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People wont like to admit but bt is a panic buy, shown by only a one year deal

superb window mind
 
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Sad to see him go. Class on and off the field. Part of the SAFC family always.

As a sentimental old softy I'd loved to have seen Sunderland go bravely into this season with the same players who somehow managed to get us up ...

... the reality is that we'd have probably been decimated already.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Rigg, Hume, Ballard grow into the PL but it's a brutal league and there's no room for misty eyed sentimentality.
 
STUNNING window.

We were proud all ready after last season but the bar has been raised.

KLD, Speakman, Ghisolfi, and Regis, thank you.

We Are Sunderland.

So far beyond my expectations as to be other worldly.

How lucky we are to have this owner, these people guiding the ship.

Hello world!! It's us, Sunderland. We're back!
 
How’s it a panic buy? <laugh>
I think it looks like a “ do a job” last minute gap filler in some respects but pretty much everyone wanted an experienced forward akin to Xhaka and Reinildo. Granted he’s not that quality but could very much be an astute signing and brings big club as well as premier league experience.
 
A cheap buy price, 1 year deal, premier experience, clearly bought for depth. It’s the polar opposite of panic buy. It’s not the X factor winger we wanted but we clearly pivoted and spent the money on the ST instead

The fact we spoke to BB 5 weeks ago shows we did not pivot
 
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As a sentimental old softy I'd loved to have seen Sunderland go bravely into this season with the same players who somehow managed to get us up ...

... the reality is that we'd have probably been decimated already.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Rigg, Hume, Ballard grow into the PL but it's a brutal league and there's no room for misty eyed sentimentality.

We’d have gone down bottom, and badly bottom mate.

The players we’ve retained are likely here a long time, and sold upwards.

We haven’t sold our soul, we’ve bought savvy, at fair prices.

We’ve done brilliantly.

Patto
Trai
Ballard
Cirkin
Mayenda
Mundle
Rigg
Neil
Wilson

These are all getting minutes, some of them will get a LOT of minutes.

I’m gonna call it ‘rapid evolution’. That’s a hefty list of players staying part of the first team squad for a no hoper playoff winner.

We’ve done it different. I wager all of those players retained have PL careers.