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Speakman picked Lee J
Kristjaan Speakman going nowhere
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Mr.Thunders
Striker
Think most people I speak to have that view.All he has to do is appoint the right head coach,with one or two staff,recruit well over the summer and January and retain some talent.
Easy
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.
Alfies Hat
Midfield
And if this summer isn't the big one then next summer will be.
Wouldn't you say?
Red and white TID
Midfield
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.
Man About Town
Winger
Going nowhere? Just like the club under this regime then.
Alfies Hat
Midfield
Caring about SAFC?
If ya expecting KLD to bladder speakshite its never gonna happen. Kld is as much out his depth as speakman and dodds. He has no experience, no connections no nothing. Hes just over the moon he has a DOF who is so far up his own arse will spout out any old 'model' shite as he knows he will never get a gig as big as this for the rest of his career. Only way forward will be when KLD fooks off.
Mental isn't it, like obviously I don't want the club to go bust but it seems like some are just obsessed with it now.
Tottenham are millions and millions in debt. Would I swap their position, without a question of doubt. I actually think some on here would be bothered about the balance sheet.
Sollentuna15
Full Back
Can’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)
(Yours faithfully, K.S)
wrighty
Striker
Yep. Glaring gaps in squad need to be addressed. No excuses will suffice this time round.
They’re all aligned man
Digsys dinner
Winger
I get fathers for justice vibes from the mad mistake
SafcForever1879
Central Defender
Leave Speakman alone last time I said something about him he was going to tell his mam
Chewit
Striker
I think we all thought that during the Short years …. Back then it was never the Managers always the executives, today it’s the same.
Changing managers is just moving the deckchairs around hoping for a different result. Only now managers don’t even pick the team never mind buy the players.
I am encouraging them, Iam telling them to stop taking risks without club. You might not be prepared to pay for a promotion push but you sure as hell are not going to get away with turning us into a relegation threatened team.
Hence i am encouraging them to invest in experienced players or get out.
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
Chewit
Striker
As if they are taking any notice of what we think
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.
Hjedle illustrating why buying in January is a minefield. As soon as we have Huggins or Cirkin fit he will be farmed out on loan and then sold. I am not sure you are going to get a top draw left back in January, let alone when telling any potential signing he will be fourth choice next season. A case of needs must and who was available, would we have been scouting a left back before losing 3 LB to injury?
To buy/loan 4 strikers and none really come off is unlucky IMO. Maybe they just need a season to adapt to Championship football and their new surroundings, I certainly wont write them off nor criticise the club as if either come off in the long run it could set the club up financially for years to come as strikers go for fortunes. I do believe an experienced front man is required for next season but club directors do make mistakes from time to time, its about learning from them. KLD is clearly very single minded in his approach and with a tweak to only buying youth is easily fixed
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.
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 whoppa
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