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Always thought the Defoe deal was a bit of a ridiculous one.  Still who else really offers any kind of goal threat for them?  I suppose if they can get rid of him and replace him with someone better/younger it may be a good move, but I really doubt they'll get much of a fee if any for Defoe.  He'll be 33 pretty soon.

 

That's the thing.

 

Defoe will score goals, yes, but not as many as he used to, and investing that much money (think of the salary cost over the contract length) in a player who will be so old at the end of it was absolutely nuts.

 

It reminded me of a MON style transfer. Ill-researched, over expensive and desperate.

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Helped keep them up though and that's what they've been doing for years now with the personnel they recruit - living from season to season with no medium to long term plan. It's destined to fizzle out and leave them in the shit.

It's pretty incredible how hard they have to try every season yet we've had Ashley purposefully hobbling the club any way he can since promotion and we can't even manage to get ourselves in as much of a mess [emoji38]

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Helped keep them up though and that's what they've been doing for years now with the personnel they recruit - living from season to season with no medium to long term plan. It's destined to fizzle out and leave them in the s***.

It's pretty incredible how hard they have to try every season yet we've had Ashley purposefully hobbling the club any way he can since promotion and we can't even manage to get ourselves in as much of a mess [emoji38]

last season was pretty close like

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The inevitable talk about Fat Sam seemingly has started again. If they're skint now Fat Sam will see the buggers bankrupt by the time he gets his platoon of back room staff in, demands money to waste on Fat Sam players and then gets paid off once the fans get fed up of the shit served up (which to be fair could take a bit longer at Sunderland as they initially might like his type of shite).

 

Would love to see him go there and wreak more havoc.

 

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Things not looking good at sunderland .

 

Dick Advocaat will resign as Sunderland head coach if the club do not bring in some new faces before the end of the window - according to reports.

Advocaat agreed to stay on for an extra year after guiding the club to safety in the final nine games of last season, on the understanding that they would spend big this summer and bring in better quality players.

However, the Black Cats’ only big summer signing has been Jeremain Lens, who arrived for a fee in the region of £8million, while the club also sold Connor Wickham to Crystal Palace.

It has left the squad still desperately lacking in the quality that the Dutch head coach wants, and as such they have endured a dismal start to the Premier League campaign - losing 4-2 to Leicester and then 3-1 to Norwich.

The Guardian and Talk Sport are both reporting today that they believe Advocaat will walk if signings are not made, while the Sun claim that there is no money left for the club to spend.

After the defeat to Norwich on Saturday, Advocaat said: “We have to find a solution one way or the other and do what is best for the club, but I cannot go on this way.”

The report in the Sun today claims that Black Cats officials have been telling agents and players that they no longer have any money to spend in this transfer window.

That could mean more players have to leave if any more are to come in, but Sunderland have struggled to find any interest in the players they wish to sell.

The Sun report that Brighton are looking at Danny Graham, though they are thought to only want a loan.

Despite reports of no funds though, the Metro continue to link Sunderland with Nantes centre-half Papy Djilobodji.

As reported yesterday, the Senegal international could go for around £5m as he enters the final year of his contract in France, and is said to be interested in a move to the Premier League.

The report in the Metro claims Dick Advocaat’s side are willing to fight off interest from Arsenal to land the defender.

 

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Only just realised that Duncan Watmore played and scored at the weekend. He's a student in my building at Newcastle University. No idea about his football ability though.

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Only just realised that Duncan Watmore played and scored at the weekend. He's a student in my building at Newcastle University. No idea about his football ability though.

 

Must be a fairly bright kid to already be planning that far ahead.

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