Never wanted Bruce, as I thought he was a **** manager.
He got my support from his signing on the dotted line, but I was proved right in my first thoughts on him as a manager and he was quite rightly allowed to go.
When O'Neil came I had concerns if he had come to us too late, but was still chuffed when he became our manager. Yet we managed to play some of the most boring, negative football it has been my displeasure to watch. No matter how much I liked the bloke his days were numbered here, he looked to have lost any passion for the game. People were saying he should have been given more time and he hadn't had a fair crack at it. Yet these same posters were saying get rid of PDC after 3 or 4 games into a season.
Last seasons games under PDC shouldn't count against him as he was trying to motivate the **** he inherited.
When Short brought in DiCanio we knew what we were getting, a maverick with very set ideas about how he wanted to be a COACH and to run a team. (Notice I didn't say MANAGER.)
I hate the idea of a Director of Football and always have.
I have the horrible feeling that a lot of the players brought in were brought in without PDC having the final say. It has ended up he is having to pick a starting 11 from players he doesn't rate.
TBF I don't rate a few of them either.
We definitely didn't get the players that PDC was mentioning he wanted in interviews.
When Sess was being hawked by the club for sale, PDC made a statement saying that SAFC have got to keep their best players. Next thing we know Sess is out the door. (Love him or hate him he could change a game on his own. Who the **** have we in the team that could do that now?)
We had started to play football under PDC, not just kick and rush as we were doing under the two previous incumbents. The players looked fitter and more motivated.
We deserved a hell of a lot more from some of the games this season, but our luck and the officials were ****. (Didn't help that a couple of players made huge mistakes that cost us.)
No denying we weren't at the races for a couple as well.
But bloody hell we are Sunderland not Man U or Chelsea.
Getting beat 3-1 looks bad as a result on paper, it doesn't look so bad when you watched the game and saw how it came about.
So we will be bringing in another COACH, when we actually need a MANAGER.
And the DOF sits back and buys more **** and says this is what you have make the best of it.
I am sick of overpaid footballers taking MY football club for granted.
PDC started to put the greedy mercenaries in their place and I was fully behind him.
I agreed with everything he said, even though it gave the anti PDC's a rod to beat him with.
They have been making up their own stories to back this up as well.
He has lost the dressing room, he has upset some of the Prima Donnas etc etc.
Bullshit.
If they are so thin skinned I want those ****ers out of MY club!
Posters saying he isn't a good manager as he didn't pick their pet player.
FFS! There are still people want to play Larsson no matter how bad he plays/
Supporters screaming about Cabral not playing, did they not watch how **** he was against the Dons?
I liked the look of N'Diaye, but he threw his toys out of the pram when PDC said he wasn't a guaranteed starter. N'Diaye's words not mine.
I said at the time the players needed to be held more accountable under MON.
There are still quite a few should be held accountable under PDC.
This is the stupidest decision I have seen made at SAFC for decades.
People writing us off as relegation candidates after FIVE ****ing games absolutely ridiculous.
Two wins would have had us in 8th place alongside ManU ffs!
The next few games the ones calling for PDC's head will allow us to lose and it wont be the new coaches fault. Games any sensible supporter wouldn't have expected to win anyway.
But would have expected us to put up a good show at least and hope to get something from them.
Although I have read some of the other threads I haven't commented at some of the replacements being touted.
Mancini?? Had a squad of costly players but couldn't form them into a TEAM!
Redknapp?? Scattergun purchaser of loads of players and hopes for the best!
De Matteo?? Looks favourite, yet how short some peoples memories are.
This is the bloke who brought Tore Andre Flo out of retirement!!!!!! (Yes! That Flo, that was so **** he carried his own health warning.)
He was also sacked by WBA after a horrendous run of losing games and they got rid to stop the rot. (Sound familiar?)
Got the Chelsea job via the back door as AVB's assistant had a ready made team of stars that I could have won things managing.
Yet people are claiming he is some sort of genius.
I still think PDC would have turned it round given time.
The signs were there in how much better we were playing.
Nice how the ones wanting him out conveniently forget that!
And just state the results as if we were hammered every game.
A couple of breaks in games and this season would have started oh so different.
No matter what happens I will be grateful to him for breaking up the player power at our club and getting the lazy bastards fitter.
