AN Press conference - CANCELLED

[Safc88]

I'm still not convinced this is happening. Sky are notorious for making stuff up for click bait and views. It makes no sense why he would travel down in a car for talks. You have talks over the phone and fax, and you don't drive you go in the Coates's helicopter. I smell BS.

Bloke from the athletic said it first, hes as accurate as can get regarding us

 

[Gronkowski]

He'll know what the offer is man

Mad people think all the details aren't discussed beforehand

 

[Mickdundee]

Going to lump on Norwich before the bookies cotton on. Up the canaries!

Should maybe lump on AN for Stoke first - Skybet still offering 2/5.

 

[John J Rambo]

Suppose we'll know at 2pm then.

 

[AndrewP]

The press conference will reveal only that he's off. It won't be Neil taking it. It will be Dodds or Proctor, with the official club line of, can't comment at the moment while the process is ongoing etc.

I'm completely out if he goes. Only reason he would leave is if we're a mess behind the scenes. Don't want to be part of this circus anymore. Leaving for Stoke is a clear indication that we're not heading where we think we're heading.

Out? What do you mean?

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

This "the doors been knocked down never mind knocked on" etc

The comments on the Costa Rican lad also. They were as lukewarm as they could have been. Neil wanted players for the here and now and they delivered a boy with no experience and not an English speaker to fanfare.

 

[Yahrba]

I cannot imagine a single safc fan that is anything other than gutted by this news. Personally I don't know who I should be directing my rage at, SAFC or him

Him

 

[redandwhiterob]

I'm still not convinced this is happening. Sky are notorious for making stuff up for click bait and views. It makes no sense why he would travel down in a car for talks. You have talks over the phone and fax, and you don't drive you go in the Coates's helicopter. I smell BS.

If he traveling down by car it's clearly a done deal. It really is that simple. Talks have already took place

 

[walesie]

The press conference will reveal only that he's off. It won't be Neil taking it. It will be Dodds or Proctor, with the official club line of, can't comment at the moment while the process is ongoing etc.

I'm completely out if he goes. Only reason he would leave is if we're a mess behind the scenes. Don't want to be part of this circus anymore. Leaving for Stoke is a clear indication that we're not heading where we think we're heading.

See ya

 

[muffler]

I wonder how many people on here have been loyal to their current employer when a new employer offers them a much better package. It's just a job to these guys, and to be fair to AN, he's never done the whole badge-kissing bollocks that some managers do.

If he's gone, then you can't blame him if the package is so much better. I don't think he owes us anything as fans, and doesn't deserve some of the comments on these threads. All of the blame rests with the board, who think a rolling contract is anything other than a liability if things go well and people notice him. Things have gone well, and presuming we haven't gone to offer a better contract then the blame is squarely with them.

Of course some fans think the manager should love the club as much as us. For those fans, the damage is arguably done even if he stays.

 

[Steesafc]

I'm still not convinced this is happening. Sky are notorious for making stuff up for click bait and views. It makes no sense why he would travel down in a car for talks. You have talks over the phone and fax, and you don't drive you go in the Coates's helicopter. I smell BS.

Appreciate your consistent stance on this but you can see how it doesn't look good at all from our point of view. Several different news sources now reporting the same thing, it looks shitty doesn't it.

 

[Kenna]

Press conference at two will just be Neil screaming 'I'm not leavin' like the wolf of Wall Street for an hour

He then hangs up his Facetime too early while losing signal in his car.

 

[walesie]

Why should a manager at a club that can attract 40,000 on the Championship be expected to accept a “slow build”, relative to Stoke?

Ffp.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

He's probably pissed off that we're signing players over his head i.e. Bennette instead of players he wants. Stoke will have given him control over transfers that he doesn't have here.

 

[rey mysterio]

Why would he be in a car heading to Stoke? Surely they’d just do it on Teams or something?

If he’s willing to drive there then that would suggest he has left Sunderland surely

 

[LineTrash]

Course there is. The club could give him more security and the autonomy he deserves.

In short - it’s within the Club’s gift to give him more than Stoke are offering. On both fronts.

If he goes, something is clearly rotten behind the scenes.

 

[ScottDuffman]

Suppose we'll know at 2pm then.

Think we already know. He's in a car off down Stoke and the conference is in 40 mins.
He's gone.

 

[garyeaststand]

he is responsible for his own actions

Who Neil ? We all said why are we not tying him down on a nee deal after promotion , I don’t blame him if we are paying him peanuts with a rolling contract. KLD is responsible of leafing this club so get on the phone to Neil and tell him to turn his car around

 

[Disco_Pants93]

Even if he doesn't take thhe job - fuck him. If he's gone there for talks I don't want him back.

 

[Mboma]

Fuck him.

Get Warnock in as caretaker for the next few games and get interviewing next week. We won't be short of interest now that we're in the Championship.