The Bonk

He’s up for it, knows it’s going to be a challenge and I hope to fuck he comes good and we dick over Villarreal in the Europa Final with Emery in the opposite dugout. I am not bitter.

Need to take the positives out of our search. It's given our ownership group a full view of how deep in the shit the club is, what type of investment is needed and getting the right executives in to turn our front office into a professional organization.

Oooooh data driven thinking! Who'd imagine we'd rocket into the 21rst century over night.

A year older than moi! Fuck, I've been on this message board far too long.

Not the greatest of looks, but it happens, there's only so much you can control in the hiring process.

if any of the tweet's suggesting he did a last minute about face, then aye. Stupid that any of that leaked out, but doesn't make him a saint, either and I imagine the pressure is on now in his current role.

NUFC has entered the chat.

Nay, The Marra's.

lifting craic if he is.

She's the Director, of course it does. I've got no issue with Emery rejecting us, it's the way it's been played out in the press looking like amateur hour.

It getting to the press has to be a first strike against Staveley if I'm PIF. Reminds me of the nonsense years ago when Ashley was accusing her of playing games during the first takeover attempt.

The rot in this club is palpable trying to sell it to someone like Emery. I don't blame him one bit for knocking us back, we're shit thanks to Ashley (Bruce most recently) and it's going to take years to get to a level of respectability. If that means relegation and building back up from the Championship, then so be it. Bring in Howe to clear out the dead weight in the club, create a youth movement while adding the right players to support a solid spine of a team while investing in the facilities and infrastructure needed for sustained success. It's a let down, however, fuck it, I like Howe and will get behind him. There's peak immediacy and recency bias on here that change happens overnight like the takeover did. 14 years of rot can't be undone in a month, people.

Sure, if you want to manage in Dubai or China. Rafa came to us, which is why we love him so much. Bruce was our what, 11th pick? haha I'm with you though, I still think we could improve on Howe or Emery is trying to save face, get more assurance of the vision for the club. Conte knocked back Spurs 6 months ago, so convincing Emery to join taking a bit longer is fine.

We've got the stink of hopelessness about us right now and are miles behind a Villareal in the way we were run. The position we're hiring for is about reputation and the risk of losing any sort of accreditation as a manager would be top of mind. If I was Emery, who just won a CHAMPIONS LEAGUE match last night, I'd have some reservations about joining a club as seemingly dysfunctional as ours at the moment. It's going to take us years to get to where Villareal are with much more risk to future employment if it all goes pear shaped.

just pull that blanket over ye. Overhauling the club structure is going to produce one of those Masterclass videos in Change Management. We and the new owners are feeling the burn of Ashely's mismanagement. We're going to be mired in his mess for longer than we'd all want unfortunately.

that's good.

It doesn't add up at all. Ballache is getting bites because A) We have some right melts on Twitter, which is a cesspool of perpetual negativity B) Everyone is looking for a slice of the attention and this cunt is no different to vino lips Edwards. I think it's happening until there's a hard "no thanks" and we have someone else in the dugout. I'll go with @Ando7 and Trust The Process™.

Spoken like a true resident of the epicentre of learning and cultural beliefs. "Boxes, dur, players coming back, dur, defence, dur"

He also had the audacity to cite historical/current performance data to back up some of his reporting. Imagine!

Glorious, isn't it? I'm sure the Gulfstream is fuelled and ready, baby.

Confirmed by this time tomorrow night, me thinks. Hope has done the big one over on Edwards, the twat.

Here's the link: https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/sunderland-v-newcastle-rivalry-origins.1563593/post-34868547 Whew!!!

I am actually impressed with the mental gymnastics on display.

THE BEWK OF MARRA™ ?? (https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/sunderland-v-newcastle-rivalry-origins.1563593/)