TM accepts we are buying players for future


You would think it's sad if he got sacked because he's losing football matches? Weird.
Tbf he’d have a much better chance of winning football matches if he had an actual defence minded CM and a striker or two, which he has stated he needs for 2 transfer windows without getting them.

At the end of the day though he knew what the situation was when he took the job so these interviews aren’t helping anyone.
 
We are one of the biggest clubs in the world and we're a club to develop young players and sell them?!


Yes that’s a fundamental part of the clubs plan. We could keep our best players if we got promoted. If we had signed four players who would walk into our team right now and play most games CH, DCM, CF and Amad back on loan (prior to his injury) retain our best players I honestly think we would finish in the top two.
 
@Steve F you've cocked the quote up. We didn't miss an experienced midfielder in the games last season. The manager decided to play 1 centre midfielder at home to Cardiff and against Stoke.

We lost both and got mauled 5 by Stoke because of his midfield choices. This idea that he's blameless for everything is absurd.

I haven’t said Mowbray is blameless, how many times has he said we need some experience in midfield.
 
The squad has some deficiencies like every squad in the league.

If Mowbray does poorly then he will be sacked and rightly so.

Depends on your definition of poorly.

Since we want not just Mowbray but future managers to give youth a chance and progress our players I think we shouldn't sack Mowbray unless the season is bordering on disastrous (relegation kind of season)

If he's not successful then his contract ends at the end of the season and we can reconsider then.
 
Depends on your definition of poorly.

Since we want not just Mowbray but future managers to give youth a chance and progress our players I think we shouldn't sack Mowbray unless the season is bordering on disastrous (relegation kind of season)

If he's not successful then his contract ends at the end of the season and we can reconsider then.
No I agree. He will do alright this season, partly because we have a very decent squad.
 
Put Sunderland AFC and our fanbase anywhere near London and we'd be one of the biggest clubs in England. London clubs won the lottery.
 
I haven’t said Mowbray is blameless, how many times has he said we need some experience in midfield.


If we had an experienced midfield player who we should have been signed in January our defensive record would have been a lot better, particularly at home.
No I agree. He will do alright this season, partly because we have a very decent squad.

Where do you think we will finish?
 
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So when someone raises a previous talking point of how serious are we in wanting to bring players to the club of the calibre in this transfer window to meet KS target of finishing in the top two this season, should maybe read TM quote from the above article.

Sign young players, develop them, improve the squad, sell them for significant profit, if a buying club meets our valuation, a plan which carries a huge amount of business sense. However for those of us me included with aspirations of promotion this season and a top two finish, I think this strategy makes it highly unlikely, given the strength of the Championship this season.

Let’s hope the Board don’t lose patience with the Coach, he is working with the plan and our supporters don’t turn on him if we aren’t in the top six by October….. sadly wishful thinking, just a bit!!

Prediction, we will sign the lad from the Ukraine, I mentioned weeks ago we had serious interest in the Chilean lad, now looks like he is being touted round for the highest bidder, the sale of Lihadji today may help 🤞
Here’s misery Steve
 
Shocking that they didn’t tell Uncle Tony how the club would operate when they gave him the job.

The typical downer article the mags in the media like to put about at inopportune times for SAFC, and no surprise who has latched onto it.
 
If we had an experienced midfield player who we should have been signed in January our defensive record would have been a lot better, particularly at home.


Where do you think we will finish?
Around 7th-9th I think.

Then next summer I think Mowbray will go and we will sell somebody for pretty big money and bring in 3 or 4 key players and have a real push for top 2.
 
He did exactly the same after the Luton game when he brought up his future.

Clearly a very decent bloke and done a good job here but I'm sick of his mouth running too much in interviews.

He needs to concentrate on trying to stop his team conceding goals and pick an actual stable midfield.
what is that actual stable midfield he should be picking ? as currently think we are weak in midfield and need an experienced player there.
 
Yes that’s a fundamental part of the clubs plan. We could keep our best players if we got promoted. If we had signed four players who would walk into our team right now and play most games CH, DCM, CF and Amad back on loan (prior to his injury) retain our best players I honestly think we would finish in the top two.

I agree Steve, or at least had a far better opportunity but we did buy that CH, the club have deemed a cam more important than dcm and finances or value has of yet proved a further CF difficult. Holding the club account to not bringing back Amad is a bit daft mind. Best of all the window hasn't closed yet.

Either way, none of that has anything to do with Mowbray casting aspersions, its entirely unhelpful. Here for a good time, not a long one apparently.
 
what is that actual stable midfield he should be picking ? as currently think we are weak in midfield and need an experienced player there.
Last season he picked Dan Neil by himself at times woth about 5 ahead of him, stupidity.

Once he starting picking two kind of sitting players we went on a run of winning games.
 
Agree, but Mowbray is quoted, which in this instance you would believe to be accurate.



Didn’t realise you spoke for everyone, or do you just think you do
Well he has my vote.
We are one of the biggest clubs in the world and we're a club to develop young players and sell them?!
Biggest clubs in the world? Wtf? 🤣🤣🤣


Well Steve, thanks for posting what the owners told everyone from day 1. How we intend to operate is no f***ing secret 🤣
 
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To be honest nee fekker on her could give a crap about anybodies opinion unless of course it agrees with theirs!
I don’t agree with that.

Personally I enjoy reading other views as it makes me think about mine. Although @Steve F has wildly unpopular and sometimes schizophrenic opinions I still read and value them. As long as they are not personally offensive then it’s all good!

Back on topic though. I think Speakman is doing a cracking job, but he (and fans) needs to be patient with Mowbray given the cards he is dealing to him. Let’s enjoy the incremental improvements and see where we are at.

That said, Mowbray has made mistakes at home, particularly in midfield. Playing Pritchard and Embo as box to box will never work and is stupidity.

Against Stoke he started with Pritchard CM when Ekwah, Michut and O’Nien were on the bench. We got humped on the counter as a result of being to open tactically.

Generally, being too open at home was the main reason we struggled to get results. That’s on Mowbray.

I also love the man and I want us to back him through good and bad. I do wish he would stay quiet about some topics but that’s just his nature. No one is perfect…except me. ;)
 

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