Worst Sacking of a Manager at Sunderland

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O'Neil easilly the most disappointing one, definitely needed to go as we were going down under him but never wanted a manager to succeed so much before, Sunderland fan, great record behind him, just say missed out on him before, finally the time had come for him to take the job and it just didn't work out.
 
Kenna said:
O'Neil easilly the most disappointing one, definitely needed to go as we were going down under him but never wanted a manager to succeed so much before, Sunderland fan, great record behind him, just say missed out on him before, finally the time had come for him to take the job and it just didn't work out.
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He was a flop here and everywhere else he's been since, John Robertson was obviously what made him a success beforehand, without him he's just a whimsical Irishman.
 
Cookie said:
Generally speaking the clear opposition included falling attendances, booing at matches and negative comments from multiple sources including journalists, fans and pundits.

Of course, because no one came and knocked at your door and asked for your personal opinion, that is clearly not a representative sample from your naive viewpoint.

Oh and the irony of you talking about keyboard warriors isn’t lost on me when you start a debate in the way you did? Don’t think you’d have that crack if you were sat next to me in the pub.
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The problem with many of the fans on here are the extremes of emotion felt and expressed with almost every defeat or win. There is very little patience and little middle ground. Win and we are 'the greatest team the world has ever seen'. Lose and it's a typical, what you would expect' and calls to sack the manager. It's the same with the owners. Donald and Methven were in Trafalgar Square with the rest of us and would have been our heroes, having saved the club from extinction. We lost one game and suddenly Donald is loathed with calls for him to go. I know that might sound like somewhat of a caricature but, in my view, this is what is always picked up by the press and, ultimately, helps to drive the players out and the managers out alike.
 
I was most surprised when Poyet was sacked out of our recent managers. The others I either agreed with or had envisaged happening but was taken aback when Poyet went - would have taken relegation under him in hindsight and a chance to rebuild, but probably wouldn't have at the time if that makes sense.
 
JAR7391 said:
This. I was for sacking him in the summer, but not after I think it was about 9 games and we hadnt even done that badly. We'd beat Villa, drew with Man Utd, beat Leeds away, drew at Blackburn. I think we'd have struggled that season regardless but we'd have had a chance of staying up under Reid and we certainly wouldnt have surrendered with 19 points.

Im always disgusted of the way we sacked Grayson aswell. He wasnt the right man and needed to go imo but have a bit class and dont quickly pull him to the side 15 mins after a game. Do it properly and pull him in the board room the morning afterwards and have a proper meeting. Made us look amateur and classless in the first season of STID I thought.
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I was all for Reid being sacked at that time, the ballsing up of getting into Europe twice, fall outs with players that had been excellent for us, Johnston, makin, summerbee, the rumour at the time that he only did transfers thru 1 agent, but the absolute shit show that followed, in hindsight we defo should of kept him.
 
bagpiperay said:
The problem with many of the fans on here are the extremes of emotion felt and expressed with almost every defeat or win. There is very little patience and little middle ground. Win and we are 'the greatest team the world has ever seen'. Lose and it's a typical, what you would expect' and calls to sack the manager. It's the same with the owners. Donald and Methven were in Trafalgar Square with the rest of us and would have been our heroes, having saved the club from extinction. We lost one game and suddenly Donald is loathed with calls for him to go. I know that might sound like somewhat of a caricature but, in my view, this is what is always picked up by the press and, ultimately, helps to drive the players out and the managers out alike.
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I agree with this and some of the rhetoric on this board after a defeat or poor performance is utterly embarrassing at best. I have a season ticket and there’s a few people near me who are absolute wailing fannies whenever the tiniest opportunity is missed and you can multiply that by 1000 on the match threads on here.

However even with the best will in the world we’ve had some horrific management decisions made over the years and I personally find it very difficult to look back and think - yep that individual could have taken us to the next level given the opportunity. I don’t doubt we’ve had people (players in particular) driven out but a lot of them deserved to go for a variety of different reasons.
 
Kid Galahad said:
He and Knighton were the first I thought of, if Dennis Smith hadn't thrown Viv under the bus he might have also been a candidate, one choice? it's Billy Elliot for me.
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That Sheffield United 6-2 game was probably the best 90 minutes of my life. The heartbreak of the Cardiff game introduced me to the reality of supporting SAFC.
 
rickopooly said:
That Sheffield United 6-2 game was probably the best 90 minutes of my life. The heartbreak of the Cardiff game introduced me to the reality of supporting SAFC.
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The Sheffield game was the last I ever watched with my Granda so special on many levels, unfortunately the Cardiff experience is more the norm 🙄
 
NorthCountryBoy said:
Martin O’Neill. Hadn’t done well but hadn’t done disastrously either and that combined with his track record meant he was a much better bet than Di Canio
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We’ll never know, but I reckon O’Neill would have taken us down. We were out of gas and ideas under him. One thing is for sure in my mind, we’d never have beaten the Mags the way we did under PDC. That match was pure PDC influence. His pre match slap of Pardew changed the mentality of the derby in an instant. We showed we weren’t being dicked around by that lot any more
 
WildinHetton said:
The football was horrendous, lucky if we had a shot either half. Having said that also in charge of the "greatest" passing moment I ever witnessed, something like 33 passes at Old Trafford before Fabs crashed it off the bar. f***ing awesome. Take that away and the football was shite in the most but you lads love your shite footy now after years of the fat lads in charge.
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Poyet was great until the 8-0 at southampton then he lost all confidence and went ultra defensive
 
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