sunderland in the EFL

[OverThere]

What a bunch of sad sacks. He was doing a decent job IMO. How is their model supposed the work exactly, given their squad this season is worse than the one last season?

[Wilson]

LOL

[geordie_b]

Bally for me lyk marra

[Karjala]

Daft decision imo, though listening to his interview on the phone-in earlier it seems like he's been told who to select and not select.

[Checko]

Weren't they close to sacking him in the Summer, or not renewing his contract, or am I misremembering?

[Big Geordie]

Seems really harsh, IMO. Mowbray was doing a reasonable job, with limited resources. They wouldn't even let the bloke sign a centre-forward, FFS!

 

I reckon the catalyst has been the FA Cup draw.

[et tu brute]

33 minutes ago, AJ9 said:

This actually makes me more nervous about the derby.

Doesn't change the players they have

[Paullow]

3 minutes ago, Checko said:

Weren't they close to sacking him in the Summer, or not renewing his contract, or am I misremembering?

Aye, there was definitely some talk of bringing a new manager in out of nowhere, but quickly went away.

[jack j]

3 minutes ago, Paullow said:

Aye, there was definitely some talk of bringing a new manager in out of nowhere, but quickly went away.

The bloke they were linked with went to nice and he's got them flying

[Checko]

Ah ok, so it's not exactly out of nowhere then. Wonder who they've got in mind.

[Pilko]

It'll probably be Patrice Carteron with Djibril Cisse as assistant.

[MrRaspberryJam]

1 minute ago, Checko said:

Ah ok, so it's not exactly out of nowhere then. Wonder who they've got in mind.

Probably someone who does that 🖕to the system. 

[Billy Warthog]

Defo the Saudis fault marra. I read it in some bewk. 

[Orphanage]

 

[andycap]

Maybes they're worried about falling short in the promotion race so got rid before the window especially if someone is available they rate. 

[Mag_in_NZ]

1 hour ago, FloydianMag said:

I’ve looked on RTG talk of a french manager…..who knows

Le Balleee

[huss9]

1 hour ago, NUFC_Chris said:

Every time there’s a derby coming they sack their manager looking for a bounce 😂

 

 

 

and it usually fucking works, the c***ts.

[Mattoon]

They've won 2 in 9 and lost to some poor sides, hardly a shock definitely seems to have been spurred on by the cup announcement 🤷‍♂️

[OCOCOL]

Graham Potter spotted in Ryhope chippy earlier marra 

[TheBrownBottle]

22 minutes ago, Mattoon said:

They've won 2 in 9 and lost to some poor sides, hardly a shock definitely seems to have been spurred on by the cup announcement 🤷‍♂️

Yep, I think Mowbray is a decent manager at that level, and his teams play decent football - but it isn't all that surprising, their form has completely collapsed; it is relegation form at the moment.  If they make the right appointment, then there are a lot of games to go and they're only a few points off the POs

[Playmaker]

They will probably go for someone uninspiring like Paul Heckingbottom.

 

 

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[toontownman]

All about that new manager derby bounce baby!

 

Seems odd unless they have someone much better coming in.

[Paullow]

I was having a quick browse on a few 'Champo' forums to see what the general view was was from rival fans, and this made me laugh on the Stoke board.

 

I bet his mrs is well happy. Imagine having an unemployed Tony Mowbray sat across from you for Christmas dinner

 

 

He always comes across a canny bloke, a bit like Peter Reid. They've had some awful ones, like the obvious, but they've also had some that you can't help but like, despite who they manage.

[GWN]

So predictable these fuckers mind , it's laughable 

[Klaus]