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FellTop said:
100% with you mate. We rip the heart out of the side we are in trouble, one way or another.

Excitement about new players is fine. I am with it for some. What I dont get is the certainty that some of our existing team cant play Prem. There are risks with every new player we sign not handling it tbh. Until they do it we cant be certain.

Patto is an interesting point. To date has he let us down? Has he had big games? He had of courss had rough times, young goalies often do tbf. Will he be much better behind a better back line? Most keepers often are tbh. Saying he cant play prem doesnt sit well with me. I think we can sign someone better and more ready of course, but that is true of Mayenda anf others too. I am all for holding onto the team spirit we had last season.
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to be fair its not us fans saying Patto needs replacing, its the club.
 
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FellTop said:
100% with you mate. We rip the heart out of the side we are in trouble, one way or another.

Excitement about new players is fine. I am with it for some. What I dont get is the certainty that some of our existing team cant play Prem. There are risks with every new player we sign not handling it tbh. Until they do it we cant be certain.

Patto is an interesting point. To date has he let us down? Has he had big games? He had of courss had rough times, young goalies often do tbf. Will he be much better behind a better back line? Most keepers often are tbh. Saying he cant play prem doesnt sit well with me. I think we can sign someone better and more ready of course, but that is true of Mayenda anf others too. I am all for holding onto the team spirit we had last season.
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I stand by I think Patto be better in PL, less corner crowding etc.

It’s without question he can be upgraded of course but I don’t fear starting with him one bit.
 
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FellTop said:
100% with you mate. We rip the heart out of the side we are in trouble, one way or another.

Excitement about new players is fine. I am with it for some. What I dont get is the certainty that some of our existing team cant play Prem. There are risks with every new player we sign not handling it tbh. Until they do it we cant be certain.

Patto is an interesting point. To date has he let us down? Has he had big games? He had of courss had rough times, young goalies often do tbf. Will he be much better behind a better back line? Most keepers often are tbh. Saying he cant play prem doesnt sit well with me. I think we can sign someone better and more ready of course, but that is true of Mayenda anf others too. I am all for holding onto the team spirit we had last season.
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Mate id love to see the Wembley squad start against West Ham, ive never felt so connected to an safc team that that day.

They are not perfect, they aren't superstars but they give their all and I don't want to lose that, I want to hear "one of our own" ringing around d the sol
 
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Chunksafc said:
Mate id love to see the Wembley squad start against West Ham, ive never felt so connected to an safc team that that day.

They are not perfect, they aren't superstars but they give their all and I don't want to lose that, I want to hear "one of our own" ringing around d the sol
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Bizarre

I want to win
 
Southern A said:
Those who want to stay absolutely should. They'll have to rise to the challenge that they earned themselves. They're professional and will know that with growth comes bigger challenges. None of them should look at the newcomers and think they're being replaced. That's poor and weak mentality.

I'd be really surprised if Ballard, Hume and Mayenda at the very least didn't start the first game. Mundle, Neil and Rigg clearly have a good chance to as well. Regis doesn't seem the kind to disrupt so he may wish to ease the new lads in slowly.

The only exception is Patto as its obviously different for keepers where there's usually very much a number 1 and a number 2. It may be difficult for him to accept a demotion and he may wish to leave. This would be sad considering the journey he's been on but is unfortunate.
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It wouldn't surprise me at all, if ONien started the first game!
 
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FellTop said:
100% with you mate. We rip the heart out of the side we are in trouble, one way or another.

Excitement about new players is fine. I am with it for some. What I dont get is the certainty that some of our existing team cant play Prem. There are risks with every new player we sign not handling it tbh. Until they do it we cant be certain.

