How has your life been affected by the decline and fall of SAFC?


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This is another topic but 1.5m summer transfer funds in the modern game at any championship level is horrendous. Regardless of anything that has happened in the past
Again not about how much money we spend just look at the last 10 years, Short is finally doing what he should have done years ago, always worried that Bain didnt prune hard enough over the summer
 
My lad is 7 and looking ahead to the long term, I'm thinking about stopping taking him the rest of this season in fear that it puts him off altogether. He's been to 10 games this season and 1 away. He's seen us win 2 games in the 3 seasons I've been taking him ffs
 
I am 58 yrs old. I saw my first match 50 years ago. Have been an exile for 30 years. Coming back to UK this year. Footballing wise, the worst time to come back I know. We have won one real trophy in that 50 years. But loads and loads of great memories, and the club has enriched my life to a monumental degree. No need to dwell on the individual moments, you all know what they are. Not trophy-laden then, but there was always hope - whether in old Div1/Premier, or the lower tiers - that it would not take that much to make us successful. But it appears that without a huge injection of cash, that seems far away now. It could take many years to get back to a position where we can challenge again, if it happens at all.

I check these pages every day, a lot of gallows humour, and a lot of anger. Rightly so. I am not pointing the finger in this post, too many others for that. I just wanted to explore the great sadness that so many people will feel at the moment. Those that have followed the club for decades, those a lot younger. It is the lowest ebb. Far worse than Lawrie Mac days.

For someone like me, who is getting on now, it is bitter-sweet. We have experienced the highs and the lows. We have also experienced what life has to throw at us, and know that time runs fast. Football as the years go by becomes less important. It's just the way it is. Other things to worry about. And for sanity's sake, it would be suicidal to keep worrying about the club, when you have yourself, family and friends to think/worry about. But there is no denying the sickness in the stomach when the mind currently turns to SAFC. One of the most important things in my life is going down the drain, and there seems no way out of it.

Sorry for the depressive nature of this post, I am normally a positive guy when it comes to SAFC. Coleman gives us some hope, but he is not a miracle worker. I just hope someone buys out Short sooner rather than later. With the cash to save us.

Good luck at Boro lads. Fans and team.
I’ve been stopped from jumping off Wearmouth bridge twice!
 
I've stopped going. I was fed up last season, not so much the football but the travel, then the arse on trying to find somewhere to leave the wheelchair every match (because of some H&S concerns brought in 2 years ago) for no pleasure at all.
I barely watch Premier League games either now, as we're not in it.
 
I'm similar of age and see exactly where you are....

Personally speaking my defence against the current farce is one of ambivalence .....I'm kinda trying to shrug my shoulders and adopt a couldn't care less/more important things in life mindset....I don't do pretence that well

Have to say by and large though that it is working for me.......it is a bit of an expensive trait as Ive missed by choice a shit-load of games that I already paid for....which I reckon makes me a bit stupid - but I have avoided some pain & frustration

I've thought long and hard about how I've arrived at the point I'm now at....I've been teetering on the edge of renew/not renew for a couple of seasons....its a f***ing big decision as I have served my time so to speak, I don't quit much in life but I've arrived at a point of abject futility and its fair to say dejection

The main difference between the present and the past is all about the players.....I know theres a lot of divided opinion about Short....I don't like the guy, he has made some catastrophic errors mainly in the area of the type of people he has chosen to employ in key positions "upstairs"...some real f***ing clowns......

But back to the players....and I cant be arsed to trawl names out...but there are some players, and this has been for last couple of seasons, that I utterly despise......I find it increasingly difficult to "support" players who are so unfit for the shirt its beyond words....the level of hate that wells up inside of me watching does me no good so its easier to not go and avoid the trauma

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I'm similar of age and see exactly where you are....

Personally speaking my defence against the current farce is one of ambivalence .....I'm kinda trying to shrug my shoulders and adopt a couldn't care less/more important things in life mindset....I don't do pretence that well

Have to say by and large though that it is working for me.......it is a bit of an expensive trait as Ive missed by choice a shit-load of games that I already paid for....which I reckon makes me a bit stupid - but I have avoided some pain & frustration

I've thought long and hard about how I've arrived at the point I'm now at....I've been teetering on the edge of renew/not renew for a couple of seasons....its a f***ing big decision as I have served my time so to speak, I don't quit much in life but I've arrived at a point of abject futility and its fair to say dejection

The main difference between the present and the past is all about the players.....I know theres a lot of divided opinion about Short....I don't like the guy, he has made some catastrophic errors mainly in the area of the type of people he has chosen to employ in key positions "upstairs"...some real f***ing clowns......

But back to the players....and I cant be arsed to trawl names out...but there are some players, and this has been for last couple of seasons, that I utterly despise......I find it increasingly difficult to "support" players who are so unfit for the shirt its beyond words....the level of hate that wells up inside of me watching does me no good so its easier to not go and avoid the trauma

Sad

Life’s too short marra, I go for the social side of it, I usually leave early, wish I didn’t but I’ve been through the years when it got me down.
No f*cking more, it’s highly paid game that doesn’t need people to come through the gates anymore, its f*cked.
 
Unbelievable how poor we really are
My lad is 7 and looking ahead to the long term, I'm thinking about stopping taking him the rest of this season in fear that it puts him off altogether. He's been to 10 games this season and 1 away. He's seen us win 2 games in the 3 seasons I've been taking him ffs
 
Ive lost interest in football cos of us. I cant watch it at all.
It's sort of the opposite for me. Ive actually enjoyed watching Premier League matches knowing I have no investment in them. It's as though things have gotten so bad I can free my mind and enjoy football without worry
 
From 2013 onwards I am not as emotionally upset as I was prior. A defeat would ruin my Saturday night and even affect my mood the next day.
 
I have complete contempt for the people running our club. I dont even think that they are really football fans. The game and our club has produced a load of hangers on and it'll be interesting too see who is around next season if we go down.[/QUOTE]

Yes, the "hangers on" that have contributed to the downfall, let's just see how long they stay with the "Ship they sank" when/if times get any worse.
Hopefully we don't go down, but the situation we're in is not very attractive is it? [re:: finances/debts/current players we're stuck with/attendances]
 
My daughter is 11 and my mates son is 7. We have been taking them to most home games over the last year and both are sick of it and don't really want to go any more. That really hurts.
Sunderland supporters have never expected to be winning every week, but the last couple of years have been humiliating. We don't deserve that.

Fuck you Ellis Short.
 
it hasn't affected me at all. it has given me some of the best memories of my life.
i have met some amazing people and made some lifelong friends along the way.
our predicament is not nice but you wouldn't divorce a wife if she let herself go a bit.


i wad the fat bitch
 
My lad is 7 and looking ahead to the long term, I'm thinking about stopping taking him the rest of this season in fear that it puts him off altogether. He's been to 10 games this season and 1 away. He's seen us win 2 games in the 3 seasons I've been taking him ffs

^ I've found the problem! Your son's a f***ing jinx!
 
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