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Alex Neil - New head coach confirmed

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Not massively in favour but i'll support anyone new at this point we need to get him appointed tonight so he can have a day training with the team tomorrow.
 
We aren’t appointing anyone until Twitter unban the SAFC.com account.
 
CraigyLee said:
excellent news for Roberts and Clarke
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Don’t know much about Roberts but I reckon Clarke will be perfect for the way AN wants to play. It’s a very intense system and he requires his wingers to do a lot of defensive work as well as attacking which Clarke will be suited to from his Leeds days so hopefully he can replicate that form for you lot.

Edit - Just realised it’s Patrick Roberts, forgot you’d just signed him. IF he can replicate his Celtic form then it’s going to be an enjoyable end to the season.
 
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Roadhouse said:
Is he capable of seeing what’s going wrong during a game and changing it?
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I posted this last week but worth repeating here as it appears to back up what the PNE fans have said here today.

I have a bunch of pals who are ST holders at Carrow Road. One sent me this text last week:

‘So. Alex Neil: would be a good appointment for Sunderland, I think. Direct speaker, knows what he wants and what I really liked about him was that when we played a team twice, the second time we always won (this applies to Championship), if we hadn’t the first time. He learns. There were a couple of minuses - not using Maddison at first when it was obvious he was brilliant, losing his nerve against Newcastle away, but the pluses outnumber them.’

Direct speaker = the Anti-LJ
 
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Probably the best of a bad bunch...at least he has promotions on his CV opposed to LJ.

Hardly an inspiring appointment mind and not one we should have been waiting 2 bloody weeks for either. 2 "easy" games that we should have won pissed away.
 
RedFlag1308 said:
If it is Neil let’s give him a proper chance. Seems like a decent bloke and getting good reviews from Preston and Norwich fans. Sounds better than I expected. No it isn’t the Hollywood manager everyone wanted or unearthing the next Pep, but he sounds very competent and hard working and enough to progress the club in a positive direction.

If it is him I can’t wait to get right behind him on Saturday and give him a taste of how good things can be with us if he gets it right.

Honestly he sounds a bit like a 2022 updated version of Mick Mac, and I mean that as a compliment. Back to back promotions are the target, and I feel he could have it in him if backed.
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Yea of course, problem is the way this weeks going wouldn’t be surprised if he turns us down

Also worst thing I’ve read so far is PNE fans saying that he will like Gooch 😢
 
I'm genuinely positive about the idea of appointing Neil. Certainly a better option than McCann and an upgrade on LJ. I'd also be happy with someone like Rob Edwards or a young up and coming coach. The issue is that the fiasco over the last 10 days will put Neil, or whoever it is on, the back foot. We should be going in to Saturday will some momentum from the last 2 games and a coach having had some time on the training pitch. Neither of which will be true.

If it is Neil they should have had him in place with a week at worst - and that's allowing time it should have taken to approach Keane and resolve if he was or was not willing to take the job.
 
admwil said:
“When the opposition have got the ball, we want it as quickly as possible. We don’t sit off the game and let them have it. Make them make mistakes. Hurt them in the transitions. When we’ve got it, we want to rotate it quickly, don’t give them a chance to get set and press you, and try to be as aggressive with our passing as we can.”

Fits the ‘philosophy’?
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I’ll take that! Let’s go!!
 
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