New Head Coach

Well contrary to reports he speaks very good English. Considerably better than Michael Beale in that aspect for a start

 

That's the impression I got as well, can easily see this being a fun ride

 

Also wasn't afraid to say we struggled.

 

I also like that he says he "hopes he can develop the identity quickly".

Identity being something we lacked completely last season. Its great that he's coming in with the mindset that he wants to embed it.

 

Wish I was French. I'd probably still be a useless ****, but I'd at least sound incredibly suave and quite cultured.

 

Depends of we have players if the same or similar quality in the academy of or squad.

Of the players you named I think Given, Ki and add Alonso for me are ones that had a successful loan and we had a chance of signing at the time but we balked at the price? Given I was a bairn so might be wrong on that!

All the rest the parent clubs wanted them back and they were all star players that season and better than what we had available in the full team never mind academy! So in each of the cases the player was well worth the loan and developing another teams player.

 

Good interview, said all the right things
- Lots of work going on in the blurred background there

 

I assumed that was from the concerts?

 

I have no problem with criticism and critique but as I have said many times on here it should be well thought out and backed by a balanced argument and not just put out there without the aforementioned thought and perspective into the situations.
You seem to be constantly looking for a way to criticise and seem reluctant to acknowledge the successes of the club or put thought in to reasons why mistakes have been made or how some of the problems at the club have been inherited.
We seem to have finally started to commercialise the club better bit you wanted to focus on the negatives from last season rather than show some support for the positive steps forward. That is your prerogative but TBH like I have said I choose to support differently and will look to praise the hard work that has been done and hope it continues.

 

Is it not the University graduation stuff?

 

Decent transfer window would do it for me. Off the pitch fantastic. Now to put it right on it

 

Alonso went back to Fiorentina for the manager ( Montella?) to have a look at him. He then had a successful season before Chelsea splashed the cash on him.

The club opted to pay the 10m on Rodwell rather than Ki, but I don't recall Ki being desperate to sign + a proportion of fans thought he was poor and not worth the ££.

I think they wanted 4m for Given and we weren't in the position to spend that on an 18yr old keeper. Quinn was our recorded signing the summer after he left and that was only 1.3m-1.5m going from memory.

Any loans signings should have a fee agreed to enable us to take advantage of the year spent developing them.

 

I believe if the season was 3 games longer we would have went down

 

Yes - could be graduation marquee but it looks a bit weird. (Ceremonies are from 8th-12th July)

They do look to be replacing seats here though

 

And if it had been 300 games longer we might have won the league.

But it's not.

 

The white tented stage is the University graduation ceremony platform.

 

It’s the graduation stage and also the stage for scouting for girls.
The missing seats are the ones they take out for the concerts so people can get on the pitch.

 

Possibly but I know they’re putting a new sound system in too. I know one of the lads who are doing the work

 

There's my brother in the video again

He must be the most photogenic man in Sunderland.

 

If the club can make it a trap door over a shark pit, that would put them in the black.