OldNick

Sunderland MkII lol

but wasnt 35m promised as a warchest and then there was the Shaw money?

It was easy to decode their words as 'come and get them' Only the uproar after Chambers was sold did they take any action to try and stop the outcry.Krueger then was wheeled out with his promises

I dont know Saints wage structure. Apparently it was quoted on here that Ramirez was on 60k (IIRC) As much as many dont like the my opinion on this, the way to keep a lot of the players was to keep NC who in turn would have kept MP for at least another season. I dont expect KL to spend her fortune on my entertainment, but being in the PL is supposed to be worth 100m (as per the play off final being the most valuable game in the world TM) Therefore we could have had a sustainable club. I understand selling Shaw for 30 mil, but the others were fully on board with NC and MP, I believe that the players may have stayed as long as the club kept its ambition. RL's words were telling 'It could have been different' You could see he was less than impressed with KL choice of staff. Only a few people really know the full story and so either of our positions could be correct. I am happy with my view of what has happened. Krueger made a bold statement saying MS and JRod will not be allowed to leave. Time will tell if he is true to his word. Obviously they will move the goalposts to suit, eg 'Cant have an unhappy player' , 'The price was too good' 'The squad will be stronger with Townsend' etc etc I dont like the way the fans have been IMO hoodwinked, but thats life. This is a football forum, where you can vent your frustrations,and opinions.

well i cant see how you can guage it then. If you just want to believe we are stronger then that's fine.

yep, give the board the get out of jail card.

i would still love lovren to be here, but if he fails miserably at Liverpool i will not be sad

I dont think you can let the board get away with their misleading promises, if that does come to pass. It is obvious that i have never trusted the new board and so a little bias comes in my post. IF MS goes (or anyone else really) then Krueger has done the fans a disservice. He came out and made some massive statements and as far as iam concerned should keep to them

apparently Krueger said we will be stronger at the end of the window as we were when it opened. So its 7th or better this season then. Who's going to put money on that?

yep, I watched some, but it was cringeworthy how salmond walked to the front and was using his trained body language. he looked so awkward,but he did fluster Darling. Darling made the mistake af saying that Scotland could keep the pound. If they didnt have the oil, there would be no contest. i dont know how it would effect England if they become independant. Personally the Scots have been an asset to the UK as great allies. If they leave i hope they sink.

Let's hope we keep Victor as well

exactly,

Ah but it said Townsend was very upset being left out of the 18man squad. He will be squeezed out if they can trump up a deal.

Welbeck linked with Everton, I assume Matinez has not looked on here to see a proper run down on his ability lol

I get your point, I haven't heard of the unrealistic targets a couple of weeks ago! That is a reflection of my lack of World football, but I would prefer us to go for British targets

Is it right that we are flying this man back at enormous cost and an unknown health risk? This man took it on himself and without any second thought recklessly put himself at risk. Yes it was a very human gesture, but surely he should have gone through an official agency. The financial cost to our nation as well as putting others health at risk is irresponsible IMO. Where will it end? any other. British national who gets the virus will expect the same I assume

:smug::smug: don't worry. I have a subscription of the Portsmouth News just to read the deaths column

I've read that nonsense before, if you have a brain and personality (when I say 'you' I mean in general) it does effect you however much you earn. Nobody wants not to be liked and criticism hurts. It is bravado to say it doesn't

Fuller and Crouch were also given a tough time by the morons. It also came at a time when the fans felt cheated by not replacing top players leaving with unknown or lesser quality

jay rod has been talking about going to Spurs for a long time, before the season finished. That is according to someone who is doing work for him

I agree Pelle needs time, and the morons who make a quick judgement on him need to give him some space

I was talking about under MP , I have not seen or heard of our new style of play

The atmosphere was bound to be poor. In the main the fans are p####d off and it is hard to be upbeat about playing WBA

That's a shame, if inMay we were told on here you could have Long for 16m or Welbeck for 15 m I doubt many would have voted for Long. It is madness, we could have tied him in on the Shaw deal.

I al ways find the Plan B thing a nonsense. The 3 best teams in my lifetime who were successful played the same way until the final whistle. don Revies. Leeds, Liverpool in the 80s and Man Utd. They believed in their system and kept going until the final whistle, hence their late goals to win matches. MP played a fantastic system for us, but needed some more personnel to just make us that little better