He got my support from his signing on the dotted line, but I was proved right in my first thoughts on him as a manager and he was quite rightly allowed to go.
When O'Neil came I had concerns if he had come to us too late, but was still chuffed when he became our manager. Yet we managed to play some of the most boring, negative football it has been my displeasure to watch. No matter how much I liked the bloke his days were numbered here, he looked to have lost any passion for the game. People were saying he should have been given more time and he hadn't had a fair crack at it. Yet these same posters were saying get rid of PDC after 3 or 4 games into a season.
Last seasons games under PDC shouldn't count against him as he was trying to motivate the **** he inherited.
When Short brought in DiCanio we knew what we were getting, a maverick with very set ideas about how he wanted to be a COACH and to run a team. (Notice I didn't say MANAGER.)
I hate the idea of a Director of Football and always have.
I have the horrible feeling that a lot of the players brought in were brought in without PDC having the final say. It has ended up he is having to pick a starting 11 from players he doesn't rate.
TBF I don't rate a few of them either.
We definitely didn't get the players that PDC was mentioning he wanted in interviews.
When Sess was being hawked by the club for sale, PDC made a statement saying that SAFC have got to keep their best players. Next thing we know Sess is out the door. (Love him or hate him he could change a game on his own. Who the **** have we in the team that could do that now?)
We had started to play football under PDC, not just kick and rush as we were doing under the two previous incumbents. The players looked fitter and more motivated.
We deserved a hell of a lot more from some of the games this season, but our luck and the officials were ****. (Didn't help that a couple of players made huge mistakes that cost us.)
No denying we weren't at the races for a couple as well.
But bloody hell we are Sunderland not Man U or Chelsea.
Getting beat 3-1 looks bad as a result on paper, it doesn't look so bad when you watched the game and saw how it came about.
So we will be bringing in another COACH, when we actually need a MANAGER.
And the DOF sits back and buys more **** and says this is what you have make the best of it.
I am sick of overpaid footballers taking MY football club for granted.
PDC started to put the greedy mercenaries in their place and I was fully behind him.
I agreed with everything he said, even though it gave the anti PDC's a rod to beat him with.
They have been making up their own stories to back this up as well.
He has lost the dressing room, he has upset some of the Prima Donnas etc etc.
Bullshit.
If they are so thin skinned I want those ****ers out of MY club!
Posters saying he isn't a good manager as he didn't pick their pet player.
FFS! There are still people want to play Larsson no matter how bad he plays/
Supporters screaming about Cabral not playing, did they not watch how **** he was against the Dons?
I liked the look of N'Diaye, but he threw his toys out of the pram when PDC said he wasn't a guaranteed starter. N'Diaye's words not mine.
I said at the time the players needed to be held more accountable under MON.
There are still quite a few should be held accountable under PDC.
This is the stupidest decision I have seen made at SAFC for decades.
People writing us off as relegation candidates after FIVE ****ing games absolutely ridiculous.
Two wins would have had us in 8th place alongside ManU ffs!
The next few games the ones calling for PDC's head will allow us to lose and it wont be the new coaches fault. Games any sensible supporter wouldn't have expected to win anyway.
But would have expected us to put up a good show at least and hope to get something from them.
Although I have read some of the other threads I haven't commented at some of the replacements being touted.
Mancini?? Had a squad of costly players but couldn't form them into a TEAM!
Redknapp?? Scattergun purchaser of loads of players and hopes for the best!
De Matteo?? Looks favourite, yet how short some peoples memories are.
This is the bloke who brought Tore Andre Flo out of retirement!!!!!! (Yes! That Flo, that was so **** he carried his own health warning.)
He was also sacked by WBA after a horrendous run of losing games and they got rid to stop the rot. (Sound familiar?)
Got the Chelsea job via the back door as AVB's assistant had a ready made team of stars that I could have won things managing.
Yet people are claiming he is some sort of genius.
I still think PDC would have turned it round given time.
The signs were there in how much better we were playing.
Nice how the ones wanting him out conveniently forget that!
And just state the results as if we were hammered every game.
A couple of breaks in games and this season would have started oh so different.
No matter what happens I will be grateful to him for breaking up the player power at our club and getting the lazy bastards fitter.
