I don't think his comments will come as any big surprise to Sunderland Fans. This piss-taking wasn't just happening on the pitch. If Short had been more hands on, it wouldn't have been allowed to happen. Thankfully KLD will be around to see that history doesn't repeat itself.
On the pitch, we had a few seasons when we only started playing in March. Probably the players only here for a pay day thought that the gravy train might end if we went down, so upped their game to get another year of it. Leeches.