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Speakman picked Lee JSpeakman and Johnson were appointed on the same day
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Speakman picked Lee JSpeakman and Johnson were appointed on the same day
He’s had a mare recently but he’s still got enough good will in the bank to rectify things this summer imo. Cock it up and he has to go however.
It's not ALL about making money on players though. We need to be able to put a team out good enough to compete at the top.
And if this summer isn't the big one then next summer will be.I'd be surprised if anything else happened to be honest. No doubt the club won't be happy with the Beale appointment but outside of that it's probably going about as well as expected when they took over. Probably has points in the bank for getting good money for Lihadji, Stewart, Gooch, and bringing in the likes of Ballard, Clarke, Ekwah. As well as nailing 2 out of 3 head coach appointments.
This summer is the big one.
Absolutely said this loads.As a fan it's not about making money on players - at all. I go to watch competitive football not to win spreadsheet awards. How it's funded I really couldn't give a toss, I do care about watching crap like the past few months.
The money obsession on here is weird.
Caring about SAFC?All the posters saying they'll give KLD / Speakman the summer. What are you expecting them to do in the summer ?
Absolutely said this loads.
Some on here now obsessed with how much money has been spent.
I don’t care if safc balance sheet is at even or £20m in debt, I do care if we got a shite team though and last 2 or 3 months has been embarrassing all round.
Yep. Glaring gaps in squad need to be addressed. No excuses will suffice this time round.I'd be surprised if anything else happened to be honest. No doubt the club won't be happy with the Beale appointment but outside of that it's probably going about as well as expected when they took over. Probably has points in the bank for getting good money for Lihadji, Stewart, Gooch, and bringing in the likes of Ballard, Clarke, Ekwah. As well as nailing 2 out of 3 head coach appointments.
This summer is the big one.
They’re all aligned manCan’t get rid of Speakman because the succession plan within the leadership group would entail that all the raw data couldn’t evolve and the model would break down irreversibly. We’ve built a platform which has engaged the whole group and although there’ll be some difficult conversations within that group, we’ll all have to embrace that.
(Yours faithfully, K.S)
I’d rather people be encouraged to do better instead of just booting them out: that’s what I thought about Mowbray too
I'd be surprised if anything else happened to be honest. No doubt the club won't be happy with the Beale appointment but outside of that it's probably going about as well as expected when they took over. Probably has points in the bank for getting good money for Lihadji, Stewart, Gooch, and bringing in the likes of Ballard, Clarke, Ekwah. As well as nailing 2 out of 3 head coach appointments.
This summer is the big one.
All the posters saying they'll give KLD / Speakman the summer. What are you expecting them to do in the summer ?
Devils advocate here.Excellent post.
I am probably in the minority but I believe Speakman is doing a very good job overall if you look at the big picture ie, since he took the post and not the last 12 months. Every football director would love to go and buy battle hardened players for decent money all the time but he is clearly operating with a limited budget which is coming from above
The only sale I would question is Batth as we clearly had no better in reserve, but the likes of Gooch, Pritchard are no great loss. Run of the mill championship players - he pulled a masterstroke selling a crock for 10m, with Southamption would be lucky to get 3m for him if sold in the summer
Devils advocate here.
This bigger picture.
The one that leaves us with Hemir, Mayenda. Hjelde et al as first teamers…it doesn’t look great.
FFS our fans are nuts. Johnson was a fooking clown who talks the absolute same style of bullshit speakshite does and has been sacked wherever hes been since. How can anyone think johnson would ever be a good choice for a team like safc.Johnson was a good choice for us, improved us no end from Parky's mess. Make it 3-1 in the managerial hirings... Sacked at the right time like.
Some of our fans talk absolute shite.He was.
Sporting Director Kristjaan Speakman reacts after making Lee Johnson his first big Sunderland appointment
Sporting Director Kristjaan Speakman says Lee Johnson was the ‘outstanding candidate’ to fill the new brief of Head Coach at Sunderland.www.sunderlandecho.com
It all happened around about the same time. Speakman officially announced the day before. Speakman appointed Sporting Director.
Ffs another absolute whoppaExcellent post.
I am probably in the minority but I believe Speakman is doing a very good job overall if you look at the big picture ie, since he took the post and not the last 12 months. Every football director would love to go and buy battle hardened players for decent money all the time but he is clearly operating with a limited budget which is coming from above
The only sale I would question is Batth as we clearly had no better in reserve, but the likes of Gooch, Pritchard are no great loss. Run of the mill championship players - he pulled a masterstroke selling a crock for 10m, with Southamption would be lucky to get 3m for him if sold in the summer