C'est, although your post was spot on I started looking for a noose I was that depressed MrRAW, thanks for putting things in perspective.
Sorry mate, but this did make me laugh..."some really depressing lows...............blowing millions of mercenaries" I would imagine that would be pretty ****ing depressing.
I agree Sunderland seem to be one of those "cursed" teams to support, but you have to remember it's all relative. Just like it boils my piss when I hear Chelsea fans going on about how miserable they are under Benitez, when they've got a Champions League trophy in their cabinet, my mate who supports Portsmouth can't stand it when I go on about us losing again to some average PL team when he's not even sure if he'll have a team to support in a month's time, and like my mate who supports Rangers and has to watch their massive club playing part-timers in the third division. Things could always be worse, even if it doesn't seem like that now.
This is exactly my point..When we were a struggling 2nd tier team, I bet many of our teams would have said they would have been delighted to support our team in the top flight...However, just like Oliver Twist, our fans always seem to want more, and never seem to be satisfied...
I pretty much feel the same as Cest....no matter what we do, what players we get in..what manager we appoint, at the end of the day..we are Sunderland AFC. So, its bound to go wrong. My first game was back in 1968 and over the years I have witnessed so much ****e. To be honest, when I kick the bucket, I will find the cloud my dad is on, and kick the living **** out of him for introducing me to lifetime of this gut wrenching pain that is supporting this football club. But you know what lads, thats what its about for me. No matter what happens to this football club, no matter what players we buy...I will ALWAYS support my team. I know MoN is not flavour of the month at the moment, but I still believe that this guy is the best manager we have had at the club in my lifetime. Hard to back that right now, but given enough time (which I doubt he will get) he will turn it around.
Exactly mate, despite this having been a ****e season we still have twice as many points as the 15 point team, so this is certainly not the nadir of our recent history like some people seem to be making out. Don't get me wrong though, it is still horribly depressing.
