Sunderland til I die

Quoted from aldi_01

There’s a huge sense of egotism in the north east when it comes to football fans. No doubt, they think they’re team is the best and I get that but the come across as if it’s their god given right to be called the beat fans (pointless because fans don’t make you big or successful) and it’s like the forget that essentially none of the teams have ever been particularly successful.

I agree about fans wanting players to show the same loyalty even though for players it’s merely a job...not a single person in Sunderland would’ve turned down that offer Maja got, even if his agent was a male private.

I think the chairman wanted to do well but I don’t think he’s entirely blameless, he did become obsessed with buying a player that clearly the manager didn’t want and paid well over the odds. The other toff, his mate, was a bit David Brent but equally he did make some good points, although he could’ve made them in a better way I feel. He binned off that Irish lass who was a massive Debbie downer and to be fair he made valid points about the marketing and communication team (who is imagine were in decent money given the wage bills) in that they were flipping useless.

It’s funny watching them fail again, especially after the arrogance from the first series when they honestly believed they’d go straight up, and then the same thing again.

My god though, how poorly run are they/were they. 600k on sports therapy...literally zero impact. A cryo chamber, used only by the previous CEO (although why wasn’t it used when plenty of other teams use them and have them), all that money spent on travel costs etc.

Lunacy.

Quoted from Mayaman

A good documentary which showed me that we are all nuts.  When asked about the transfer rumours Maja said he didn't know anything about them - you could tell he was lying.  You can't blame him for going.  He was getting less than a grand a week at Sunderland, his moved to France netted him about 57,000 a week. The fact that we supporters feel our players should be as loyal as we are.  Also, so many of the fans were pinning their happiness on something they had no control of whatsoever.

Quoted from thefish

I'm just glad they didn't do a 'Grimsby Til I Die' in 2009/10. Now that could've been cringeworthy viewing!

Quoted from aldi_01

To be fair, it wouldn’t have been much different...

A pre season of ridiculous optimism after a woeful season the year before.

An owner/chairman so far out of his depth and hidden so far up his own bottom it’s worrying.

Two managers which were ultimately the same....flipping useless.

Players tossing it off.

Players who simply weren’t good enough but huffed and puffed.

Players on daft contracts who were shite but wouldn’t intercourse off.

I mean there’s so many comparisons...

Quoted from tanga_the_indestructible

Maja scored a stack in that first half (bit like Bogle), then went to Bordeaux where he's done very little (he's got seven goals in the past 14 months, though he was injured for some of that time). Personally, it's a good example of someone moving too quickly and for all the wrong short-term reasons. I think they'd have gone up that season if he'd stayed, which would've been worth much more to Sunderland than the pitiful transfer fee they got (not that they wanted to sell him anyway) – and benefitted him, too.