Paully Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 11 hours ago, Wallsendmag said: Just got to suck it up and take our medicine unfortunately and accept that we rolled over and let them tickle our bellies twice to hand them 6 easy points to help them along their way. 100% this. A good mate had £100 on them top half - 25/1 - the pig! He changed his bet from top 8 which was 65/1 but still a nice payout! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Insane timing - just seen this - this is him! You couldn’t pay me to go on holiday the day before any of their aways Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hithere Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 2 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said: Le Bris and the recruitment team were getting a lot of stick on RTG pretty much up to Ballard's winner v Coventry. Does the criticism on RTG change the fact that it has been very good? Got us out of L1 with a side including Jack Clarke, Patrick Roberts, Ross Stewart all of whom we sold for profit. Trai Hume also signed in L1 and scored the first on Sunday. Promoted from the Championship in 3 seasons with something like the 14th highest wage bill and one of the youngest teams on record. Then the aforementioned latest summer window. Which has got us into Europe at the first time of asking. People can heavily criticise on RTG all they like. It hasn’t just been one good window though, and I think that can be evidenced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Paully said: Insane timing - just seen this - this is him! You couldn’t pay me to go on holiday the day before any of their aways Sad cunts. A decade without a peep, will look forward to smashing this back in their faces once the bust part of their typical cycle happens in a year or two. Edited May 28 by Nucasol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 54pts would have got you 12th last season. You'd imagine the top half will be much stronger next season and bsck to normal. Throw in European competition and I'd saying finishing 12th next season would be progress, if thry can get to ko stsge of Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 3 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Sad cunts. A decade without a peep, will look forward to be smashing this back in their faces once the bust part of their typical cycle happens in a year or two. A decade after hoying a poster up at the Airport saying go to Sunderland for top flight football. They've played top flight football two years since then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiesteve710 Posted Saturday at 10:25 Share Posted Saturday at 10:25 On 28/05/2026 at 07:15, Optimistic Nut said: Can definitely see Le Bris being a victim of his own success next season if they do struggle to manage 4 competitions. Agree. He should be bulletproof really, so long as they're not in a relegation scrap by the turn of the year. But football, and football fans,are fickle beasts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted Saturday at 10:32 Share Posted Saturday at 10:32 On 28/05/2026 at 09:16, Paully said: Insane timing - just seen this - this is him! You couldn’t pay me to go on holiday the day before any of their aways Remember the "Your destination for Premier League football is Sunderland" posters So small time, man. I hope we never do anything like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted Saturday at 13:04 Share Posted Saturday at 13:04 Like cockroaches coming out the woodwork, seen a couple of their shirts dotted around the North East’s premier coastline since last weekend. They’ll disappear as always once the results start going against them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viana Posted Saturday at 19:15 Share Posted Saturday at 19:15 8 hours ago, Dr.Spaceman said: Remember the "Your destination for Premier League football is Sunderland" posters So small time, man. I hope we never do anything like that. That's just your standard marketing 101 though. For a season it was their USP. Pre-documentary they really struggled for cultural relevance south of Darlington. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted Saturday at 20:06 Share Posted Saturday at 20:06 7 hours ago, Whitley mag said: Like cockroaches coming out the woodwork, seen a couple of their shirts dotted around the North East’s premier coastline since last weekend. They’ll disappear as always once the results start going against them. See Fickle Teddy Mackem has been back on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbee909 Posted Saturday at 20:58 Share Posted Saturday at 20:58 They just need to concentrate on themselves and not make everything about 'FTM' all the time. But they won't, eh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted Saturday at 21:05 Share Posted Saturday at 21:05 It sums them up really though. Here they are seemingly onto a good thing with a chance of real progression as a club (and fanbase) and all they want to do is talk about how they bettered Newcastle. Until they drop this mindset they will never progress as a club. I am a tad concerned about their ownership mind, as they seem somewhat competent. Whether by luck or design who knows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted Saturday at 21:07 Share Posted Saturday at 21:07 1 minute ago, Stuy_O said: It sums them up really though. Here they are seemingly onto a good thing with a chance of real progression as a club (and fanbase) and all they want to do is talk about how they bettered Newcastle. Until they drop this mindset they will never progress as a club. I am a tad concerned about their ownership mind, as they seem somewhat competent. Whether by luck or design who knows? At best they'll become a Brighton/Bournemouth/Brentford, but luckily for them the worst they'll become is a yo-yo club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted Saturday at 21:13 Share Posted Saturday at 21:13 It will be interesting to see who they try and bring in this summer to aid in the extra games as well as try and hang on to their better ones. Their organisation and spirit is what got them their rewards but they don't have many goals in the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella Posted Saturday at 21:24 Share Posted Saturday at 21:24 They're fucked next season. Grinding out late one goal wins with such a low scoring side isn't sustainable. Brobbey, their top scorer had SEVEN goals, I think their next best scorer was OG. Take Xhaka and Roefs out of that team and