I'm amazed how offended and touchy you get when people dare question some owners.
It's bizarre.
We need to spend.
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I'm amazed how offended and touchy you get when people dare question some owners.
It's bizarre.
bigmarlon
Winger
Everybody knows that the last week of the transfer window is when things get hectic. Teams won't let players go until replacements are found, and it also bumps up the prices for those teams in dire need of players. This happens every season. Why are people surprised?
If anything we've done well to get 5/6 players in the door during the World Cup. Haway the Don!
#L1champions
If anything we've done well to get 5/6 players in the door during the World Cup. Haway the Don!
#L1champions
I'm not offended or touchy, I'm just amazed you won't get behind the new owners who have a f***ing monumental job on their hands and instead come on here to moan and groan at how easy it should be.
Bizarre indeed.
Almost as bizarre as posters pretending that you're on their 'ignore list' when quite clearly you aren't.
wdt
Midfield
And still people go on about budget......
Our is and will be the highest in the league
But still sits at 17 million
So you don’t understand budget then
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ironman
Midfield
I get it lots of supporters get it but we been here before we must get out of the league at the first attempt and if that means spending a couple of million then Donald needs to let us know it's happening and soon, as it takes time for players to gel we can't afford to loose many opening games but I get what you are saying
The club are talking to players whilst we speak mate, SD can't force them to sign a contract quickly. Any decent player will have a number of suitors and his agent will speak with all of them and play each club off each other until the best deal is reached.
In a perfect world, you'd speak to the player, no other clubs would be interested and he'd sign that day but I think we're all wise enough to know that doesn't happen and that agents and clubs will be vastly overpricing their players because it's Sunderland.
We can't go back to those days of being a roll over and just giving what club's and players want, that's what's fucked the club over for years! our new owners are making a stand and it's got to be done.
Just keep the faith mate, 4 weeks in football is a very long time andd this transfer window hasn't started for a lot of club's yet, not just ours.
People are asking perfectly reasonable questions in a calm and rational way, and you just lose it.
Just because they are new doesn't mean they are getting everything right you know.
andymcnish
Striker
I imagine the capital payments into the club (transfer fees and parachute) will be used in 3 ways.
1. To cover debts owed to other clubs for players/paying players off.
2. To cover the shortfall in income as against expenditure (though this is rapidly dropping)
3. To fund Short's 40m price, one way or another.
There is no way on earth that the owners are putting 40m of their own cash in as equity or paying it directly to Short without it being funded from the club one way or another.
We know the share price is secured on the stadium and on the parachute payments.
It would be great if they did and we really did get to use all the parachute payments, but that won't be how the deal is structured. They have bought through a new holding company, so the purchase price is the responsibility of the topco in a group, not Stu personally.
Billy Batts
Striker
Give over man, fucks the world cup got to do with bringing players in? Atm we're behind the likes of Peterborough. Established league one teams, clicking our heels.
bigmarlon
Winger
Lots of players, managers, chairmen only got back from holiday last week. Our own chairman was off to Russia earlier this week, as were probably many others. It will have undoubtedly had a knock on effect on transfers.
Good on Peterborough, who btw have signed 5 players from L2 that no fucker wants. They're also about to lose their best 2 players Maddison and Marriot. Fuck Peterborough, why compare us to them?
Billy Batts
Striker
Because we're competing with them next season, already an established team in this league with a bellend manager, also I live in Peterborough, I've got to put up this lot all season. Atm they've got Marriott, godden, cummings up front. We've got Maja and a trialist ffs.
bigmarlon
Winger
Marriot is off, as is Maddison. SD reckons we could have "6 or so" players in in the next week/2 weeks. Did you see the tweet thread? He knows we need players, the club knows where we need players. He just asks for a bit patience.
Surely we can give the bloke a bit time? Rome wasn't built in a day.
Billy Batts
Striker
Mate, that's fair dos. I hope we deliver.
bigmarlon
Winger
Me too. We're all crossing every finger and toe in the hope he can. Mind, the wait is f***ing torture!!!
Make no mistake, if he doesn't deliver I'll be the first to make a #donald out! thread
Brexit
Winger
I'm glad we have you to be calm and rational and not have a prejudgement that you're seeking to validate.
The Sun has had to issue a retraction and pay his legal fees.
Or maybe they are trying to spend absolutely none of their own money.
So no f***ing different to Short then
Hope you were defending him as strongly
Somehow I doubt it
Calm and rational indeed. I'd hate to see you flustered.
Teesdale Branch
Goalkeeper
Christ. Go and boil your head.
A lot of people don't agree with you, you need to get over it like
Brexit
Winger
Funny that given I don't really have an opinion to disagree with yet given we are clearly nowhere near finished.
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