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My 2p on the situation.

The club was living well beyond its means in the PL with a lot more income than we have currently. The new owners have got us back on our way to becoming a self sufficient club and long may it continue IMO.

We need to remember that this is league one and very rarely do teams spend much at this level. Quite often teams spend zero so we’ve been lucky to spend what we have in reality.

Also I may be wrong but I’m pretty sure I read that clubs can only spend so much in this division due to financial implications. Maybe FFP I don’t know. Hopefully someone can elaborate on this.
 
My 2p on the situation.

The club was living well beyond its means in the PL with a lot more income than we have currently. The new owners have got us back on our way to becoming a self sufficient club and long may it continue IMO.

We need to remember that this is league one and very rarely do teams spend much at this level. Quite often teams spend zero so we’ve been lucky to spend what we have in reality.

Also I may be wrong but I’m pretty sure I read that clubs can only spend so much in this division due to financial implications. Maybe FFP I don’t know. Hopefully someone can elaborate on this.
You don't become a self sufficient club by loaning players from Leeds who haven't kicked a ball for 18 month. You become self sufficient by scouting young talent, developing them into better players and selling them for profit.
 
Tbh I think this is exactly why Donald just shouldn’t discuss transfers at all on the podcasts, it’s a no win situation. Everything he says is pulled apart to every detail.
he spouts shite every time he opens his trap
 
The whole recruitment set up is a shambles, it's like a slightly more organised version of when Ashley bought the mags and basically got his old mates Wise and Kinear to help him out. There's nothing there that gives me any hope going forwards.

We've done well to avoid signing any quick footballers for years now. It's like we're actively trying to put together a team of plodders. No wonder our fans got excited about Watmore despite all his limitations, he was exciting and dynamic, something we don't have anything of anymore.
 
I know Ross hasn't helped himself, but some of the comments over the last few month are in danger of throwing him under the bus. I think Donald's intentions are good but, he confuses the fuck out of me.

People can only comment on what's in front of them. At the minute Donald looks as though he just speaks without thinking. Sunderland supporters have had that for years from various people.

Same here. He seems to tell us what we want to hear without backing it up. The only time he’s walked the walk is the Grigg transfer which has so far backfired.
He’s done a lot of good stabilizing the club but I just don’t fully trust him. It’s a weird feeling.
 
You don't become a self sufficient club by loaning players from Leeds who haven't kicked a ball for 18 month. You become self sufficient by scouting young talent, developing them into better players and selling them for profit.
Exactly another panicked attempt at a short term fix......except with the track record of Ross and the recruitment dept. it's likely to be short term minus the fix.
 
so whos to say we didnt put bids in that then got turned down and the club didnt think the players were worth wot was being asked do we do what we have done in the past and just throw money at the situation and still end up in the shit or do we look at it sensibly and dont pay over the odds for a player to make sure we are finacially within our means i know which i wud prefer money doesnt solve everything
 
We need to get out of league one. That requires actually attacking teams. Hopefully the new owners can see how much the manager is out of his depth
This.
I’m completely bored of Jack Ross and his ‘style’ of play
 
The whole recruitment set up is a shambles, it's like a slightly more organised version of when Ashley bought the mags and basically got his old mates Wise and Kinear to help him out. There's nothing there that gives me any hope going forwards.

We've done well to avoid signing any quick footballers for years now. It's like we're actively trying to put together a team of plodders. No wonder our fans got excited about Watmore despite all his limitations, he was exciting and dynamic, something we don't have anything of anymore.
spot on
 
The whole recruitment set up is a shambles, it's like a slightly more organised version of when Ashley bought the mags and basically got his old mates Wise and Kinear to help him out. There's nothing there that gives me any hope going forwards.

We've done well to avoid signing any quick footballers for years now. It's like we're actively trying to put together a team of plodders. No wonder our fans got excited about Watmore despite all his limitations, he was exciting and dynamic, something we don't have anything of anymore.
Was it Charlie boy who said he fancied we had the Dortmund model? We’ve got the Datsun model
 
We are selling this club to one of the richest men in the world and people on here are still slating Stewart Donald, unbelievable!
 
We are selling this club to one of the richest men in the world and people on here are still slating Stewart Donald, unbelievable!

Not everyone, some are just questioning the recruitment over the transfer window marra, what do you think of it btw? just out of interest ?
 
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