they're relegated in the season just gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viana Posted Sunday at 00:27 Share Posted Sunday at 00:27 (edited) 3 hours ago, bigfella said: They're fucked next season. Grinding out late one goal wins with such a low scoring side isn't sustainable. Brobbey, their top scorer had SEVEN goals, I think their next best scorer was OG. Take Xhaka and Roefs out of that team and they're relegated in the season just gone. Adam Clery did a really thorough and fair evaluation of them and he did touch on this. There were a lot of defensive positives, but if Sunderland's goal-scoring takes even a minor hit next year it could be trouble. Edited Sunday at 01:10 by Viana Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC91 Posted Sunday at 07:01 Share Posted Sunday at 07:01 I don't think they struggle, I think their recruitment is very good so they'll add enough to be fine, even if that's 13th/14th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hithere Posted Sunday at 07:19 Share Posted Sunday at 07:19 9 hours ago, bigfella said: They're fucked next season. Grinding out late one goal wins with such a low scoring side isn't sustainable. Brobbey, their top scorer had SEVEN goals, I think their next best scorer was OG. Take Xhaka and Roefs out of that team and they're relegated in the season just gone. The lack of goals is a concern, we did pick up in the last few games, more attacking intent at least and hopefully that can continue into next season. As for taking Xhaka and Roefs out the side, I mean take probably the two most important players out of any side and they’ll likely regress. Without Xhaka this season we won 1 (Burnley at home) and lost the other 3. He’s very important and we’ll need some more experience in there for when he can’t play, that’s probably why the Kondogbia link is there. Without Roefs we won 2 out of 3, Ellborg kept a clean sheet v Leeds, made an error v yourselves but he’s young, never played in England before and was playing in quite a hostile Derby I’m sure you’d agree? He looked pretty competent aside from that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Larch Posted Sunday at 07:25 Share Posted Sunday at 07:25 2 minutes ago, hithere said: The lack of goals is a concern, we did pick up in the last few games, more attacking intent at least and hopefully that can continue into next season. As for taking Xhaka and Roefs out the side, I mean take probably the two most important players out of any side and they’ll likely regress. Without Xhaka this season we won 1 (Burnley at home) and lost the other 3. He’s very important and we’ll need some more experience in there for when he can’t play, that’s probably why the Kondogbia link is there. Without Roefs we won 2 out of 3, Ellborg kept a clean sheet v Leeds, made an error v yourselves but he’s young, never played in England before and was playing in quite a hostile Derby I’m sure you’d agree? He looked pretty competent aside from that I don't think theres any reason to think you'll regress. It looks like you have a very good recruitment team/strategy, and as long as they have continued to do their job and you have some more money to spend, then you'll be fine. I do expect it to be a bit tougher to get bargains as a premier league club though, as the club you're buying from will smell premier league money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted Sunday at 07:47 Share Posted Sunday at 07:47 10 hours ago, bigfella said: They're fucked next season. Grinding out late one goal wins with such a low scoring side isn't sustainable. Brobbey, their top scorer had SEVEN goals, I think their next best scorer was OG. Take Xhaka and Roefs out of that team and they're relegated in the season just gone. Unfortunately I don't think they are. People said that all last season. Their possession isn't high enough, they don't score enough goals, they have a shit Xg etc etc. None of that mattered. From what I seen of them, and admittedly it wasn't a great deal, their gameplan was built on outworking and unsettling the opposition (not to dissimilar to us in 22/23), and with a bit of quality in a couple of key positions that could turn tight games in their favour. They scouted and bought very well last summer. With an increased budget, and with them now being a more attractive proposition, they could well do the same again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted Sunday at 08:53 Share Posted Sunday at 08:53 8 hours ago, Viana said: Adam Clery did a really thorough and fair evaluation of them and he did touch on this. There were a lot of defensive positives, but if Sunderland's goal-scoring takes even a minor hit next year it could be trouble. I think it could have been their pardew season, winning 1-0 isn't sustainable and if the defence has a bad spell they are Pardewed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted Sunday at 09:09 Share Posted Sunday at 09:09 11 minutes ago, 1964 said: I think it could have been their pardew season, winning 1-0 isn't sustainable and if the defence has a bad spell they are Pardewed George Graham built his Arsenal success on winning 1-0. To a lesser extent Allardyce did similar at Bolton. Is it good to watch? No not really. Is it effective? Yes definitely. A solid defence and GK are the fundamentals to build a successful football team. Sunderland have just proven that. Qualified for Europe when their top scorer had 7 goals. If they were to throw money at a striker who could get 15-20 goals next season they may really well be onto something. On the other hand not being able to see games out and win 1-0 had cost us massively this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted Sunday at 12:50 Share Posted Sunday at 12:50 Says it all that this mackem would be happy finishing 19th in a lower league so long as we finished last. https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOther14/s/zgFITsoqdF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hithere Posted Sunday at 13:44 Share Posted Sunday at 13:44 4 hours ago, 1964 said: I think it could have been their pardew season, winning 1-0 isn't sustainable and if the defence has a bad spell they are Pardewed We won 1-0 on 4 occasions. We also scored more than 2 in a game on 5 occasions. We came from behind to win a game on 6 occasions. You could argue none of that is sustainable no doubt. But we definitely didn’t just continuously grind out 1-0’s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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