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janey said:
He’s always said he’d do what was best for the club, you can only hope he’s as good as his word and that if the takeover is dependent on him leaving he’d leave. He’d put himself in a very difficult position if it became known it collapsed because of him insisting he stayed
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Just out of interest, where has it been said that the deal is dependent upon SD leaving?

That wouldn't make any sense to me. Surely any new owners would want to come in and take a look before making changes, particularly important changes such as the man in charge of the day-to-day running of the club?
 
Locke's SAFC said:
Just out of interest, where has it been said that the deal is dependent upon SD leaving?

That wouldn't make any sense to me. Surely any new owners would want to come in and take a look before making changes, particularly important changes such as the man in charge of the day-to-day running of the club?
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It hasn’t been as far as I know. Just speculation on here I think
 
janey said:
It hasn’t been as far as I know. Just speculation on here I think
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Ah right, cheers for clearing that up, Janey.

I would expect that at the very least SD will remain in place in the short term as part of any transition to new stewardship of the club. He would help them get used to the way an English football club works and the whole football business surrounding a club.
 
Locke's SAFC said:
Ah right, cheers for clearing that up, Janey.

I would expect that at the very least SD will remain in place in the short term as part of any transition to new stewardship of the club. He would help them get used to the way an English football club works and the whole football business surrounding a club.
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Agree 100%
 
Locke's SAFC said:
I reckon it would make sense to have SD remain in place, at least in the short term. He's proven himself to be competent in running a football club and he knows the club and is respected by the fans.

Just an aside, football fans play merry hell when players show no loyalty to the club that developed them, but no one seems to give a shite that the fella who stabilised the club and it seems has found us some wealthy owners, is shipped out as part of that deal.

I'd like to see SD stay involved with the club. And, if it falls through then at least there's the consolation that we're left with someone in charge who is going to help ensure we have a financially viable football club.
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Spot on good post
 
gipetto said:
Yes, but not every one is true to their word. I'd like to think he is.
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If he's sensible now is the right time to sell, whether the new owners want him involved or not.

We're not going up with this team due to a lack of a decent centre forward playing regularly, and I don't think there's any money available to address that, so the goodwill and respect he currently has would only be slowly but surely eroded as time goes on and we're stuck in this division; and I'd imagine he knows that.
 
janey said:
He’s always said he’d do what was best for the club, you can only hope he’s as good as his word and that if the takeover is dependent on him leaving he’d leave. He’d put himself in a very difficult position if it became known it collapsed because of him insisting he stayed
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Thing is janey this donald holding things up is just made up on here
 
Titus said:
Can we let this be a collective reminder that the majority on here with a reputation of being "ITK" have a persona to upkeep and even when they know the square root of fuck all, will go along with the narrative to scalp some credit if they happen to be right.

Hopefully the deal is finalised and announced asap, but I've just resigned myself to the fact that it will happen when it happens... If it happens, ofcourse.
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Hallelujah.
 
I listen to nobody claiming to be "in the know" it's usually some whisper they have heard down the pub or from a mate who falsely told them they used to work in the offices and heard it there. Without proof there is no "in the know" it will happen when it happens if at all. The person that was claiming to be "in the know" said it was all done, if that was true Stewart wouldn't have said 50/50 or whatever it was, heard it from the horses mouth and that's the best place to hear it from not some "in the know" on here.
 
Realist said:
I listen to nobody claiming to be "in the know" it's usually some whisper they have heard down the pub or from a mate who falsely told them they used to work in the offices and heard it there. Without proof there is no "in the know" it will happen when it happens if at all. The person that was claiming to be "in the know" said it was all done, if that was true Stewart wouldn't have said 50/50 or whatever it was, heard it from the horses mouth and that's the best place to hear it from not some "in the know" on here.
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I think you’re being kind, if I had to guess I’d say 80% is blatant made up bollox put together by joining the dots from snippets we know as fact. For example Donald states at the talk in he was meeting with the Americans on Saturday, next thing u know people are claiming they are at the match as itk info. It’s laughable but there’s always a few who lap it up and then become aggressive when anyone questions their hero’s.
 
Mr B said:
Totally agree, what they should be doing is looking for potential investors, like they said they would when they first took over.
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Buying something just to sell it a year later, great
gipetto said:
But if Donald doesn't want to leave, that will put an end to the takeover surely.


How are you so certain that there isn't a plan?
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Well there’s no plan this season like. Our football brains are tony cotton and richard hill
 
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I'm in two minds about SD's and Charlies continued involvement should the takeover go through.

It should be noted that I'm very grateful for firstly, them being interested at all when we were in deep trouble as a club. Secondly they have put everything into it over the last 18 months. They also been open with the fans and fantastic generally with regards to communication. Not to mention a complete turnaround of the clubs finances. And until the playoff final there was generally speaking a decent buzz about the club.
Theres alot of positives there.

Which brings us to on the pitch. This is where is becomes a bit more debatable.

Could we, should we have been promoted last season? Even amongst the turmoil, should Sunderland be bouncing straight back from league 1? And even if you call it a season of transition, could we, should we be doing better this season?

SD recruited Ross, Coton and Hill. If they arent good enough (if that's your view) can we have confidence, as a continued Chairman, he will pick any better going forward? He never achieved his football aim at Eastleigh despite a huge budget. Are SD and Charlie too comfortable in league 1, which seems to be 'their' familiar stomping ground.

And can you actually go from being owner and top man in an organisation, to being an employee of new owners? Would that even work? Not convinced I could do that.

I'm not convinced they'll keep them on to be honest
 
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