Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Sheffield United – Championship Play-off Final - Saturday 24th May 2025 - KO 15:00

Perhaps the Wembley staff ordered the red and white flags for Sheffield Utd, there was only 32,000 to go around

 

https://x.com/GazJFisher/status/1926787703594443163?s=19

Just a week ago

 

FFS man, I promised mesel, last night, that I'd really get stuck into some work today

 

I know Smug...I've got all my bedding plants to put out and it's *issing down here....I've no idea what I'll do til the rain stops

 

If you only knew the whole story.
It's sad everyone does not.

 

Well tell the whole story, years have past now and no story has been told

They would have ruined our club, in fact they were ruining it and I will never forgive them for that

I get you are pals with SD so it is harder for you but they took us to our lowest point (Short deserves his blame for it as well) and we had no hope

You slag Speakman off loads on here, yet he is one of the main reasons (2nd behind KLD), yet you'll never have a bad word said about SD - think that's why people will bite back

Anyway enough about those 2 chancers - thank you KLD, thank you Stuart Harvey and thank you KS - you've saved our club

 

The story you have Bob is a fairy story, what you've been told is nonsense to be honest.

It's just a smokescreen by a pair of conmen who were only attracted to Sunderland by cash and nothing else.

I had a meeting with Methven, before our first match at Oxford, when he first got his hands in the till ...

... that was the last time I spoke to him, a very unpleasant man. .

Grumpy Old Man knows the whole truth but it's irrelevant, thankfully that pair are in the past now and SAFC have a great future.

This is a time when all Sunderland supporters are looking forward to the future ...

... you can't keep living in the past mate, it's not healthy.

 

I used to 'rate' Dobson when he was with us, it's a bit of a strong word but thought he was ok, he's just been promoted to the championship so maybe not a bad player.

Mind you, so has Phil Parkinson so the logic might be a bit shaky.

 

But you do Bob, so tell us. Stop thinking you’re clever by doing this. To be honest you come across as a child. “Ner ner ner ner ner I know something you don’t know”. I bet you’re revelling in all of this. To quote the SMB, “pathetic, man”.

 

You keep saying that, so tell us.

In fact i'll make it easier, name 10 good things Donald did for this club.

 

You just have to look at the procession of players flying out of the academy less than a year after Speakman came in to see the depth of the damage they did.

That academy was the clubs saving grace and they had it borderline derelict.

 

Its not even up for discussion. If those two were still here we wouldn't be about to embark on a PL campaign, we'd most likely be bobbing between League One and the Championship.

 

I honestly believe that he’s talking absolute nonsense. He knows nothing.

 

Absolutely no reason to hold it back now they have no links to club.

And the press haven’t got this redemption song after 4 years? Naaa.

 

Im re-watching the game at 3.01pm

Times dragging. Cannot wait...

Hhhaaa'wwwwaaaaayyyyyy the lads

 

I can think of two good things during SD's time here.
He sold us to KLD, and he bought Luke O'Nien.
Thats it.

 

They did get the seats back Red…

 

They did, but they even spun that as something it wasn't.
They got the fans to do it, and made out it was re-connect the fans to the club. In reality, it was purely to save money.

 

They could do with another spruce up to be fair. That’s what happens when done cheap.