Yep,spot on marra. I'm really looking forward to Saturday...they're a good side,but,if we take them apart, it will announce us as the team of the moment.
Sorry like but they aren’t ‘huge’ in any way shape or form and like the majority of clubs (including us) they will be there making up the numbers.
former European cup winners, huge fanbase, ambitious owners. I think out of the three that went up they have the better chance staying up, which would be the overall aim this season for them and then build from there. can’t not get excited by their trajectory since they got took over, it’s a good move for him if it happens but I’d also hope Clarke can see what we are doing and is bought into our project.
I agree. Not a huge club mind but certainly not a small one. Limited fan base in that area and limited appeal. Rest is bang on. Don’t think they go down think they have recruited well, looked good for long spells v Liverpool. I still don’t think it’s right move for Jacky though as he will be pushed back a lot more and that’s his Achilles heel.
They’ve played 30 seasons in the top flight in their entire history man with a record attendance of 38000.
Haven't started yet....but, we always and eternally live in hope. Mind you,the Howard Arms after midday on Saturday will be getting the full benefit of my optimism!
sell out every week or their abouts. attendances doesn’t mean they aren’t a big club, for what it’s worth I think he could go further up the table but I don’t think it would be the worst move for him.
I get what your saying Smug but when you see these lads turning it on like they did in Sunday it was like watching a bunch of mates enjoying each others skills and enthusiasm, bit like our better times under TM. He just brings so much to the team, getting us up the pitch quickly, scoring and creating goals, he just looks like a young lad enjoying himself and apart from the money why would be want to turn his back on that. Mind I felt like this with Stewart and we all know how that ended up.
Until very recently they didn’t sell out or come close to selling out an average sized stadium, they may or may not do ok for a while in the top flight, but labelling them huge is laughable by any metric imo.
https://www.germanijak.hr/nogomet/vijesti/germanijak-doznaje-roko-simic-odlazi-u-englesku/134098 Roko Simic. 20 year old striker at Salzburg. Already 30 career goals. According to this, already travelled to Sunderland.