Patto is an interesting point. To date has he let us down? Has he had big games? He had of courss had rough times, young goalies often do tbf. Will he be much better behind a better back line? Most keepers often are tbh. Saying he cant play prem doesnt sit well with me. I think we can sign someone better and more ready of course, but that is true of Mayenda anf others too. I am all for holding onto the team spirit we had last season.
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The club will know they need to maintain that team spirit, it'll be one of the big things they'll look at when recruiting players

Signing new players and losing existing players doesn't mean the team spirit drops

I agree there's no certainty that players can't step up, I'd say the best people to judge that will be RLB KS and co who see them in training all the time

The club won't get every decision right this summer but the core of last seasons team isn't going to be ripped apart imo

If neil leaves its because he won't sign a contract not because the club want him gone
 
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BGG228 said:
Dan Neil on his day, can run games. He's one of our best young products for decades and with good midfielders and defenders around him, he will improve. Losing him would be hugely regrettable; we need depth in midfield to cope with injuries, Afcon etc, and he's years ahead of his prime yet.
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I worry about him, his day this season was a 2 month spell in the middle of the season and that’s in the championship and we’re suddenly expecting him to look the part at the next level

he’s 2/3 years older than sidiki and diarra and their current attributes and potential is higher. The way current transfers are going and the links, I think you’d be truly hard pressed to find 3 from that starting 11 who are truly safe.


Neil leaves, Henderson on a free, Neil fee leveraged into another cm

people were happy with Patterson until the links appeared because they’re marked upgrades, enzo and diarra have to start leaving one spot and if they sign someone of similar calibre Neil isn’t getting in
 
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Scout73 said:
The club will know they need to maintain that team spirit, it'll be one of the big things they'll look at when recruiting players

Signing new players and losing existing players doesn't mean the team spirit drops

I agree there's no certainty that players can't step up, I'd say the best people to judge that will be RLB KS and co who see them in training all the time

The club won't get every decision right this summer but the core of last seasons team isn't going to be ripped apart imo

If neil leaves its because he won't sign a contract not because the club want him gone
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It may not be a case of him not signing a contract mate. Sounds like it is all on Neil in that way. Be two parties needing to agree. If Neil cant get what he wants / feels he deserves, then there is no blame on him or the club.
 
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Southern A said:
The Athletic on Sadiki:

Sunderland have agreed a deal worth €20.5million (£17.75m) to sign midfielder Noah Sadiki from Belgian champions Union Saint-Gilloise.

The agreement is worth a guaranteed €17m, with potentially a further €3.5m in bonus payments.

Sadiki, 20, is a Congo international who joined RUSG in 2023 from Anderlecht. He won the Belgian Cup in 2024 and was part of the RUSG side which won the Belgian Pro League for the first time in 90 years in 2025, also being named in the division’s team of the year.

He made over 50 appearances for his club last season, including starting all 10 of RUSG’s Europa League fixtures as they were beaten by Ajax in the play-offs in February.

‘A coup of a signing’
Analysis by Seb Stafford-Bloor

DR Congo midfielder Sadiki joined Union Saint-Gilloise (RUSG) in 2023, for a cut-price €1.3million (£1.1m; $1.5m at current rates) from fellow Belgians Anderlecht.

His growth since then has been remarkable — last season, he was one of the tenets of RUSG’s first league title win in 90 years and was deservedly named in the division’s team of the year.

As a way of describing him, it’s difficult to find a direct comparison — his balance of skills is unusual. He’s a sturdy, dependable ball-winner, but an artisan in possession with a cultured passing range.

He’s one of those No 8s without a fixed label, whose different attributes become more prominent depending on how relevant they are within a specific part of a game.

It’s a coup of a signing for a newly-promoted team.
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****ing hell, they make him sound like some kind of footballing shape shifter who depending on what the team needs, can morph into either Kante or Modric <laugh>
 
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FellTop said:
100% with you mate. We rip the heart out of the side we are in trouble, one way or another.

Excitement about new players is fine. I am with it for some. What I dont get is the certainty that some of our existing team cant play Prem. There are risks with every new player we sign not handling it tbh. Until they do it we cant be certain.

Patto is an interesting point. To date has he let us down? Has he had big games? He had of courss had rough times, young goalies often do tbf. Will he be much better behind a better back line? Most keepers often are tbh. Saying he cant play prem doesnt sit well with me. I think we can sign someone better and more ready of course, but that is true of Mayenda anf others too. I am all for holding onto the team spirit we had last season.
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I fully get the view point I just don’t think it’s grounded in realism of football in 2025 that’s all. In an ideal world we’d love that but if we actually did that. It’d be suicide and an awful business move from the owners (starting with majority of the same lineup as Wembley)

I do hope we keep a hold of all of them and they battle for their place as I agree I would hate to rip it apart.

But that’s what they need to be (squad depth/ competition) for me bar a few who I think can step up.
 
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