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Roy Keane

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I don't know what's going on or why things are taking so long.
We're programmed to be cynical and accept a shitshow because we are Sunderland. Never plain sailing. It's our lot in life.
Games coming and going without a Manager in charge is a risky road to be going down.
We have to act swiftly and get Keane appointed as soon as possible.
The atmosphere and frustration are only going to worsen the longer this drags on.
For the love of all things red and white and our sanity give him what he wants and get the deal done and let us focus on picking up points, promotion and winning football matches.
Please and Thank you.
 
You’d struggle to make a bigger bollocks of this if you’d tried :lol:

Take forever ✅
Completely nonsense interviews in the meantime talking corporate shite ✅
Have no marks in charge in between ✅
Get beat off shite under said no marks and blow any chances of promotion that we sacked the previous bloke to salvage ✅
Massively raise expectations by publicly courting a stand out candidate who wants the job ✅
End up with someone less inspiring that the previous bloke ❓

Only the last one to go

Not to mention the transfer window farce completely misbalancing the squad
 
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Length of contract is the issue apparently. Keane wants longer than the clubs giving

Any manager worth having would want some job security. Especially before he asks his would-be staff to uproot their lives and families.

I’d like to think the club understands this - but again, we have to bear in mind that our football decisions are now being made by someone who’s never had any involvement in running a club or senior football.
 
Rumour has it that he's already been spotted down here. @riffraff

That’s it! Though I’m thinking he was on his own. I magine staggering back from pub along the route you’ve been taking for months and that’s there all of a sudden!
 
Speakman is evidently completely out of his depth as Sporting Director although he's clearly on the ball regarding talent identification in fairness to him.
We have no fullbacks or one he has bought that is deemed not good enough to play despite a 6-0 hammering.

We have two fit centre halfs when we have been successful playing with a three.

Our midfield is weak as water.

No like for like striker for Stewart.

Lots of wingers but again non deemed good enough to start despite a 6-0 humping.

I have yet to see this wonderful recruitment. Wigan didnt even have 11 players last summer and look where they are.

Speakman didnt sack Johnson last summer when a lot of supporters knew he was not up to the job.

Speakmen is making a pigs ear of the HQ situation and put Dumb and Dumber in charge on Saturday.

Remind me what he brings to the club?

He wont be rushed though so there is a tick.
 
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We have no fullbacks or one he has bought that is deemed not good enough to play.

We have two fit centre halfs when we have been successful playing with a three.

Our midfield is weak as water.

No like for like striker for Stewart.

Lots of wingers but again non deemed good enough to start despite a 6-0 humping.

I have yet to see this wonderful recruitment. Wigan didnt even have 11 players last summer and look where they are.

Speakman didnt sack Johnson last summer when a lot of supporters knew he was not up to the job.

Speakmen is making a pigs ear of the HQ situation and put Dumb and Dumber in charge on Saturday.

Remind me what he brings to the club?
A crap degree from a second rate university and corporate jargon
 
Players like Huggins, Clarke, Cirkin and Roberts are far higher quality than I would have imagined we could bring in, but the first team squad has missed an experienced spine all season. Starting with the keeper.
Starting with the manager. He was weak as piss.

The teams results is a representation of how LJ set then up. Flakey as owt.

Add a bit roy keane to that team and it'll be fine
 
Alan Nixon saying Speakman (and Stuart English) met 5 candidates last week and need to put 3 to the board but they’re under pressure to do so quickly. Wonder if the “second interviews” are meeting with the board for confirmation.
 
Massively short sighted, it's got people all riled up for no reason. Fwiw i think any delay is more likely down to trying to sort out backroom staff etc - keane won't come with any coaches from a prior job. The interviews seem to be down as backups. But if its not ready, don't be liking things that imply it is.
Although that isn't what Speakman said. He said they were still drawing up a shortlist which gave the impression they are dragging their heels. A week after sacking the manager and getting rid of all of our back up defenders. He hasn't covered himself in glory.
 
Although folk don’t want to admit it, I do think money will be a factor in all this.

The club haven’t handled it well mind. Even with the windows closing last Monday, the club had the time to get a manager in before Sat - and certainly before tomorrow
 
Alan Nixon saying Speakman (and Stuart English) met 5 candidates last week and need to put 3 to the board but they’re under pressure to do so quickly. Wonder if the “second interviews” are meeting with the board for confirmation.
Why the fuck is a coach involved in employing a new manager? Just as you think it couldn’t get any worse
 
Alan Nixon saying Speakman (and Stuart English) met 5 candidates last week and need to put 3 to the board but they’re under pressure to do so quickly. Wonder if the “second interviews” are meeting with the board for confirmation.

It’s embarrassing if they haven’t got someone already.

All that shite Speakman told us about having lists of players and coaches ready to seamlessly step in when we need them…
 
We have no fullbacks or one he has bought that is deemed not good enough to play despite a 6-0 hammering.

We have two fit centre halfs when we have been successful playing with a three.

Our midfield is weak as water.

No like for like striker for Stewart.

Lots of wingers but again non deemed good enough to start despite a 6-0 humping.

I have yet to see this wonderful recruitment. Wigan didnt even have 11 players last summer and look where they are.

Speakman didnt sack Johnson last summer when a lot of supporters knew he was not up to the job.

Speakmen is making a pigs ear of the HQ situation and put Dumb and Dumber in charge on Saturday.

Remind me what he brings to the club?

He wont be rushed though so there is a tick.
Read the first 7 words of my post again mate.

I am saying he has a role identifying talent, definitely not in charge of the first team squad though for all the reasons you've highlighted.
 
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