Agree with this mate. You can look at the fact we finished 5th but without the ****e patch in the middle that team would have got automatic, imo with AN in charge for the whole season it would have won the title with time to spare. I think the fact we are building a team of young hungry players means its too hard to call if we are going to be looking over our shoulders at the relegation spots or pushing for promotion. Chuck AN who seems different to what we have had so far and no one could blame our fans for being optimistic.
I feel the same way, mate. Although I did watch the friendly against ? , the one after the one in Portugal, and kept nodding off. I’m hoping that when the season proper gets under way that I’ll get some interest back.
I agree mate. At my age I’ve reached the stage where I no longer look forward but take one day at a time. I still watch Sunderland regularly via stream and other matches if they have a particular interest to me, but it is something I do automatically; like washing and brushing my teeth. Im hoping that my enthusiasm will rekindle when the serious stuff starts. I think a dropping off of enjoyment is in a large part due to watching on a screen and not experiencing the atmosphere the supporters generate. Another factor is that I can’t appreciate the finer points of a game because I don’t understand modern football. I started watching when it was a simple game and success depended solely on players skill, and tactics and formations were never mentioned.
Well, I go from extreme to extreme as a knee jerker! Buzzing after Rangers but all doom and gloom after Bradford - wish I had a middle of the road mentality!
That's me mate, but I'm happy that way. Wembley was absolutely amazing, made better by the gloom of previous visits.
