S.A.F.C. - the future

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Ferryhill Exile said:
Its really not when Donald, Methven, Sartori and Rodwell are still here.
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Like I said before, our current owners make up 75% of the new ‘ownership group’. But already it seems better decisions are being made than we’ve seen in the last 2 and a half years.
 
As You Were said:
Time will tell. We are all Sunderland supporters who want to see the club doing well . Yeah we are having a restructure and fingers crossed it works well but lets be clear about 1 thing. Billionaires who are ambitious and mean business wouldn’t even look at Johnson regardless of what league we are in. Very worried not much has changed in terms of ambition with rodwell still big decision maker at club. People might try and put a more positive spin on things but sadly thats the truth. Very naive to think otherwise.
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Rodwell is an employee only and will be directed by the owners - it is clear we have moved in a different direction already. Billionaires' might want a bigger manager but may not want to just throw money at a big name with a salary cap and no knowledge of lower league football

We shall see
 
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As You Were said:
Time will tell. We are all Sunderland supporters who want to see the club doing well . Yeah we are having a restructure and fingers crossed it works well but lets be clear about 1 thing. Billionaires who are ambitious and mean business wouldn’t even look at Johnson regardless of what league we are in. Very worried not much has changed in terms of ambition with rodwell still big decision maker at club. People might try and put a more positive spin on things but sadly thats the truth. Very naive to think otherwise.
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This is a very silly statement and very naive yourself, I’m afraid. Like people have said, it doesn’t matter how many billions your owner has, it’s nigh on impossible to attract big name managers in League One. We clearly failed with Poyet. Pompey have billionaire owners and employ Kenny Jackett. Managers with decent reputations won’t drop to this level. Lee Johnson has managed in the league above us for many years, so in that sense it is ambitious and a bit of a coup. I don’t really get how it can be concluded that our new owner is unambitious because of this.
 
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Can't say I am overly impressed with Johnson, mainly due to reading about his tendancy for streaks, I don't believe the sunderland crowd will be patient with him if we go on 7 game losing streaks, however the promise of actually seeing some attacking football is definately a bonus, and as such i believe with the players at our disposal that should definitely be enough for promotion. I firmly believe we have a squad good enough for promotion, but they have been held back by dour defensive tactics, and in turn affecting confidence
 
resinlegs said:
The club statement emphasises Speakman will focus on data analytics. That should be music to our ears after two years of Tony Coton scouting.
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Yeah mate. Looking at Downie's Tweet, he'll be the Technical Director whose role will be Player Development and modern approach to things like fitness, sports Science and the like. No mention of transfer dealings and such like. Think we'll have a separate guy in charge of transfers and first team affairs.
 
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