Martin O'neill sacked

Few rumours going round saying it's Kevin Ball.

 

They say the appointment will be made in the coming days. Seems they have someone lined up.

 

I'd be very surprised. He might be a bit of a Sunderland legend, but he's had a stab at that before, with very poor results. Granted, that season (under McCarthy) they were long gone by the time Ball took over (pretty much around this, from memory), but still didn't pull up any trees.

That appointment certainly wouldn't worry me, and I'm sure Wigan, Villa etc fans would say the same.

Caretaker for one game maybe (is he currently part of the backroom staff?), but surely not all these remaining last seven games.

 

My bet is Shteve McClaren.

 

Given that he left Twente because fans were not pleased with his negative tactics, he would seem a good fit for the current Sunderland squad.

 

Interesting range of odds. 4/1 with skybet. 50/1 with Victor.

Got Cubishley at 25/1. Put £5 on. Quite tempted with Di Matteo now though.

 

And from 50/1, Victor have since slashed to 12/1.

 

Didn't Reading say that as well?

 

Makes Cortese look sane doesn't it. Swapped a good manager for a better one that he had lined up and still with time to make an impact.

 

Odds on McClaren continue to be slashed. 6/5 favourite now. Christ, anyone who got on that 50/1...

 

have to thank my mum tho

 

I don't think the timing is that odd, really. Depending on what Sunderland have been doing.

Sunderland has been terrible, so something needed to be done. Still, firing the manager at this point has to be your last option. So if it were me, during the international break I would have been out vetting candidates. If O'Neill had won today, maybe they might have kept him or maybe this gave the new managers a chance to see the team or maybe whoever they had in mind needed more time to decide.

If they've done their homework and have someone lined up, the timing isn't odd. If it takes them a week to appoint a new manager because they fired O'Neill spur-of-the-moment today then they screwed up badly.

 

Hmm...this one kind of makes sense to me. The way Sunderland are playing smacks of a falling out behind the scenes, the players are all in one giant sulk, if they can sort out the players heads they have a good chance.

 

Surprised at the timing. Turned straight to the old man and called McClaren.

 

If they go with Mcclaren then they're gone, The wolly with a brolly is useless.

 

I can't say that when I think McClaren, 'manager to lead you to survival' doesn't instantly spring to mind as well.

I could be wrong, but I tempted to say that this is the first time MON has ever been sacked. Usually seems to jump ship.

 

The bastard getting sacked got us bumped on MOTD, how inconsiderate.

 

The only thing that will save them is the "playing for the new manager" phenomenon that was once so common so maybe not such a daft move.

 

Hopefully the new manager will have similar qualities of Terry Connor of Wolves last season.

 

This.