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Ballard will be the one that goes for mega money i think, Just a prediction.. Theres also Clarke, Patterson, Alese, Ba, Cirkin and a few others.

Ross was given more time than anyone, I did like him to be honest he was just too defensive and it cost us big time in big games. Neil was already pally with the Directors at Stoke, I dont think he liked worked for a DoF here and the wage increase at Stoke will have helped..

12M annually isn’t a huge loss, With the model being put in place that can be rectified by one sale. KLD has invested heavily in infrastructure which has openly been discussed as an operating loss in the first year. Yearly accounts will also run off the back of the league one season too.

No idea, Nobody really knows how much KLD has to his name, It'll be interesting to see if he brings other players into the fold, goes for it himself or sells up once we get back to the Prem. I like him though, he's very switched on and has barely put a foot wrong so far.

Yes I did, albeit it indirectly as I mentioned above in the previous post as I quoted another poster, see here :- None of Grayson, Ross or Parkinson deserved more time, It's mental to even suggest it. Grayson won 3 games out of 18 Ross as mentioned was the best we have had since Neil but ultimatley failed to get us out of L1 with the biggest budget and arguably on paper, best squad. Parkinson Mowbray has actually exceeded my expectations so far but he won't be the man for the long run, He's there for stability and anything else is a bonus, hence his two year contract.

We aren't losing money hand over fist though, that's the point, It's a model to prevent that from happening.

You haven't asked me a question for me to respond to. You stated that the fans have hounded managers out and identified that 'seven managers since 2017' proves this. I questioned you back and asked which manager should have stayed or not been sacked (albeit quoted another post from another poster), I didn't get a response to that. I compiled the list of seven managers and provided my reasonings why they were sacked. You then replied to someone else, Who alluded to my point that the sackings were justified and agreed with it. You aren't making much sense here

Are you on glue?

You said we have had 7 managers since 2017 and then went on a rant about the fans backing all the decisions Short made and how it's the fans fault. Short had absolutely zero bearing on any of the managers we appointed since Chris Coleman as he sold the club in 2018 following relegation. All of the managers that have been sacked since 2017 have been completely justified, I listed them earlier in this thread.

What a bizarre take on things, You really do have some weird agenda.

Maybe so, my concern is also flogging every player we receive decent money for, So the proof will the in the pudding, As I said earlier in the thread, the new ownership structure and appointments are positive and they have done nothing wrong so far, so for me they get a thumbs up to keep cracking on as they are.

I would be interested to see who he would have kept had positions been reversed by the way. Moyes left after relegation Grayson won 3 games out of 18 in the new Championship season Coleman was let go after relegation again where he won 5 games in 29 Ross was probably the best we had in L1 until Neil but ultimately didn't get promoted in two seasons and lost both games he had at Wembley Johnson played canny football but we were never going up with him which coincided with a 6-0 drubbing off Bolton in League One and left us well outside any chance of automatics, Neil came in and got us up so the decision to get rid was justified by KLD. Neil left on his own accord Not sure how that is hounding managers out

Oh and who's faults that then, the tea ladies? As for the managers, take a look at the return on the managers results and you will see exactly why they were sacked. You are talking complete bollocks.

Ah, RTG, The voice of reason for all of Sunderland. It's full of absolute knackers that probably don't even go to the games man.

We only now have two loanees and one hardly plays by the way.. We have a blueprint of signing younger players (I think there's a cap of signing anyone over 25) by purchasing them from clubs where they are finding it difficult for regular first team game time. I guess the hope then is we develop them to be able to sell them on for big fees which we can then reinvest and continue to build the club. It will take a while but I have no doubt we have already acquired some players who will go for big money in the next 3-5 years.

What an absolute load of rubbish man. Ellis Short got bored of the club and admitted defeat in looking to spend his way to success. He lost complete control and shifted all footballing and financial decisions to a variety of different chief executives to the point he hadn't even spoke to Chris Coleman when he was appointed manager or throughout his entire tenure. I think most Sunderland fans understand Short had the best intentions of the club from the off but it turned sour as he gave up all interest. Your last paragraph is utter garbage by the way and an assumption that gets tossed around by numerous Newcastle fans about previous managers.

It's not about how much you spend but how you spend it though isn't it? Alongside creating saleable assets that you can then sell on to reinvest, the likes of Brighton and Brentford are examples.

He wrote money off because he would never have had a buyer to purchase the club for the price it was 'valued' at, He then 'sold' the club to two blokes who used the clubs own parachute money for the purchase, So aye, he left the club absolutely up shit creek. Are you suggesting he left the club in remotely a good place here?

We were only a steady PL club in league status alone, haemorrhaging money, huge debt, little to no re-sale value in any of the squad, large contracts on players worth nowhere near the wages they were being paid. Behind the scenes was a shambles, Short left the club to rot which is why we then fell down the leagues and out of the Championship. It was a ticking time bomb which eventually exploded, We are in a far better position now than we were then.

Going nowhere , best placed the club has been for about 10 years.

You think what you want fella, You seem very sensitive about it.

I mean, I did sign up and post months ago, but whatever suits your agenda..

Here we go?

Why do you have such a chip on your shoulder?