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I think we need someone to unite the club again.

I don’t see Karanka doing that, nor Pearson.

Struggling to spot who I can see actually doing it.
 
Careful what you wish for, Karanka's English is terrible, I can't understand a word he says and his tactics are worse the O'Neil and Moyes combined.
Ask the Boro fans how good it was to watch his defensive style of football, if you think watching 3-3 draws under Grayson was bad on the nerves then get ready for loads of 0-0 and 1-0 games under Karanka.

He had a defence working well with funds. I think it's more likely lots of 0-1 defeats under him. I don't rate him at all.
 
Team From To Record Ref
P
W D L Win %
Middlesbrough
13 November 2013 16 March 2017
P.171 W80 D42 L49 46.8%

Stats don't mean jack **** without knowing the detail behind the numbers mate.

So he did well in a **** league.

How much money did he spend getting those good Championship stats? Because he won't have the same resources second time round.

I'm not against the guy particularly by the way. I just don't think he's the man for the job.

He just doesn't come across as the guy to take the bull by the horns at a time when that's exactly what we need.
 
Team From To Record Ref
P
W D L Win %
Middlesbrough
13 November 2013 16 March 2017
P.171 W80 D42 L49 46.8%

We're not Middlesbrough though. How many managers have come to us with previous records which are far greater than they achieved with us

Grayson 44.3% to 16.7%
Sam 37.6% to 29%
Dick 36% to 17.65%
Gus 44.3% to 30.67%
PDC 56.8% to 23.1%
MoN 42.11% to 31.82%

Means nowt to me fella. I've seen his teams play though and it's very poor, and I know he's needs money to build a 1-0 team. Not for me. Not even close.
 
Pulis on the other hand can tighten up on no money and a much longer history of doing it. Can string a sentence together too. He'll only need to bide his time and he'll walk straight into a better job than us so won't get my hopes up that he'd be interested
 
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Pulis on the other hand can tighten up on no money and a much longer history of doing it. Can string a sentence together too. He'll only need to bide his time and he'll walk straight into a better job than us so won't get my hopes up that he'd be interested

See I dunno, this of course would be the biggest club he’s managed and he might fancy that if he got us motoring he could take us far.

He’s never struck me as one put off by a challenge or to shirk, he might be exactly the right man.

That said, I’ll be stunned if they sack him they’ll have really ****ed up if they do.
 
See I dunno, this of course would be the biggest club he’s managed and he might fancy that if he got us motoring he could take us far.

He’s never struck me as one put off by a challenge or to shirk, he might be exactly the right man.

That said, I’ll be stunned if they sack him they’ll have really ****ed up if they do.

Totally agree. Just said the same somewhere else.
 
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What that tells me more than anything is that they ain't got a clue.
They don't care either mate, you'll know when the bookies know the new manager by the price, usually around the day before appointments. meantime the market itself will fluctuate almost entirely on money placed and it doesn't take much to slash odds. It's more of an opinion than a betting market at the moment.
 
Money will fly on Reidy tomorrow. Close to favorite by the end of the day I reckon.

Sunderland EXCLUSIVE: Peter Reid interested in taking over club in crisis
MANAGERS are queuing up to succeed Simon Grayson at Sunderland.


By Paul Hetherington / Published 4th November 2017
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Peter Reid would be interested in the Sunderland job
There have been claims that few would want the job at a club in crisis with no scope to make major signings to strengthen.

But that is not the case, with a number of managers in and out of jobs telling the Starsport that they want to take charge.

Former Sunderland boss Peter Reid, 61, would not hesitate to return.

He is currently assisting Paul Cook at promotion-chasing Wigan Athletic.

Former Sunderland striker Ally McCoist, 55, also wants it. He is a season ticket holder and was interviewed before Grayson was appointed.

And there are a host of other candidates, including former Rangers and Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish, 58, Southend’s Sunderland-supporting manager Phil Brown, 58, and Shrewsbury’s up-and-coming boss Paul Hurst, 43. Former Boro manager Aitor Karanka is also on the list.