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Supported club home and away over 35yrs and I for one want to be another Man City or Chelsea I think our fans deserve it more then any after the shit we’ve had and watched over the yrs any supporter that doesn’t want it step back and don’t get on the Rocket ride !!
 

MickeyV said:
There's lots to be done. Those 'interviews' with mumbled sound that look like they were shot by a six-year-old with an i-phone4; the catering is absolutely abysmal, the stewards look like the walking dead; the 'fanzone' is a mere shadow of what could be done; the SoL needs to better exploited to support the lasses/kids/U23s etc. and we haven't got on the grass yet. The sports science/dietary advice/physical conditioning needs to be cutting edge; we need to explore psychological and motivational development; the football coaching, especially the defence, needs to drilled and drilled and drilled again; we need a comprehensive strategy for bringing through Academy products; there needs to be a pastoral unit too. It's a new day.
A lot of contracts are up in a few months, so the people on the grass need to cop on too.
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absolutely this. Well said marra, have a like
Reiver said:
That's fine mate, as long as you're not putting me under any pressure :lol:

OK, I've resisted so far but I'll say more having spoken to the personal friend of two of the buyers.

He's been in touch today and given me just a little more info but not much tbh.
I'm stringing him along but have no intention of working for him as Mrs Reiver wasn't happy with the proposal. I'm only pretending to be considering his offer so I can get more info for you lot which I think is decent of me tbf. It's a shame I won't be able to use him for real first hand inside info, in the future, If I worked for him I'd get to meet his friends in a relaxed atmosphere and work my undoubted charm.
That would put me in a position where I have two of our owners as 'friends' and be able to let them use me as a 'source' to leak stuff to the likes of you ;)

I'm gutted but our lass puts up with a lot and she comes before you lot.

Anyway, having set the scene, here's what else I can say, in terms we're all familiar with, and without breaking confidences. The new owners are as cool as the other side of the pillow but absolutely driven in their quest for absolute success in every aspect of their lives. Every part of the club will be electro-shocked into action, money will be pumped into it by whatever means are legally available and anyone who 'fails' will be forced to walk the plank. The supporters, despite all the years of promises, magic carpets and disappointment, will be expected to get on board. I suspect that, if that support is begrudging, the owners will feel free to do whatever they wish to attract sponsorship, investment and support from outside the UK. We have to bear in mind that TV, sponsorship, merchandising, corporate involvement, etc, totally eclipse our input. We have a chance, maybe only one, to be a big part of this ... otherwise we'll see it happen despite us, not because of us.

That would hurt me and, I hope, all of you.
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let's hope he doesn't read this post :lol:
 
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Reiver said:
IMO the new owners will install their own 'trustees' at the club to run it and report back.

Donald and Charlie will be peripheral PR figures who liaise with the supporters etc.

Likeable uncles at a wedding who do daft card tricks for the kids.
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I suspect that D & C will be shadowed from a distance for the chosen new leaders of the club, not necessarily the owners to see how it is done due to the differences in uk and us cultures.

After this transitional period it will be quietly announced that D & C shares have been bought out / reduced to very minor shareholdings

I do hope they do keep a Brit perspective on board as don't want them to do the same mistake as ES by removing football people from the board
 
sad-eyed prophet said:
Looking at his posts,sometimes he seemed to have a lot of inside info. Think that was what led people to think he was connected with the club in some way. He was a master of appearing to be thick, but then revealing an intelligent remark....the spelling was a ruse,no doubt.
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He lied many times about who he was mind.

He claimed to have been “paddymackem” on here previously, whereas the reality was someone has simply called him that on the forum back in Dec so “claimed” it when lying

Not claiming he was from the club, but it was weird behaviour. He definitely isn’t a Sunderland fan

RR - Roker Roundup: Marcus Maddison was offered to Sunderland this summer - but we turned him down

He says in this interview Ross knew him from Scotland AND Donald knew him from Oxford. AND HE WASNT SCOUTED!! Will this finally shut your Know It All mouth?? You must be logged on to see this Booooom
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soapster said:
I suspect that D & C will be shadowed from a distance for the chosen new leaders of the club, not necessarily the owners to see how it is done due to the differences in uk and us cultures.

After this transitional period it will be quietly announced that D & C shares have been bought out / reduced to very minor shareholdings

I do hope they do keep a Brit perspective on board as don't want them to do the same mistake as ES by removing football people from the board
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If they try and run this without football people on the board,it will end the same as Short. They surely will know that.
 
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