Geordie Ahmed

The worrying thing for the Mackems is there does not appear to be any light at the end of the tunnel

Their team is shite, they have a lot of loan players, their manager is hated by the fans and the fans are not turning up in the numbers that Quinny so desperately wants

They are making a loss every year and there will come a point when Short thinks fuck it

We on the other hand are at least looking a bit more positive, the next accounts of ours should show a profit

He's good, but imo certainly not £35-mill-good. And I think we will see that next season.

 

I don't think anyone really classes him as worth £35m, the fee was just a result of the crazy Torres transfer.

 

Dalglish and the Liverpool board did.

 

Only because they got £50m for Torres.

 

Still deemed it worthy of spending £35m on it on a striker who'd only had one half season performing well.

 

The Liverpool owners craic was the Torres deal had to be £15m more than what we were asking for Carroll (meaning they could buy Carroll and Suarez for £0 investment). It wasn't Liverpool that paid the £35m it was Chelsea, via Torres.

How do you work that? They paid 26.5m for Suarez.

It was £22.8m they paid for Suarez, plus they got money for Ryan Babel, so they pretty much broke even

Do they really think they have healthy finances?

 

Probably one of the healthiest clubs in the league financially,our owner swallows all of our debts and we are virtually debt free.

 

 

BUT how much longer is he going to keep swallowing your debts? Sunderland are losing money every season and it does not look like that will change any time soon (especially if you want to sign 5-7 players this summer)

Think we should give him a contract extension - think he certainly has the potential to make it, just needs a run of games as he has been unlucky with injuries

Do they really think they have healthy finances?

Well they are convinced Ellis Short is the bestest owner in the whole world

How long does Steve Bruce have left on his contract?

 

About 2 and a half years.

So it would cost a few quid to get rid of him and then more money on a replacement, leaving less for signings

Sunderland are in a shit position right now

How long does Steve Bruce have left on his contract?

Let's bring him home for half the price 

Would gladly take him back - didn't want him to leave in the first place.

He may have some attitude problems BUT he was certainly managed badly during his time here - playing him at left back was an epic fail

Is there any hope Airey will step up? He seems to score for fun but doesn't seem to be one on the radar.

 

Anyone who his tally now for the season?

Reserves - 13 games - 11 goals

U18 - 4 games - 3 goals

and I think it is 2 in 2 cup games

Maybe if we had someone alongside him that is mobile and can control a ball he would get less cards

In any case I thought he was excellent barring the moment he got the yellow card - loved the bit where Bowyer just bounced off him and ended up on the floor  :clap:

Because it is bollocks - he doesn't get his yellow cards for daft reasons like trying to hurt players, mouthing off etc etc, it's because he gives his all for the team and wants us to win (in anycase some of his cautions have been a joke), why on earth we should punish him for that is beyond me

What next? Fine the defenders for every goal we concede?

fine him?  :mackems:

Bardsley,who Bruce replaced at right back with Onuoha,and has played mostly a left back.

Now let's compare properly.Bardley vs Enrique.

 

Shall we start by comparing goals scored this season?

Yeah because defenders are judged by the number of goals they score  :idiot2:

If Chelsea went for Lukaku then Sturridge might be available in which case we should try to sign him

Are people actually serious about wanting N'Gog?

I don't care that hes s**** I love him to bits for some daft reason

Same here

happy enough with a point

As long as they don't get 14 or so, or they'll go in front of us today

and as long as blackpool don't score

Parker gets way too much stick on here - I thought he was good player for us and is a good player in general, not sure why he seems to be hated by many

He has had a very good season, though there certainly have been better performers than him

Thought he played very well, not as brilliant as he has been in other matches BUT it is unrealistic to expect him to be super mint in every match

Ridiculous to say "if so and so gets sold then I'm out". For Enrique for example it's almost certainly his decision this summer if he stays or goes so it's a bit mad to blame the club if he slings his hook.

BUT getting a good replacement is up to the club

Ouch, that would have hurt

I wonder how many times he touched the ball in the 2nd half