Sunderland till I die

Just finished watching the second series. Bloody hell we’ve not had much to shout about for the last 20 years but they’ve really been through it.

Interesting to see the chief exec blasting the ticket office staff for a lack of ideas and creativity. The bloke didn’t come across well but he was right to call staff out who relied on the same strategies year after year.

The other similarity to us was a chairman who publicly stated a desire to sell but enjoyed the control too much. Having said that Stuart Donald came across as a good bloke if a bit naive at times.

Quoted from Vance Warner

Just finished watching the second series. Bloody hell we’ve not had much to shout about for the last 20 years but they’ve really been through it.

Interesting to see the chief exec blasting the ticket office staff for a lack of ideas and creativity. The bloke didn’t come across well but he was right to call staff out who relied on the same strategies year after year.

The other similarity to us was a chairman who publicly stated a desire to sell but enjoyed the control too much. Having said that Stuart Donald came across as a good bloke if a bit naive at times.

A bit naive? The guy went against the managers statement that Will Grigg wasn’t worth more than 1.25 million and paid 3 rising to 4. The man was a berk.

Just watched the first series. Whilst they’ve been through it and suffered a double relegation, their fans sense of entitlement really stood out. Collapsing three divisions over c 8 seasons, and being stuck down there for six seasons is still worse in my opinion.

Quoted from livosnose

A bit naive? The guy went against the managers statement that Will Grigg wasn’t worth more than 1.25 million and paid 3 rising to 4. The man was a berk.

Aye, that scene's a Peter Ridsdale tribute act.

Oh well, at least he hasn't only scored 5 league goals in 38 games or something!

The Methven chap( or whatever he’s called) throwing his arms about and criticising Ross the managers tactics, how would he like it if Ross started criticising how he was handling the financial side of things.

Quoted from Gaffer58

The Methven chap( or whatever he’s called) throwing his arms about and criticising Ross the managers tactics, how would he like it if Ross started criticising how he was handling the financial side of things.

Well before he got sacked would he been able to criticise the financial handling of the club which they inherited?



“Last summer, the playing wage bill we inherited of circa £40million was ruinously high and had to be reduced.

“Not just to stem losses, but also to ensure that the club could comply with financial fair play regulations, as clubs are given one season after relegation from the EPL to get their house in order.

“We managed to reduce that playing wage bill to circa £15million, still the largest in League One history but several steps in the right direction. This season that has been further reduced to £10million per annum, or £12.5million if you include payments still being made to players who have left the club.


“At that level of playing budget, the club is financially stable, running at around £3million a year operational loss - the last parachute payment is mostly allocated to the final historic transfer fees and legal matters - pre-player trading.

“Crucially, though, it means that we will also just about fit within Championship FFP or League One’s Salary Cap Management Protocol, once our parachute payments cease next June.