shintonsghost

Imagine if this is bullshit 

There's a lot of fannies needing a wipe today 

Looks like Rafas on the brink

Still waiting to be excited by transfer links - think Gray would be a good signing, but have to confess that I thought we might be linked to players with a slightly higher reputation.

like who?

It can't be easy getting players in the current climate. Clubs are asking £50 mil for rank average players, Stones at Man City is a classic example.  We need at least 4 or 5 players and even with a £100 mil it gets you not a lot better than what we already have.  Rafa will not blow money for the sake of it, he will find what he wants at a price he's happy with or he won't buy and that is the right thing to do

 

I doubt Rafa caree much about how much players cost, just that he can strengthen the squad within the budget he's been given (and was reportedly happy with). It does seem though that he's having to fight others in positions of power over player valuations and ability.

we don't know though do we? Rafa was proved wrong over Townsend, the board said no and got it right, plenty of time in truth and the price tag doesn't always mean success , no panic as yet from me , either way i'm looking forward being back in the big time 

14/1 for relegation at this moment in time seems a cracking price.

 

It's pre-season, they have no manager, lost half their squad, the other half are either s*** or probably want out. I might have some black and white tinted specs on but they'll surely be closer to the drop than play offs?

They are in a bit of a state, preparation has been terrible so far BUT I really can't see them being relegated.

 

As much as we take the mick they are a big club in The Championship and when they finally get moving they will be able to sign/loan decent enough players that will ensure they are not flirting with relegation.

i agree, i dont see them going down at all, but i don't see them going up either, they need to start again but fuck me they are in trouble.

no money

no manager

no players

no owners (sort of)

no paying fans

no us

what a miserable time to be a Mackem, think back this time last year when the cunts were lording it over us 

I wonder what Ashley makes of working with Rafa. He's used to being surrounded by submissive nobody's kissing his bottom in appreciation of the fact they got a job they're completely unqualified for, and that he can push around at will. Rafa obviously doesn't fit that profile and presents a treath to the way he likes to operate. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he privately thought is more hassle than he's worth, especially now it's job done and we're back on the gravy train. Guess we'll find out this summer if anything has changed or not, because I doubt Rafa will put up with going into the season with a squad destined for relegation.

MA isn't working with him though is he?

it's that fucking tool Charnley, the non football man tasked with getting them over the line, good god.

It can't be easy getting players in the current climate. Clubs are asking £50 mil for rank average players, Stones at Man City is a classic example.  We need at least 4 or 5 players and even with a £100 mil it gets you not a lot better than what we already have.  Rafa will not blow money for the sake of it, he will find what he wants at a price he's happy with or he won't buy and that is the right thing to do

i'd have the average Stone in my team like

Burnley, Chelsea, Southampton, Swansea, WBA, Spurs, Palace: zero signings to date.

 

Bournemouth, Arsenal, Huddersfield, Man U, NUFC, Stoke, West Ham: 1 signing to date.

 

Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Watford: 2 signings.

 

BHA, Everton: 3 signings.

 

Can anybody see anything unusual in our transfer activity to date, this Summer?

 

(Premier League.com)

we are new, we need quite a few players, we need to get a shove on, the ones above are established with PL squads already

The fact we haven't added to the squad yet isn't really the issue in play, even with all the money in the bank due to Rafa losing his best players last summer. It's the fact that once again, for the second time in a couple of months in fact, our manager - the best we can ever hope to attract - is having to go through the press to drive home the importance of the club matching his ambitions. It's absolutely fucking pathetic.

welcome to the big league, fees are huge and FMA is pissing himself Rafa senses this and we are risking it all

£30 million gets you decent at best, £10 million gets rank average it seems, we keep hunting for the bargain buys all the time

Thfs 1st of July thing is interesting, what benefit does the club get from that?

For anyone panicking, don't forget the end of this month is also the end of the financial year!

 

This is when we made signings last summer;

 

Good point.fuck knows why we do it.

Im trying not to worry.honest i am

Thought I would 'classify' and colour code Sunderland's fixtures (Aug & Sep) according to finishing position last year of the opposition: treating the top eight (including two relegated sides) as RED (least likely to beat), next eight as AMBER, and remaining seven (including promoted sides) as GREEN. Opposition sides moves up or down a category depending if home or away, i.e. if playing a RED team at home it becomes an AMBER fixture; and a GREEN team away becomes an AMBER fixture.

 

Whilst a bit random, it should give, based on last year's form/squads, a sense of how well they should be doing at the end if Sept given the relative difficulty of the start. So:

Derby H

Norwich A

Sheffield Wed A

Leeds H

BarnsleyA

Sheffield Utd H

Nottingham Forest H

Hull A

Cardiff H

Ipswich A

Preston A

Presuming on average the points total for an average Championship side would see three points for Green games, 1 point for Amber and 0 for Red. 12 points by end of Sept would signal mid-table mediocrity. Less = trouble ahead. More = on course for top half.

There are 5 out of 16 Red games, 3 of 15 Amber, and 3 of 15 Green games. So relatively speaking more difficult first 11 eleven games.

      imagine if i had done this

Please let this happen.please

feels like we are clearing out the shite one by one 

they should piss it

In the statement they claim Sunderland to be the biggest club in the north east 

Deluded fuckers

The gift keeps on giving at the minute 

The comments off the cunts man after all they called the league last season its now like playing Real Madrid every week.

Lets just fucking laugh at them 

Kane at 13/2 FGS tonight. Decent.

 

Yeah I had him too first and anytime 3/1 on PP special! Unreal odds for him!

thought you would, always on the winners 

He's going to be a really, really good player but at this moment in time he isn't better than Gayle and we'd only have him for one season anyway. No great loss.

if he's going to be that good as you so wisely say, why not buy him then?  flash in the pan , we dodged a bullet 

Swansea is far from a shit hole like, it's a really nice place, visited about 6 times, and moving there in a few months.

oh really?  have a wander round Mayhill, Winch Wen............drug capital of Wales, its a fucking tip, The Mumbles is nice but no better than Whitley Bay.

i lived there, i know 

He always seems to do well in Europe, that's all I know.

imagine supporting a club that made no player profits for 6 years 

Still nn manager, still no signing