Sounds like MON has stiffed it, re Campbell leaving:
http://www.sunderland-mad.co.uk/new...lock_on_campbell_transfer_777687/index.shtml?
I think its a done deal strov, just waiting on others to set the ball rolling.
I think its a done deal strov, just waiting on others to set the ball rolling.

Put it this way to those who haven't forgiven Campbell and Papa Campbell for what happened a few years ago. Number 1 - we don't know the exact dealings between them and our previous regime. Number 2 if he scores the goals to get us better results than the teams below us (Middlesbrough, Palace, Leicester etc) then we get promoted - simples, and isn't that what we, the manager and coaching staff and the Allams all want
Sounds like MON has stiffed it, re Campbell leaving:
http://www.sunderland-mad.co.uk/new...lock_on_campbell_transfer_777687/index.shtml?
MON has no credibility. He said 4 or 5 times he had either recalled meyler or was going to do it. If we sign campbell MON will say he is thinking of resigning him the day after.
I think MON had every intention of recalling Meyler. Steve Bruce changed his mind for him by dangling £1.5m in front of his nose, thats why Meyler never went back.
I think MON had every intention of recalling Meyler. Steve Bruce changed his mind for him by dangling £1.5m in front of his nose, thats why Meyler never went back.
Not quite as I see it - MON never wanted Meyler back.
He was making the point that if we wanted to treat him as ours, we should buy him and not take advantage of a loan. It was a polite way of saying we can do what we want as he is ours.
He wanted rid and wanted £ rather than a loan so forced our hands.
If he'd have needed Meyler, he'd have been back in a flash.
Not sure what the bilge above is about MON having no credibilty?! He just took £1.5 million off us rather than lend us a player for nowt (bar wages). He worked it well and forced our hand. Bruce would have been much happier signing a season loan deal (in fact we know by the comments the cash coming from summer's budget).
Some posters seem to think MON looks daft - we might both be happy, but he's happier.
I see Swansea are being linked with Kenwyne Jones as Sunderland's chase for Danny Graham hots up. Like selling a house, the completion of this chain could be what releases Campbell.
The credibility issue isnt that he didnt make a good decision and that getting 1.5 million for him wasnt a good idea. I agree, we are happy he is happy. But it is that he lied to his fans, all I mean is that you can not trust what he is saying. At one point he said, I have done this, it turned out, he had in fact not done that. That is a lie, and you lose crediablity when you lie. I do not mean that he wont make the best decision for his team.
I am concerned that Campbell seems to be our only target man. With wood, and davies now signed up I certainly dont think we will get 2 strikers in and one seems to be up in the air right now as well.
Why? Campbell isn't the only striker we are after, that'd be absurd on Bruce's part. He's outlined the need for a goalscorer and a goalkeeper. I don't think he'll sign two or three strikers (as somebody else mentioned), we only need the one and as I said previously and given that the money is coming out of his summer budget, I think SB will settle for one and then see where we are when the loan window shuts in March, which is where you would see cover come in.