Me too, but I have a reason. I've nothing against Tony Adams, but I would be worried if he wanted to follow the example of his friend Niall, and take the Managers job. Good as he was a leader on the pitch, his record as a Manager is not great.
Can you imagine the team talk to the strikers - right lads see them 4 goalposts well put the ball.......
Maybe his role will be to make sure the beer isn't watered down and everyone gets a complimentary bottle of gin on their seat.
Don`t know how wealthy these lads are but it`s going to take lots of millions to sort our lot out. No good buying the club if there`s nothing left for spends. Good that there`s other interest though.
ell for me an owner with an emotional attachment to Sunderland is the way to go not an owner who sees us as a business opportunity. Mind if it is the '73 Group I'm not keen on Tony Adams who they want but I was keen on MON - so there you go - have faith in the owners and - its never dull or predictable supporting us
He is an ideal person to lecture the youngsters on the evils of (too much) drink. He seem to do a lot of good work to help those addicted and in this field he has an excellent track record. But he isn't a Manager. As far as I've read the 'Local Lads' will get backing from contacts in The US of A, so whichever wins out they will presumably be expecting, at worst, not to make a loss. I wish them luck if that's the case. My 'rough estimates' --- £100mil - to Ellis. £100mil - To the Bank or as guarantees. £100mil to get a team together to mount a realistic promotion challenge. (this in addition to the parachute payment due). £200mil to be set aside to build a team following promotion. Add in say 20% pa for inflation in players wages and transfer fee's. And I think I may have been too conservative with those figures. It seems to me that the only thing dafter than being a Sunderland Fan would be being a Sunderland owner!. Whoever win's, I wonder if there's any chance of them tempting Sam out of his 'retirement'. Perhaps they already have.
LEO PEARLMAN, BEN TURNER AND GABE TURNER OF FULWELL 73 HAVE SENT ALS THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT TO RELEASE TO THE FANS… “As life-long Sunderland supporters, it would be the fulfilment of a dream to be involved in the ownership of the club, to put it back into the hands of the fans and to give the whole of Wearside a team to be proud of. Our club is the biggest in the North East, should be one of the biggest in the country and the Premier League is therefore the only place it belongs. We have been so touched and inspired by the reaction from our fellow supporters, who rightly deserve their reputation as the best fans in the world. However, due to our other TV and film commitments, now isn't the right time for us to get involved. It's where our hearts are and would demand a huge personal commitment, and we wouldn't want to give anything less than our all to the club. We owe that to all the other fans for whom, like us, SAFC is such an integral part of their histories and future. Whether it is Mr Short who remains in control or new owners who come in, we will always support the lads and offer any assistance, at any level, in helping to re-establish this great club at the level it deserves to be”
Hopefully the fan consortium dropping out means the Germans have it signed sealed and delivered!! Not holding my breath though!
Can't have done much due diligence if this was the reason as any Tom, Dick & Harry can see that if they wanted to!!
I know I was only kidding, might well be that Short has told them he's going with the Germans and this is their way of bowing out gracefully.
That's a bullshit statement. Talking about not being able to give their total commitment to the club. Are we supposed to believe it just suddenly dawned on them that they'd need to give full commitment to a huge football club they were buying? I honestly think it was always just a pipe dream, they'd never realistically had the funds to take on such a job, but it got them good exposure and a big ego trip.
I liked Nachos idea better. They`re out of it now so I suppose it don`t matter really. Looks like it`s the Jormans or nowt then
