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Sacking Grayson the easy choice.

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I have read some ridiculous things on here but this takes the biscuit. How anyone can defend Grayson's record is unbelieveable. Whilst the players take some responsibility, Coleman has showed a decent manager can get a tune out of them. Grayson was draining the club of all heart and passion and absolutely had to go.
 
Appointing him was the easy choice.

For all the hopeless, lazy, incompetent wretches at the club, appointing him was an obviously easy and useless thing to do.

He was so far out of his depth it was not funny to see. The many reasons for this are not all relevant here, but just simple organisation and a bit of " who's in charge" that is clear now, show that Grayson was not the man for this job.
 
123456789 said:
The opinion here seems to be that Sunderland's poor start to the season was simply down to Grayson

Grayson made a number of mistakes here but his record as outlined below stands up to comparison with any manager outside the Premier League.

Grayson would have turned Sunderland around eventually (as Coleman will if given time) if he had been given a couple of transfer windows and more time to work with the squad.

Fact is Grayson made mistakes and should have been doing better but the fact also is that he was an easy fall guy for a squad of players not cut out for football at this level.

Coleman will turn it around if given time but be certain that very few of the current squad will be involved next season.

Grayson was brought in to rebuild but only given until the end of October = not enough time.

Look at Bristol City 3 wins in 28 last season under Johnson; didn't sack him and look where they are now.

Grayson began his coaching career at Blackpool where he enjoyed a six-year stint, first as a player then as manager, during which he guided the Seasiders to their highest league place for over 40 years.

He ended his career at Blackpool and after a successful spell as player-caretaker manager he was handed the managerial job on a permanent basis in the summer of 2006. Grayson then led Blackpool to the League One play-off final in 2007 and after gaining promotion he secured their Championship status.

After taking charge of Leeds in December 2008, Grayson led the side to a fourth place finish in League One. Leeds won their remaining 11 home games that season, matching a 40-year-old record from the Don Revie era.

In his first full season, he guided the club back to the Championship with a second place finish in League One, securing automatic promotion on the final day of the season with a 2-1 win over Bristol Rovers. Season 2009/10 also saw a memorable victory for Leeds as they beat Manchester United in The FA Cup, resulting in their first win at Old Trafford since 1981.

Leeds would then enjoy a successful return to the Championship, as Grayson's men were in play-off contention throughout the 2010/11 campaign. Grayson was also awarded the manager of the month award for December.

The club parted company with Simon in February 2012, despite Leeds being just 3 points off the play-offs. On leaving Elland Road, Grayson had a remarkable win percentage record of 49.7%.

He later enjoyed an instant impact with Huddersfield Town as he guided the club to the Championship for the first time in 11 years, after they defeated Sheffield United in the play-off final. He remained with the club until January 2013.

In his first full season in charge at Preston, Grayson guided the Club to a 5th place finish in League One before winning promotion in 2014/15. Grayson guided Preston to two consecutive 11th place finishes in the championship in 15/16 and 16/17.

Grayson enjoyed a 17-year playing career that saw him make over 500 career appearances.

He started his career at Elland Road before moving to Leicester.

After Leicester City he enjoyed successful stints with Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers.
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Anyone outside the premier league you say? Anyone? His record isn’t even half as good as Neil Warnocks or even dire Mick McCarthy.
 
He looked a good appointment at the time and I'd say is a decent bloke who imo allowed the pressures to affect his choices too much, changing tactics too often and never allowed the players to learn their jobs.

Just didn't work out, and let's not forget we were bottom of the league and Bolton who had been banned from signing players were above us and put 3 passed us in his last game, I've no doubt he'll have a lot of regrets because we were obviously a big chance for him.
 
123456789 said:
The opinion here seems to be that Sunderland's poor start to the season was simply down to Grayson

Grayson made a number of mistakes here but his record as outlined below stands up to comparison with any manager outside the Premier League.

Grayson would have turned Sunderland around eventually (as Coleman will if given time) if he had been given a couple of transfer windows and more time to work with the squad.

Fact is Grayson made mistakes and should have been doing better but the fact also is that he was an easy fall guy for a squad of players not cut out for football at this level.

Coleman will turn it around if given time but be certain that very few of the current squad will be involved next season.

Grayson was brought in to rebuild but only given until the end of October = not enough time.

Look at Bristol City 3 wins in 28 last season under Johnson; didn't sack him and look where they are now.

Grayson began his coaching career at Blackpool where he enjoyed a six-year stint, first as a player then as manager, during which he guided the Seasiders to their highest league place for over 40 years.

He ended his career at Blackpool and after a successful spell as player-caretaker manager he was handed the managerial job on a permanent basis in the summer of 2006. Grayson then led Blackpool to the League One play-off final in 2007 and after gaining promotion he secured their Championship status.

After taking charge of Leeds in December 2008, Grayson led the side to a fourth place finish in League One. Leeds won their remaining 11 home games that season, matching a 40-year-old record from the Don Revie era.

In his first full season, he guided the club back to the Championship with a second place finish in League One, securing automatic promotion on the final day of the season with a 2-1 win over Bristol Rovers. Season 2009/10 also saw a memorable victory for Leeds as they beat Manchester United in The FA Cup, resulting in their first win at Old Trafford since 1981.

Leeds would then enjoy a successful return to the Championship, as Grayson's men were in play-off contention throughout the 2010/11 campaign. Grayson was also awarded the manager of the month award for December.

The club parted company with Simon in February 2012, despite Leeds being just 3 points off the play-offs. On leaving Elland Road, Grayson had a remarkable win percentage record of 49.7%.

He later enjoyed an instant impact with Huddersfield Town as he guided the club to the Championship for the first time in 11 years, after they defeated Sheffield United in the play-off final. He remained with the club until January 2013.

In his first full season in charge at Preston, Grayson guided the Club to a 5th place finish in League One before winning promotion in 2014/15. Grayson guided Preston to two consecutive 11th place finishes in the championship in 15/16 and 16/17.

Grayson enjoyed a 17-year playing career that saw him make over 500 career appearances.

He started his career at Elland Road before moving to Leicester.

After Leicester City he enjoyed successful stints with Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers.
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Would you mind repeating that ? I didn’t quite catch it.
 
Grayson was a gamble appointment that blew up in Bains face. Hes a likeable bloke and i think in the main supporters wanted him to succeed. But unfortunately for him and us, the stats don't lie.

Coleman has started well and long may it continue. Puts Graysons management to shame.
 
He was out of his depth. Coleman has done better with this team in a quarter of the time that Grayson has. We look closer to the team everyone was expecting in August.

We just backed the wrong horse. I actually think he was lucky to get to Halloween.
 
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