Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

perhaps so but if it's a football decision it's a dick move and they're still going down

he has history of walking tho.. So who knows

There is one thought in my head and it is ALL ROADS LEAD TO McLEISH

Bryan Robson was touting himself on the radio the other day. That wd be delightful.

McLeish, though - it'd be like a neutron star acquiring critical mass

the ideal solution for a team that can't score - Big Eck

All seriousness it's probably di Canio but the thought of Eck going in and deciding what Sunderland really need is, say, Andy Johnson and four new centre-halves is tickling me.

di matteo would seem most sensible

mcleish though, no chance. systems thinking dictates HUGHESSSSSSS

The return of the conquering hero, Steve Bruce

We can all broadly agree, though, that what they really need is someone to boost their squad size to about 53 players before complaining that the board isn't backing him.

Paul Jewell's available, isn't he?

perhaps so but if it's a football decision it's a dick move

― quite strangly im attracted to the lass (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:43 (40 minutes ago)

dick move how, they've been woeful for a year now

only stupid thing about it is waiting until right after a two week international break just on the off chance mon pulls a miracle out of the hat vs united

that's what i meant really, get the new guy in with the loan window closed and yr only effective striker crocked, there's systems thinking for ya

i think Holty has an actual point about the narrowing of the England gene pool, can't imagine going back to the heady days when Steve Bull cd get 4 caps before being ruthlessly discarded by some daft sod

― quite strangly im attracted to the lass (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:38 (45 minutes ago) Bookmark

totally agree, it's a closed shop for fast-tracked chosen brats

lambert and holt at 30 is one thing but there's no way the likes of bridcutt and matt phillips should feel like it's a situation so hopeless at the age of 23 that they have to resort to long-lost scots ancestry

yeah that's it shearer pull the punches on adam johnson to invent some shite about sessegnon

shocked he couldnt find a way to blame taarabt tbh

Superb bit of badge-whacking from Michu there.

FFS Gabby Agbonlahor.

Whatsup

1-0 Benteke!

My god. At least once a game man, what the fuck are these little giffers trying to do to us?

lovely goal

?

great long ball out of defence finds coutinho on lw, turns inside and plays perfect diagonal thruball for jordan henderson to first-time chip back into the far corner

Comeback kings. I only caught the end of that - Villa have nothing about them at all, other than one stud-rake.

Steady on there sunshine, you weren't that much better than us

They werent any better than us but give them this

an eighth goal of the year for motm steven gerrard, he really is back to his best.

oh they were penalties right, no, BACK TO HIS BEST.

Like I say, I only caught the last quarter. You weren't exactly battering the door down tbf. There was one spell of possession where you couldn't even get out your own half, and there wasn't an intense press going on or anything.

They really shat it as soon as they conceded. First half was a more even affair.

I thought you might be over the worst, but you want to see a bit of fight when you've got a chance of getting something. Like you said, Liverpool aren't that good.

I know it's highly likely, but I hope to fucking God it isn't Di Canio. He has absolutely no prior managerial experience with a Premiership side - in fact, his managerial experience is pretty much limited to Swindon Town and uh... yeah, Swindon Town! Not to mention he's known as a bit of a fascist prick (this is the guy that thought Mussolini was "a very principled, ethical, deeply misunderstood individual") - I dunno, I'm uncomfortable about the idea of Di Canio managing us in several ways.

As for O'Neill - yes indeed he has a history of walking, but it's unclear as to what's actually happened there. If he walked, he's just being true to form (and I've been expecting it pretty much since he started managing Sunderland), and if he got sacked, I think it's absolutely ridiculous.

Please God let Sunderland be relegated.

― pandemic, Saturday, March 9, 2013 5:11 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh, and get fucked.

he was sacked and i've FPed you for being mean about Paolo

Fighting talk! I'm another wanting Sunderland to go down, on basis that they bring nothing to the party and it's unlikely Stoke are going to get dragged into this. Di Canio's arrival would make me reconsider tbh.

sunderland is probably the club with whom our fans have the best relationship, if they get relegated we can have a big old love-in at the valley, maybe they could score three goals for us again <3

had this argument before but Prem experience usually means "experience of failing in the Prem", at least with Paolo you know that motivation won't be an issue

He's recanted, for what that's worth; also, Italians often do seem to have ambiguous views on Il Duce, I dunno how to interpret that whole thread.

Wanted Sunderland to go down for ages because I'm your bog-standard neutral stan for Wigan and Bobby Martinez, also there's the whole Martin O'Neill thing. The sacking has made me feel a little less harshly towards the club, but y'know. If it aint them it'll probably be us.

oh and PDC would be applauded to the rafters in SE7, rightfully so

always liked Martinez but am pretty disappointed about his defence of Macnamanamanamanaman the other week, Sunderland don't have anybody there who gets the pulse racing do they?

I always liked Adam Johnson, but he's been a bit of a disaster. And he's the permanently-pissed-off type of mercurial too, so he's not the type you can root for when it's not going well.

oh look paolo confirmed

cant help but think this is a mistake

David Miliband is reported by The Guardian to have quit as a director in protest.

does feel like an awkward one

he'll likely go in there all guns blazing vs a stodgy group of sods rich and experienced enough to tell him to do one

certainly gonna be a jolt to the system tho otoh, which is the whole point after all - relegation a certainty sticking with mon

"However, in the light of the new manager’s past political statements, I think it right to step down."

Sunderland don't have anybody there who gets the pulse racing do they?

Steven Fletcher!

wow a (former) labour mp with principals!

david miliband clearly doesn't want to be associated with a politically suspect leader with a history of waging war in the middle east based upon fabricated evidence, and endorsing drone attacks oh wait does the #satire go here or over there, cunt

Not sure what he can really do to change things up with this team right now though, without Fletch you really do have to wonder where the goals are coming from. Maybe PoC can take on a temporary player-manager deal? Would certainly liven everything up a bit