Alex Neil - New head coach confirmed

[Shotton axe man]

You can tell from social media, especially twitter that 50% of the fans - and more - dont want Neil. As soon as Sunderland dont win it'll kick off.

Norwich city and PNE arent Sunderland. the expectations here are enormous and he'll struggle to cope. He must think all of his birthdays have come at once. I'll give him 12 months or less. He will be a dead man walking if we dont get promotion this season.

Gravy.

 

[Fetch Fletch]

Fuck me.
I am no happy clapper as you all know but calling Neil the same as Parky and Grayson is so far off the ball.

 

[Raker]

Can't see this making 1000 pages.

Not sure, we’ve got a week ahead and 16 interviews booked for him. If he passes all of them and beats speakman and KLD at monopoly he’ll get the job.

 

[SuperGerryHarrison]

I think Neil is better than LJ. Not sure we could expect much more with a mid season appointment in league one. He's got 15 games to get us top 6 and get a system going for the playoffs.

He’s had 5 seasons in the Champsionship, finished 3rd once and outside of the play offs 4 times, and has been sacked twice.

Statistically he’s more likely to not get us promoted. Which was my original point, he’s 100 miles away from a guaranteed promotion candidate.

If we done go up then we start all over again with a hunt for a manager, yet again.

 

[Turnip from the Tip]

Think the KLD factor is big in all this. If he wasn't here I think more people would be seriously ticked off to apoplectic about this.
Still has an air of new regime about it - if that's the plan, its evil genius by maddrox

Why? Its an appointment that makes a lot of sense. He’s just not Roy Keane

 

[Fetch Fletch]

Not sure, we’ve got a week ahead and 16 interviews booked for him. If he passes all of them and beats speakman and KLD at monopoly he’ll get the job.

Connect 4 I heard mate. Speakman hasn’t lost yet.

Football matches on the other hand….

 

[MrParsnip]

It’s a standard procedure with most clubs. We can’t afford to afford to pay 15 months wages in one pay off.

Fair enough mate, must admit I'd never thought of it in those terms but why should it be any different to the dozen or so mercenary players whose wages we've been paying years after they buggered off?

 

[YorkMackem]

We had a bad owner.

We're not in a far worse case. We've gelled at last. We have a decent manager.

The elephant in the room is the stadium. It's a big deal!

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

It's an unimaginative, dull appointment. Let's not kid ourselves.

 

[FN-2187]

Why? Its an appointment that makes a lot of sense. He’s just not Roy Keane

And for that reason it has broken some on here.

 

[Mowgli]

He’s had 5 seasons in the Champsionship, finished 3rd once and outside of the play offs 4 times, and has been sacked twice.

Statistically he’s more likely to not get us promoted. Which was my original point, he’s 100 miles away from a guaranteed promotion candidate.

If we done go up then we start all over again with a hunt for a manager, yet again.

Far too simplistic view, he was at Preston for 4 years who had no money and were never going to reach the top 6.

It's like calling Sean dyche for only qualifying for Europe at Burnley once. I'm not saying he's a fantastic appointment, but he's a damn sight better than mccann.

 

[Get Into Em]

He’s had 5 seasons in the Champsionship, finished 3rd once and outside of the play offs 4 times, and has been sacked twice.

Statistically he’s more likely to not get us promoted. Which was my original point, he’s 100 miles away from a guaranteed promotion candidate.

If we done go up then we start all over again with a hunt for a manager, yet again.

That's not how football works marra.

 

[C-S-L Mackem]

He’s had 5 seasons in the Champsionship, finished 3rd once and outside of the play offs 4 times, and has been sacked twice.

Statistically he’s more likely to not get us promoted. Which was my original point, he’s 100 miles away from a guaranteed promotion candidate.

If we done go up then we start all over again with a hunt for a manager, yet again.

Who would be a 'guaranteed promotion candidate', or in, say, a 50 mile radius of one?

 

[WHD]

Can someone please just reiterate again that Preston North end is not Sunderland AFC. what he did there is of no relevance whatsoever to what he is about to walk into.

As we know if we have 10 minutes of poor football the manager and players are hounded. will he cope with this? Lose 1 game and this board for example will go up in flames.

He is totally untested at a big club. a complete novice.

Absolute horse shite.

 

[Sweeper]

Can someone please just reiterate again that Preston North end is not Sunderland AFC. what he did there is of no relevance whatsoever to what he is about to walk into.

As we know if we have 10 minutes of poor football the manager and players are hounded. will he cope with this? Lose 1 game and this board for example will go up in flames.

He is totally untested at a big club. a complete novice.

Aye. I remember hearing a lot about what Grayson had done at Preston as well.

 

[riffraff]

Imagine thinking that Neil is a coup for Sunderland. Have our standards really sunk that low? I'm afraid that the smileys dont add to your case marra.

Be interesting to ask him the first question of - "alex how does it feel like to be managing one of England's biggest clubs and with an average attendance of 30000 in league 1"

"Dunno, never managed a club with 30000 fans never mind 30000 average". He is on hiding to nothing and is about to find out what pressure is at a football club. He will either go like the others and sink - or he might just swim - if the fawning on here over him is justified.

Awwwwh man. You shoulda chosen a less obvious name.
Ive not seen any fawning ower Neil. Fawning wad be saying he’d be the choice ower the acknowledged masters of the modern game like Pep, Klopp, Tuchal, Conte etc. Instead a few have said he was their choice out of the publicised candidates until Keane came along and now that Keanes gone hes their choice from the publicised candidates still.

 

[KGC83]

Far too simplistic view, he was at Preston for 4 years who had no money and were never going to reach the top 6.

It's like calling Sean dyche for only qualifying for Europe at Burnley once. I'm not saying he's a fantastic appointment, but he's a damn sight better than mccann.

Absolutely spot on. Everything is so black and white on here (no pun), no context whatsoever.

 

[suddick mac]

Not sure, we’ve got a week ahead and 16 interviews booked for him. If he passes all of them and beats speakman and KLD at monopoly he’ll get the job.

Head tennis man, it's head tennis all the clique play on a Frida nowadays.

 

[SuperGerryHarrison]

Who would be a 'guaranteed promotion candidate', or in, say, a 50 mile radius of one?

No one, so at least appoint someone on an upward trajectory, rather than someone who’s just been floating around and living off one good season 7 years ago.

 

[Turnip from the Tip]

He’s had 5 seasons in the Champsionship, finished 3rd once and outside of the play offs 4 times, and has been sacked twice.

Statistically he’s more likely to not get us promoted. Which was my original point, he’s 100 miles away from a guaranteed promotion candidate.

If we done go up then we start all over again with a hunt for a manager, yet again.

You think he’d be sacked if we don’t go up this season?!

Play offs would be a great achievement right now. I don’t think anyone gets the sack for missing out in the play offs / suppose it depends how you fail maybe.

Promotion a bonus if it happens this season. He gets a full crack at it with a transfer window in the summer. Then judge him.