TeddySAFC

The sooner you get it into your head that the SMB doesnt represent the majority of Sunderland fans the better.

I’m not getting into a tit for tat argument over seats, On the video there is evidentally not 30 seats free in every block. I honestly couldnt give a shite what our recorded attendances are and find it mad some of you are bothered by it.

It was full last Sunday

If there was 30 free in every block theres 67 blocks so that works out at 2,010 from the lower bowl capacity of 32,479 which is the max available. (Theres nee way there was 30 missing in each block by the way, The south stand and SWC is full every week) Add in 2K from the away following + 1700 ‘corporate’ + a few blocks of the Premier Concourse the attendance is just about right as given as 39,000

I've already said there is a large drop off for midweek games in comparison to weekends and West Brom was a Monday night. Burnley was a good crowd so no idea where the half empty theory is coming from, the attendance was recorded as 39,000 and that seems about right, it certainly isn't under 24,000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgah4Q-41l8&t=110s - Lower bowl pretty much full for Burnley.

In my 30 years attending just about every single home game, I have never heard someone say 'Don't take scalfs or flags as it's Mag behaviour' - Yet I see the same posters on the SMB saying it, Slight coincidence.

Good post but the bit in bold is just because of what you are reading on the SMB, The SMB is not a fair reflection of normal Sunderland fans.

I think it'll be in the hope they can continue developing into Premiership players but then there will be a balance that if offers come in for some of them that you can't turn down, We will cash in and you'll make a profit. No one really knows what the long term plan is with Kyril, Nobody really knows how much he is going to spend as their is still no indication of how much he's worth and when he gets access to his mothers pot really. He seems to have serious connections across the footballing / business network so something may develop their in time, Your guess is as good as mine. He's put a lot of money into the infrastructure behind the scenes and invested heavily in the recruitment and coaching teams that had previously been left to rot. Alese is really good, I would say he's one of the best one's considering he's been playing left back but he's a centre half. All the new young lads seem decent to be fair, The one who hasn't done much is Bennette who was arguably the most promising on paper.

Most reasoned post I have seen on this thread to date.

I mean, it's never half empty but if that's the line you want to go with fair enough, makes the entire debate futile, To my knowledge they haven't announced a full house either.

It's been open this season mate, Around 2,000 were chucked into the gods for last Sundays game.

Everyone bar Diallo. Actually Michut has an obligation to buy so technically him at the moment.

I've asked this before, Why does it bother people? The support is fantastic and the majority of the lower bowl is full for weekend home games, It seems to dip off significantly for midweek games.

haha did that actually happen?

The only stick we get for crowds is from Newcastle fans man.

Another young French wizard signed, We will have to hold a French day soon

Another Prem reject signed

You are comparing apples and oranges man, Just because a player isn't breaking into Arsenal or Spurs first team at 20 years old, It doesn't just instantly make them a Premiership reject, Are you that naive?

I reckon that would be a bad move all round personally. I think Frank is perfect for Brentford and they are perfect for him, Knows the operations of the club inside out and they have a clear model they follow. Everton is a complete clusterfuck and I'm not even sure the players would even buy in or be that lifted by him going there in the first place. Should be a no-no from both camps I think.

Musiala is shite aswell mind, He should have been winning for the Ballon D'or for Chelsea when he was 10, the reject.

I'm not really sure how you can be deemed a reject if you haven't played in that division. If you are deeming them rejects because they didn't play senior games for Prem sides at the respective ages of some of the players in question, You need to look at the bigger picture. You can deem someone a reject at the back end of his career having never made it at that level or someone who was shunted around a variety of sides in that division without ever doing it, Ballard is 23, Clarke is 21. Neil, Patterson and Stewart have never been part of a Premiership club, so how can they be Premiership rejects, or are you omitting them from your list of 'all of your best players are Premiership rejects'? You keep making misguided, ill-judged, daft and petulant snipes at anything and everything Sunderland related, It gives you a lack of credence to any ongoing debate.

You said our best players are Premiership rejects. I didn't realise Stewart, Ballard, Clarke, Patterson, Neil, and co had played games in that league but hey ho. Of those who have played for PL clubs, Is Diallo a Premiership reject by being out on loan at 20 years old?

Exactly this, Would help massively even just collecting the money + parachutes

Well it's a little hypothetical really as the team that played yesterday (should it get promoted), wouldn't be identical to the team that would start in the Prem would it? I'm by no means saying it would stay up, but the same was said ahead of our play-off final on here that we would get mullered in the Championship after we were promoted, which hasn't happened.

You don't half talk some guff mind