Left For Dead
Winger
Employing Lee congerton and martin bain is up there with the worst of them.
Congerton, de Fanti and Byrne did what they wanted- Byrne was criminal
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Employing Lee congerton and martin bain is up there with the worst of them.
Hopefully he can still pop back for a few games and be welcomed by everyone in the future.
Fulwell73 filmed a big interview with Ellis Short about Sunderland, but never used it - here's why
Ellis Short was the owner of Sunderland AFC when the club agreed to be the subject of a Netflix documentary, but they didn't use an in-depth interviewwww.chroniclelive.co.uk
I said all along that Short might have put loads of money in, but he had no idea what he was doing, and that this money was totally wasted due to a long line of bad decisions.
Seems the lads at Fullwell73 came to the same conclusion:
""An hour and a half later and we're still talking in detail about all of his mistakes in his time at the club, and that conversation was all driven by him. He knew he had a made a mess of it, but by this point he just did not know how to get out of it."
So pleased that he was able to hand the club to someone else. I really hope Donald and his team stay on at the club in a meaningful way - they know football, and they know SAFC.
He probably lost the equivalent of 1000 quid in real money.
He won’t have sleepless nights.
I think Short’s biggest problem was that Sunderland was a completely unattractive place for top-flight footballers to come and live and play.
He ended up paying big wages (which we essentially couldn’t afford) for very mediocre players, hence ended up losing £20m per season.
Hopefully the new owners appreciate this issue.
His number one mistake IMO without a shadow of doubt, was putting the club's legal secretary in charge.She was young ,inexperienced and totally unqualified for the massive role she was given. An experienced candidate from outside the club who had a similar role elsewhere would have been a much wiser choice
An honourable man in the end.
Move the training ground to London sorts this issue. I have said it before and its obvious but it also seems to be a toxic issue amongst the fans. Why let the likes of Watford, Bournemouth, Leicester and Brighton use thier proximity to London to put us in the shade when we can compete and give players a better fan base for home games on top?
Man City and Man Utd players don't live in Manchester, Liverpool and Everton players don't live in Liverpool. Do you think all the Leicester players live in Leicester? It seems like a sell out but it could be the exact opposite. Moving the training ground to London could ironically put Sunderland on the map.
I was told there is a story behind that and its blindingly obvious when you stand back and think about it.
I am not about to pretend to be ITK but I think most people can work this one out for themselves. Its staring you in the face.
Ellis shirt , ST holder
If he wants to invest in us now I would welcome him He didn't appoint the right peoplewww.readytogo.net
.Good egg is our Ellis
His number one mistake IMO without a shadow of doubt, was putting the club's legal secretary in charge.She was young ,inexperienced and totally unqualified for the massive role she was given. An experienced candidate from outside the club who had a similar role elsewhere would have been a much wiser choice
Are they going to make Sunderland an attractive place for top flight footballers? Shame if thats what its going to take for us to have a canny team of superstars... mind our superstars of old werent a bunch of prima donna fanniesI think Short’s biggest problem was that Sunderland was a completely unattractive place for top-flight footballers to come and live and play.
He ended up paying big wages (which we essentially couldn’t afford) for very mediocre players, hence ended up losing £20m per season.
Hopefully the new owners appreciate this issue.
Margret Byrne was his biggest mistake - a joke of an appointment!Sacking MON wasn't a mistake. It was justified. Appointing that clown PDC was a gigantic mistake as was DiFanti and Angeloni. Sacking Quinn was a mistake, giving Margaret f***ing Byrne control of the club was a mistake. I could write a book on Short's mistakes and MON wouldn't even come into consideration for a mention