I couldn’t give a **** me haha I want the best squad we can possibly get that said I would like to see Mayenda in, and maybe Cirkin
Pretty much my thoughts exactly except for the Diarra and Guendouzi bit. We will need to use the whole squad this season, we absolutely need multiple quality players in each position if we want to have a chance of staying up.
I agree - don’t want to see us stepping out with 11 new players versus West Ham. And I’m very confident we won’t. Cirkin, Hume, Neil, Mayenda will all start at the least for me.
Was about to say the same. Mayenda will start up top. If Neil is here he'll 100% start the season. Upto him to keep his place
Neil will be captain of the opening game. I’m as confident as I can be about that (unless he doesn’t sign new deal and gets sold).
One last thing before I go to bed. Remember these are all just links, some more advanced than others. If all come off it will be a blinder. We might not even expect them to all come off so are just covering all bases. And there’s still the chance that NONE of them come off. I know I know, booooo. But this is a pretty damn exciting time to be a Sunderland fan
Been here a week and really pulling the strings. Contract not allowed to be announced yet. Living close
I expect to see about 6/7 new faces in the starting XI. If we want to have any chance imo Hume, Cirkin, Ballard, Enzo, Mayenda. that’s who I’d be comfortable with in the starting XI myself. Others on the bench and rotating
It’s not only the specific personnel that I equate with the identity though, it’s about everything the club has become and done well to turn itself around so gloriously and how it has differentiated itself from most others in the process. A Neil, Patterson and/or Rigg in that line up would help with that but so too (though to a lesser extent) would a Lennon Miller or a Clement Bischoff.
"The connection is real. Ghisolfi wanted him at Lens and he became Sunderland's sporting director. The price is very good if it's true, Diarra would have his PL club with a coach who knows Ligue 1, Regis Le Bris. Well, I say "let's go for it""
D’oh I forgot about Enzo. Yeh he’ll start for sure as well. I think we will have no more than 6 starting debutants with a couple more on bench
It’s looking like kld doesn’t want to leave it to chance our business is currently looking more like forest and less like the last 6 promoted teams(basing this off of the links I know they might not come off)