I've kept quiet on my take from the whole derby situation for fear of basically getting abused by either (or both) sides of the argument. As my feelings are nuanced.
Below is my opinion. Remember I'm based down south and near no other sunderland or newcastle fans. so that definitely affects my feelings.
- The club fecked up the comms of the North stand seat moves. Fans felt alienated by it. A clear logical explanation should have come up front.
- Fans massively overreacted about having to move from the North stand. (in my opinion). My uncle is one of the fans who had to move and agrees with me, FWIW. I just don't understand how some fans are genuinely refusing to go back to the club they support because they were forced to sit in a different seat. It genuinely baffles me.
- The BCB incident was a monumental lack of awareness and judgement from the club, and it definitely has had an affect on my feelings towards the ownership. It makes me feel like they don't "get us".
- Should somebody lose their job over it? I don't think necessarily. I hate cancel culture, like with a passion.
- But to counter the above, I completely, completely understand why fans are so furious about it and want answers. And I also understand the complete frustration that the club seem to not understand exactly how this made them feel.
I've seen all sides of the debates on both incidents a million times over, so there's no point anybody replying to me to change my mind.