Sir Alex Ferguson,
I would never deem to question how you manage your successful football club with a massive turnover and its worldwide brand, nor would I tell you how to manage a string of racing horses or how to behave in the presence of royalty, that is your world.
My world is a little different, my annual salary is probably half your weekly wage, I have just found out this morning that government consider me to be in âfuel povertyâ because I spend more than 10% of my income on fuel. From the remainder of my fuel ravaged salary, I support my son through his studies at Sunderland University, save for my grandchildrenâs future and purchase two season tickets each season; every home game I make a 100 mile round trip to watch an underperforming team, play one dimensional football.
I have enjoyed highs and lows as a Sunderland supporter since 1962 only missing games during my own modest football career but have never felt as disappointed as I do with our current performances following the promise of shopping at Harrods.
This is my world and I would not have it any other way, I have enjoyed the relative successes through the sixties and early seventies, suffered the debacle of the McMenemy period and endured the mediocrity served the rest of the time so please donât deny me or any of our magnificent, long suffering supporters the right to voice our opinion and criticise a manager who has spent almost 90 million building a team which has failed to meet any of our expectations.
Bruce has failed at Sunderland, not because of criticism from fans or his geordie roots but his inability to build a side that can compete in the premiership despite spending more than Harry Redknapp has at Spurs in the same period.
Your support of Bruce is blinkered and smacks of cronyism, you are out of touch with the real world and the conceit that you demonstrate will hasten an end of the golden goose which football has become to a fortunate minority.
Why should we not expect relative success after an outlay of 90m over two and a half years? Why should we continue to fork out our hard earned and not complain when our expectations are not realised?
Satellite television, attendances and marketing have afforded you and your like the opportunity to enjoy your world; despite this you appear to advocate suppression of the most important group of people within this process, the customer.
I would follow Sunderland at any level of the football pyramid, would you demonstrate the same commitment?
I would never deem to question how you manage your successful football club with a massive turnover and its worldwide brand, nor would I tell you how to manage a string of racing horses or how to behave in the presence of royalty, that is your world.
My world is a little different, my annual salary is probably half your weekly wage, I have just found out this morning that government consider me to be in âfuel povertyâ because I spend more than 10% of my income on fuel. From the remainder of my fuel ravaged salary, I support my son through his studies at Sunderland University, save for my grandchildrenâs future and purchase two season tickets each season; every home game I make a 100 mile round trip to watch an underperforming team, play one dimensional football.
I have enjoyed highs and lows as a Sunderland supporter since 1962 only missing games during my own modest football career but have never felt as disappointed as I do with our current performances following the promise of shopping at Harrods.
This is my world and I would not have it any other way, I have enjoyed the relative successes through the sixties and early seventies, suffered the debacle of the McMenemy period and endured the mediocrity served the rest of the time so please donât deny me or any of our magnificent, long suffering supporters the right to voice our opinion and criticise a manager who has spent almost 90 million building a team which has failed to meet any of our expectations.
Bruce has failed at Sunderland, not because of criticism from fans or his geordie roots but his inability to build a side that can compete in the premiership despite spending more than Harry Redknapp has at Spurs in the same period.
Your support of Bruce is blinkered and smacks of cronyism, you are out of touch with the real world and the conceit that you demonstrate will hasten an end of the golden goose which football has become to a fortunate minority.
Why should we not expect relative success after an outlay of 90m over two and a half years? Why should we continue to fork out our hard earned and not complain when our expectations are not realised?
Satellite television, attendances and marketing have afforded you and your like the opportunity to enjoy your world; despite this you appear to advocate suppression of the most important group of people within this process, the customer.
I would follow Sunderland at any level of the football pyramid, would you demonstrate the same commitment?
