leffe186 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I expected a bit longer before they went through the final stages of MON rot, but they seem to have accelerated through it without the good bits. That said dunno if they've got crippling wage bills yet Well the new financial results are due soon, and I presume they'll be grim reading. They lost seven million in the year up to July 2011, but that included the sales of Bent and Henderson. Operating loss was 31M. That's actually broadly in line with the previous two seasons, and in each of those their final losses were over 25M. I don't know if Johnson and Fletcher will be included in this next set of figures or not, but even if not, I can't see the operating profit taking much of a leap up. If you throw in relegation this year, I think they will be in serious trouble. Not QPR levels of serious, but serious enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Imagine if this was under Bruce man, pitchforks would be out and everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 He's having a calculated dig at the board there with those quotes. Dangerous game given the dollar he's blown already. Teddy's will be out of the pram soon between him and Lerner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 He's having a calculated dig at the board there with those quotes. Dangerous game given the dollar he's blown already. Teddy's will be out of the pram soon between him and Lerner. What did he say? I imagine Lerner doesn't give a fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 He's having a calculated dig at the board there with those quotes. Dangerous game given the dollar he's blown already. Teddy's will be out of the pram soon between him and Lerner. What did he say? I imagine Lerner doesn't give a fuck. Basically said QPR have more quality and a better squad depth citing his naming of 5 defenders on the bench as a reason. This from the bloke that spanked £10m+ on Adam Johnson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 15M on Felcher too. It's classic MON. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 So including Graham he's spent £30m this season on attacking players but he hasn't got enough of them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 The current form table makes grim reading for these lot: http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2012-2013/form-table/full Good to see us in CL form! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 So including Graham he's spent £30m this season on attacking players but he hasn't got enough of them? Connor Wickham scored at the weekend... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Fuck £40m Edit: that was last season wasn't it?, still Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 The current form table makes grim reading for these lot: http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2012-2013/form-table/full Good to see us in CL form! that form over remaining 9 games. Newcastle 51 Swansea 50 Fulham 45 West ham 42 Norwich 43 Stoke 39 Villa 37 Qpr 35 Sthampton 35 Sunderland 33 Wigan 31 Reading 29 thats all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 They won't go down this season. That would be too sweet after the year we've had Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 They won't go down this season. That would be too sweet after the year we've had Like ive said, I think they probably wont (unfortunately)- the point is thosas someone else said its going to be fun watching the meltdowns as nobody can argue they are going close with thier form, and up coming fixtures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 They won't go down this season. That would be too sweet after the year we've had Like ive said, I think they probably wont (unfortunately)- the point is thosas someone else said its going to be fun watching the meltdowns as nobody can argue they are going close with thier form, and up coming fixtures. If they lose to Norwich I might actually put money on them going down. That might be the most important game for them this season. If they lose they have a tough schedule and I can see morale being down against us as they could probably come into derby day with 3 straight losses and nine without 3points (if they lose to Norwich obviously). Then they would have to play Everton, then Villa who by that time will probably be playing for staying up. That said, a loss to Norwich could mean a meltdown and no win until their Stoke game at home and we all know how hard Stoke and Southampton are. Basically a loss to Norwich and their season is in a great deal of danger in my opinion. They have some quality/decent players, but as for footballing mentality, they're like us a bit. They have none Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 They have some horrendous fixtures coming up. Love it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 If they beat norwich mind think they'll be ok Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 If they beat norwich mind think they'll be ok Hughton vs Sunderland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20008324 How is it going Martin? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Ouch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Marco getting his kegs in a twist on radio newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 They have some horrendous fixtures coming up. Love it. they have but i think they can get enough points from their home games to get to safety. it could be scary for them mind as I think they'll get nothing from the 4 games after norwich. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20008324 How is it going Martin? Never mind that, how about this little beauty from when he just got the job? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2072367/Martin-ONeill-wants-Sunderland-play-like-Barcelona.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 In some ways relegation could be a blessing for them. Go down, take stock and regroup. Another year of Marty blowing Short's money and getting relegated anyway, which I think will happen next season, could be terminal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 They have some horrendous fixtures coming up. Love it. they have but i think they can get enough points from their home games to get to safety. it could be scary for them mind as I think they'll get nothing from the 4 games after norwich. as much as I want it, and enjoy the spectical. Mon has this knack of pulling out surprise/ unexpected results, and a run of 3 or four good results every now and then- If he cant, the fun will begin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 In some ways relegation could be a blessing for them. Go down, take stock and regroup. Another year of Marty blowing Short's money and getting relegated anyway, which I think will happen next season, could be terminal. Not really, the teams who come back up usually clear out the deadwood doing so, Sunderland would keep the deadwood and sell the fucking Oak furnishings. They have done it twice before and no doubt they will do it again. Heck not only would they keep the deadwood but they would buy more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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