spanish onion seller, on his bike, to the weird fella who came round sharpening knives they'd all get a cup of tea in her best cup and biscuits or cake she'd be saving for a birthday or whatever. Us kids would watch as the blokes would polish off every last crumb and know there'd be none left for us. But it taught me a lesson that you should always treat people as you'd want them to welcome your children if they were away from home. The lesson now seems to be to condemn people without giving them a bit of a chance and shun them ... ... fair enough, people are entitled to behave that way,
I think that’s true. I do think that the stadium will turn tomorrow if we go a goal down, though. I’ve made no secret of my disappointment around Beale’s appointment, but once he was in the building I’d obviously want him to succeed. In recent days, he’s given the impression that he’s got some sort of god-given right to manage a club like ours, and I’m really struggling with the way he has conducted himself. Labelling US as the ‘outside stuff’ is a complete disregard of the position he is luck enough to find himself in. We were told when he joined how much he loves himself, but even I can’t quite believe the extent to his lack of self-awareness. Here’s hoping for a result tomorrow.
Absolutely. It saddens me that people have said that on this thread. I spend a lot of time telling people how great the NE is. The North East is chock full of people who wouldn't be as petty minded to say something like that. My Granda grew up in the east end of Sunderland in the 1920s. I remember him saying that he was used to seeing people from all over the world walking about the place, it being a seafaring town. Someone from as close as South London wouldn't have fazed him in the slightest. Seems we lost the seafaring and we lost the worldliness.
Can you not see we know he isn't up to it based on his rangers spell and his demonstration of being completely unable to affect a game positively in game? The fraud isn't a proper manager it's undeniable imo.
Wtf does he think he is? Failed badly at rangers and is rapidly becoming our most unpopular manager in 140 years and his ego thinks he can tell us we are off the mark. Wot a complete narcissist moron - his comments display a real lack of intelligence.
Totally disagree. He is looked at negatively on his record which is limited and poor. That's why nobody wanted him. You are being hugely disengenious trying to say it's due to being a cockney. It's not.
I have - he is clueless. Coventry,skunks, Hull he has not managed to slightly influence the game positively at any point - he is not a leader or a manager - it's staring us in the face FFS.
I'll see your Beale as most unpopular and raise you, Wilkinson, McMenemy, Parkinson and maybe Buxton for starters. You can take your pick
I'm not going to judge him on his rangers spell tbh as I know a lot of things happened behind scenes that you and most don't know about. He must have been well regarded for them to pay off his contract at qpr to get him back. It didn't work out, but he's not the first manager to have a bad experience at old firm. Mowbray did as well. Even worse. He lost his last game 4.0 v St mirren but he recovered. It's early days and far to sweeping to simply say he's unable to effect a game positively. Have you seen our bench?. He's not some miracle worker and as he says results are pretty much what they were for the 9 games before he arrived. I'm not overly impressed with performances so far they've not been nearly as bad as many say. Pretty much same as all season. And he's had no Roberts or any left backs. The balance of the team isn't right. Surely he deserves a few more options and time on training field to make a difference. Is six weeks really long enough? How did Russell Martin do in his first six weeks?. Weren't very good at the SOL? But he was given a chance.
Can you afford me some context please? Yes Wilko horrendous but had actually won the top division with Leeds a few year earlier - Beale couldn't dream of that. Still a disaster but that's what Beale is a league below. Mcmenemy we all thought we'd be good at the time. Parky and Buxton either league 1 or at low ebb league COVID wise.
