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S.A.F.C. - the future

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by alan reed, Jul 24, 2020.

  1. ab65

    ab65 Well-Known Member

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    I can’t bring myself to listen to Johnson’s interviews at all.
    He needs some good results quickly or it will unravel very quickly.
    Worried about who identified Vokins and Winchester in January. Don’t know about the striker yet but it doesn’t help that he’s turned up unfit.
    Hoping for the takeover to be announced before the weekend to give us all a lift because tonight’s performance from the team and the manager was unacceptable.
     
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  2. Whiteleas Wanderer

    Whiteleas Wanderer Well-Known Member

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    Vokins will come good, he just needs time to get used to his teammates. That's why LJ had him on the bench initially and people were going mad saying he should be starting
     
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  3. Peter Daniels beard

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    Is it feasible and legal for a club to buy out the contract of a player, say a decent goalkeeper who doesnt have cheesestraws for hands thereby making them a free agent and then signing them under contract? Perhaps through third parties or something? With the arseholes we have in goal we won't make the play offs this season
     
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  4. ab65

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    Hope you’re right mate and it’s early days for the kid but so far he hasn’t shown any positional awareness or defensive nous.
    Admittedly he’s playing in a team who are not applying themselves properly and are currently not being well managed.
     
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  5. Late goal Scorer

    Late goal Scorer Well-Known Member

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    Have to be out of contract in the window so would already have to be a free agent. Technically I think we may be able to sign them but couldn’t register them in your scenario. Patterson, free agent or fabrication of injury to all the keepers to get an emergency loan in.
     
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  6. Mav3rick

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    Looking at the free agent keepers and not much quality on the list. So is it better to bolster the defence? How long is this new striker out for? We/he needs to do something or we will struggle to get into the playoffs. And if we manage to do it it's going to be a difficult run of games.
     
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    You cant prepare if player's and their agents are greedy bastards. End of.
     
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  8. 7Mackem78

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    Ross Stewart started training on Monday, so shouldn't be far off. He'll be ready quicker than getting a free agent in who won't be match fit.
     
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  9. Wardley Makem

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    In their defence, they said that because we don't have a recruitment team in yet, they had to use their own contracts. We can't judge this lot until the summer. Let's not add unnecessary pressure. Get through the season hopefully make playoffs.
     
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  10. Whiteleas Wanderer

    Whiteleas Wanderer Well-Known Member

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    We can still get automatic IF we can put little runs of wins together.
    Any team can beat any team in this league
     
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  11. Wardley Makem

    Wardley Makem Well-Known Member

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    That's the spirit mate. Much better than adding to the pressure.
     
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  12. Billy Batts

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    I admire your optimism. Personally I think we'll be lucky to sneak in the play offs. Some say we just need to get on a run, we've been saying that since we've been down here and we're less likely to do that than ever before with this defence and goalkeeper, and persisting with a 2 man midfield.
     
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  13. Roppa

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    Agree m8, 100%, but got to get some confidence in any of the keepers, need to give the young lad a chance, if we miss the playoffs it’s down to goalkeepers imho
     
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  14. Porterfield73

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    That can only happen if half a dozen teams above us suddenly turn to ****e, and I can't see that happening , we've got zero chance of automatic.
     
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  15. Whiteleas Wanderer

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    Don't agree mate look at the Fleetwood result last night for example.
    We just need some consistency in the win column
     
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    I don't think we can achieve automatic promotion now, it would need an incredible run of wins to do that, I just don't think we have the squad to do that, what I do think, we can gain enough momentum to put us in a good place ready for the play offs.
     
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  17. Southern A

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    We 100% can get automatic promotion. All we need is a bit of a momentum.

    I’d put our chances at 1% tho. I’m not expecting promotion this season and haven’t got a while. So yesterday’s news regarding salary cap was tremendous for me as it really feels like we can have a proper stab next year. That’s something we have said every year, I know, but this time with proper people making proper decisions.
     
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    It was known the new striker was injured, their manager mentioned hamstring, 'hit the ground running' my arse.
     
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  19. Southern A

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    yeh he didn’t play all of January and most of December.

    We only seem to sign strikers carrying an injury. Wyke and Grigg were both the same.
     
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    As poor as we were, with a competent keeper and half decent left back we wouldn’t have lost.
     
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