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lochnessdrogba said:
From what I've read today, Mowbray was entertaining the idea of signing two strikers in this window, and I hope that's the case. He's alluded to a stopgap forward coming in on a loan basis, hopefully within the next few days. As mentioned, Stansfield is the latest link in that regard, which I think is a practical signing given our situation (decent experience and looks like a young player on the up) and hypothetically it would afford Speakman more time to get a real game-changer at the back end of the window when better players become available in the loan market or we've made some sales to be able to target an individual who's currently out of our reach, rather than trying to fill a Stewart-sized hole right now with a relatively unknown quantity. That gives us five forwards, when fit, but for the foreseeable future, I think Mayenda and Hemir would probably benefit more from some exposure in the U21's side to bring them up to speed and we can introduce them sporadically, and we're also sufficiently covered if LND leaves.
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Ridiculously sensible. We dont do that here <laugh><laugh><laugh>
 
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LFT said:
Change of tact from Tony today, wasn’t so long ago it was a couple of forwards close from abroad on permanents, now seems pretty resigned to loans on deadline day. Speakman not covering himself in glory with the whole ‘immediate opportunities in the market’ comment from the Lihadji sale as it stands either.
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He said he hopes 1 is in tomorrow
 
LeeBarryCattermole said:
He was also far better than some other clubs and the press would have you believe

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Cattermole was class imo.

I also loved the fact he didn't go in for the fnayc boots ****e. Plain black boots (Adidas world cups iirc) and his shorts pulled up shirt tucked jn like he was playing decades ago!
 
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rooch 3 said:
My best mate is a Preston season ticket holder and he rang me after the match and said they hardly got a kick in the whole match, both there goals were flukes and Clarkes was a 100% penalty. He then said after Clarkes goal he was expecting a real battering until it dawned on him that we just did not have anyone to put it in the goal.
To summarise he said if we had one or two decent strikers we could have had five our play was that good. Our conversation ended with me saying F uck off Brian.
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This is PURE Footy!!!!:emoticon-0136-giggl:emoticon-0137-clapp
 
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Robertson said:
I was going to slate the financial guy on WMS at this point for being ultra-negative. While searching for his name, I found this May ‘23 article about our 21/22 accounts which has some interesting bits in it actually:

https://wisemensay.co.uk/sunderland-afc-2021-22-financial-results-an-analysis/

I’m sure they are lads fans but they express it in a vastly different way to most of us. Seems like they have an idealised view of the club in their heads and take apart anything that falls short of it.
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i got about half way down then lost interest (that happens with most things now so not meant as a slur on them)...seems to me that the clubs fortunes have taken a turn for the better, while there is still plenty to do after years of being run into the ground, surely that should be heralded in a purely positive manner, unless people actually think that a club bordering on administration can 'suddenly' spend on a premiership level.

plenty others have posted similar but i am at a loss as to what supporters expect these days, the premiership/sky ruined it as a fair competition and social media is everyones soap box now, the problem with that is far too many people are on the 'want it now' curve that they follow each other into stupidity...i come from a time that we were pretty dire as a club, one fa cup win got the interest up but we (in my time) have never been seen as a top club but we knew what we were and we followed the lads with a slight hope that one day our time will come, these days it is all about grabbing some 'mega-rich tw@t' who is happy losing millions per month.
 
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samwise_new said:
i got about half way down then lost interest (that happens with most things now so not meant as a slur on them)...seems to me that the clubs fortunes have taken a turn for the better, while there is still plenty to do after years of being run into the ground, surely that should be heralded in a purely positive manner, unless people actually think that a club bordering on administration can 'suddenly' spend on a premiership level.

plenty others have posted similar but i am at a loss as to what supporters expect these days, the premiership/sky ruined it as a fair competition and social media is everyones soap box now, the problem with that is far too many people are on the 'want it now' curve that they follow each other into stupidity...i come from a time that we were pretty dire as a club, one fa cup win got the interest up but we (in my time) have never been seen as a top club but we knew what we were and we followed the lads with a slight hope that one day our time will come, these days it is all about grabbing some 'mega-rich tw@t' who is happy losing millions per month.
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KLD wants to create a sustainable club ...

... anyone who disagrees with that concept is, frankly, idiotic.

It's 100% certain we can't compete with the top clubs so it's pointless spending multi-millions trying.
 
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Smug in Boots said:
KLD wants to create a sustainable club ...

... anyone who disagree with that concept is, frankly, idiotic.

It's 100% certain we can't compete with the top clubs so it's pointless spending multi-millions trying.
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But should promotion arise in the future, can you be mid table in the PL with a sustainable model?
 
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