There’s Fault on both side in this debacle all this could have been done from Sunday onwards insult to injury comes to mind from Stoke and Neil but we will lick our wounds and go again onwards and upwards
After we move on from AN and the it fully sinks in we will have Mowbray as manager....dear god!!! All the great work done by the new regime to get us to a position where we are now and had pretty much all the Sunderland faithful behind them will be undone, by many ,with this terrible appointment. Other than Mowbray bring available, cheap and almost certainly the ultimate yes man....what possible benefits are there?
Alex Neil was available and cheap. He did quite well I'm no Mowbray fan but if it is him, then he has a lot of experience at this level and wouldlkely be the fabled "steady hand" we need to ensure we finish well away from the relegation fight
The club have said he's not been offered the job. They've only just started the recruitment process. Maybe Mowbray is the Roy Keane of this manager search. We might get someone who's better than we could all wish for as he likes the look of the setup. No point in getting upset over something that's yet to happen.
Lets see...... I fear the worst. My only hope is KLD is reading some stuff on Instagram (which he does see) and realises this is huge PR nightmare. IF it does happen, our club goes from forward thinking club to a plodder...all the momentum we built up, potentially could be affected. I hope not, but I fear it could happen
This. The development of and willingness to coach a young squad is another feather in his cap in what we’re looking for. There’s a lot of ill informed rubbish being spouted about him. I’m comfortable with people not wanting him, he’s not my preferred choice, but it has to be based on facts, he’s simply not ‘a hoofball dinosaur’ or ‘a Championship Parkinson’. He’s not only being considered because he’s free, there’s clear synergy with our strategy. Incidentally, the comments on Mowbray read exactly as the comments on Neil when he was first appointed.
I agree. He’s not the one everyone wants, but let’s be honest, the more vocal previously wanted a guy who’s done nowt in the game for 15 years and we’re fuming when we got Alex Neil!! Not box office, but, by all accounts, not a bad gaffer according to those who’ve watched his teams.
My over riding memory of Tony Mowbray is his post match interview after Roy Keane's side beat him at the Hawthorn's. Can't remember the exact words. But he was pretty pissed we rocked up and beat his side who were flying at the time. Perhaps I'm being harsh. But I don't think he did that well at boro when he went there. But I could be wrong. I'm undecided now tbh, and that's after calling him a **** yesterday haha
I haven’t posted much because I’m riding my bike around the Peak District. I think Alex Neil is a ****er. No reasons he couldn’t have kept his head down and waited but he put his own desire for power ahead of his commitment to our club. That said think I Speakman’s plan is working and developing the club but is too inflexible and will reduce our managerial options beyond common sense - he needs closer scrutiny. AN was right in saying our club needs an experienced manager. How experienced I’m not sure . Manning has done well but would be a gamble. Mowbray has the right level of experience without having done that well but at this crucial point his work with the recruitment team is a plus. My definite first choice would be Robins but he’s knocked us back before .
It’s very rare that someone is all bad and another all good. Whatever Speakman is and does leaving at this time is a ****s trick that disrespects the fans and players.
Wiki says he's involved with the Belgium setup as well as Chelsea, he would have to give that up fpr the head coach role here surely?
