Speaking of Matty, it's a real shame he's not playing more out on loan. I understand any matchday experience is beneficial but playing more would only help him.
Aside from the second goal, I thought it was Patterson's best game in a while. Some decent stops when there were players bearing down on him.
Sunderland are among other Championship clubs targeting Hansa Rostock centre-back Ahmet Gurleyen, German outlet Fussball Transfers has claimed. Now, according to reports in Germany, one player on the Sunderland radar is centre-back Ahmet Gurleyen. It is claimed by Fussball Transfers that SAFC are among the sides in the Championship keeping an eye on the 25-year-old amid his performances for Hansa Rostock. Gurleyen only joined the club, who play in Germany’s third-tier, last summer. He’s under contract until the end of the 2026/27 season and has played at a number of levels in the German game since coming through the FSV Mainz academy. https://the72.co.uk/2025/02/18/sunderland-championship-interest-ahmet-gurleyen/
Folk said the same last season We will likely lose more than we did last season but you just never know with KLD and KS tho - seem to be able to retain players
I think we’ll likely receive more in funds this time too, so be able to strengthen depth with a bit more quality.
IF we don’t go up I think we lose Jobe this summer. The others will depend on contract negotiations ie Neil, Cirkin and Watson. It’s quite feasible for us to pull in £40-50m if we lose 2-3 perhaps allowing us to raise wage budgets and compete with the parachute payment clubs. Futures bright either way for me.
I'd honestly be devastated to lose Neil for less than £20 million given his form at the minute, he's growing into the midfielder many of us hoped. He's turning into a captain too. If we can get him to sign a contract before the end of the season, it could be crucial. Unfortunately, I don't see it. I still think Patta is fine for where we are at, I can't see many clubs being interested in him anyway despite the rumours. I think most journos just see an English goalie of a certain age playing loads of game at a good level and start going crazy. Whilst his distribution isn't good, I'd be fine with that if he was more commanding and out quicker.
Yeah, like you say without promotion that seems as if it'll be the case. For this level I still think if we are smart we can bring in a player that would keep us functioning at a similar enough level as a unit but not quite at Dans level, Caspar Jander for example is doing similar things for Nurnberg this season. Agree about patto, hes ok enough for the most part unless we go up.
He is only 6 months younger than Jobe and Jobe is as versatile and in a more attacking sense, which usually commands a more premium fee. Add in his name and I would be very surprised if KLD etc are not looking at a similar fee.
They can keep their hands firmly ****ing off of him... That said if we don't go up I reckon a few PL clubs might come knocking
He does have 5 assists to be fair but I think we can get better, I like Roberts but if we have a mundle clone on the right we’d be electric
There’s no doubt about it that we need better now. I love Roberts, he’s been superb for Sunderland but we must upgrade in that position