Have you ever trusted the club?


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I'll be honest I never have until now.

I started following the Lads at the end of the 1960's and never even considered the club, the chairmen or directors ............... I admired some of the players but, above all, enjoyed the support of the fans, the daft carry-on and the enthusiasm.

I never really expected the club to match our effort and passion.

However, the current set up has made me feel that we're all in this thing together for the first time ever. Does anyone else recognise this feeling?
 
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no, not since that night out where i went to the bogs n came back n the club was neckin on with our lass
 
I'll be honest I never have until now.

I started following the Lads at the end of the 1960's and never even considered the club, the chairmen or directors ............... I admired some of the players but, above all, enjoyed the support of the fans, the daft carry-on and the enthusiasm.

I never really expected the club to match our effort and passion.

However, the current set up has made me feel that we're all in this thing together for the first time ever. Does anyone else recognise this feeling?

That just about sums up my story Riviera ;)
 
Not in the same way I do now.

The first chairman that I was aware of, Ditchburn, was charged of paying players higher than allowed and subsequently got relegated for the first time. From then on I never really fully trusted anybody at that level especially not Cowie. At first I trusted Murray and I did trust him until the last few years he was here, when he appointed Wilkinson, that was the last straw.

SNQ is the only one where I can honestly say I fully trust him with the club. :-D
 
Same here!

I think SNQ is the first one who seems to be one of us. I'm sure the others, Murray in particular, were Sunderland fans but not the kind of fan I am, the ones who stood in the cold at Roker, go to the SOL and arejust one in a crowd.

I can relate to SNQ and feel he cares about me, not the fans but me if you get my drift. I know it wont happen but I could see him sitting next to me, enjoying a pie and a pint and just being a fan.
 
No.

1st chairman in my time was Cowie. Enough said on that subject

Murray I felt had his heart in the right place but I felt his instincts were wrong, particularly the move to Washington & placement of the AOL.

Quinny - I also trust his heart but feel he gets too carried away at tiles which leads to making statements he can't back up.
 
A lot of the above is due to the changing face of football over the past 30 years and the realisation of the clubs that supporters are actually paying customers as oppossed to an inconsequential irritation. BM started of as an "old school" chairman but eventually dragged the club and himself into the 20th (then 21st) century.

Quinny is an ideal modern-day chairman; knows how to keep the fans onside and continually raise the clubs' profile.
 
I've always loved our club, no matter who was in charge behind the scenes, but I would trust Quinny (and Short through his relationship with him) to really try to do the best for all of us, fans included.
 
My problem with Murray is that he just wasn't interested in progressing with the club, once he had us at the SOL and in the prem he was content to leave it at that and didn't want to push any further forward. Plus wasn't there an incident when he sold fans shares from underneath them? Although he did do good things for SAFC in the end I was pleased to see the back of him.

I do trust Niall Quinn though, ever since he was a player here it's been clear to see what the club as a whole means to him, he knows what the fans want and there's no better person to be steering us towards that IMO.
 
Under his tenure, I never trusted Murray but now I have come to realise that he did have the best intentions for the club at heart. What I have realised is that if he was such a money grabbing bastard, he would have held out for more money off the Drumaville Consortium but the bloke sold up at the first opportunity. Nobody can take that away from the bloke. It shows his willingness to sell to someone who had the equal amount of passion and belief as he did.
 
Yes, however a healthy dose of cynicism keeps them on their toes, which is as it should be. No time for complacancy in football or youre sunk.
 
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