Sunderland Rumours Archive September 03 2013

03 Sep 2013 21:35:10
Bardsley is back at the club following his suspension
He has apologised, saying that he is deeply sorry for his actions and can completely understand why people were so angry
Is PDC willing to give him another chance?
Well, we all know what he can do when he's on form

{Ed024's Note - He's off suspension - but still unlikely to be picked ever again.}

At least he's come out straight away and apologised, not waited a couple of weeks till after the transfer window shuts then realised no body else wanted him.
He could play again but he'd be down the pecking order behind celustka, gardener, the rest of the squad, under 21's, grounds man. Worms under the pitch

He's apologised because he knows his little plan to get a transfer hasn't worked Nd he's now stuck here til January! If I woz pdc I make him sit in the stands wit the supporters Nd see if be laughed at us then! He'll still b drawing his 40 grand a week though! The little weasel.

I'll give him a 2nd chance even though he is a complete tool! he was big enough to say sorry, he has to knuckle down and find his form again to be even considered

Look, this so called professional footballer thinks he can take thousands of pounds from our club every week and then laugh at us when we get beaten. He has shown that he does not give a toss about our club. His wag made it even harder for him to come back with her comments about Paolo, no good snivelling back now, the damage is done, let's see where he ends up now. Sunderland does not need Bardsley, best thing he can do is just go, without the phoney apology.

Not good enough anyway.

Itll be interesting to see if we are in trouble whether PDC will recall Catts and Bardsley?

I hope he recalls Catts

Catts is a good player just half a yard too slow which is why he mistimes tackles, as long as he can clean up and give the ball to ki or the 2 wide men so they can do the business, we have missed his engine in midfield massively!

Sick of hearing this tosh about Catts. recall him if you want to play 80 mins with 10 men!

In his last 40 games he has had 2 red cards, that ain't that bad

03 Sep 2013 21:10:14
Why not keep colback at left back till bardo is fit? Had his best season at lb for us! I know he was a tool after fulham game and should know better but had he done soo much wrong in the first place? Them 2 have both got to be considered at lb before dossena for me! Reason he was given a one year contract? Simple! Coz he is not good enough and we had no other options! can't wait to see altidore and fletcher get going together think they could be lethal. Ki was said to be the korean version of steven gerrard when he first moved to celtic! Can tackle and pass well but wait till you see this boy pull the trigger! Great shot from range with either foot! i'm looking forward to seeing him play! Haway the lads big win against arsenal and all the doom and gloomers will be on sayin pdc is class! In paolo I trust!!

Dave the mackem

Thank god a positive fan! You speak like a true supporter

If ki is that good why did he come to us on loan he would be first choice at swansea. think about it

Well no he's out of favour at Swansea coz of de Guzman Britton Canas Michu he'd get in the Sunderland team just fine after the performance against palace!

If Ozil was that good why did he move to Arsenal from real Madrid.

Come on give yersel a shake man.

Are you a skunk?

If ki was first choice we could of pushed for michu

Ki was given out on loan because he was surplus to requirements.

Ozil was sold for over 40 million to help fund a move for Bale. (Ozil was a starter for Real)

How can you even compare the two.

It doesn't mean he isn't worthy of a first team spot, WHICH HE IS

look at Mata and Chelsea, he is without a doubt been their best player for the last 2 seasons, yet he doesn't get in the team, why?
Because he doesn't fit in with the Managers tactics, the same with Ki and Swansea

Mata is still wanted at Chelsea, and Chelsea have midfielders coming out their ears.

Ki is not wanted at Swansea because he is not good enough, simple as.

{Ed024's Note - Mata is still at Chelsea for the same reason that Ba is still at Chelsea - unlikely to play but the club wont let them go to a rival, if you think its any other reason ...your wrong.}

Maybe if they sold him and he had a great season with us they might kick themselves. If he goes on loan and has a great season they can keep him or sell him for more so maybe you should think about it! Could be clever business by swansea but who knows? I've never claimed to be micheak laudrups best mate but do have mates who are celtic fans so passed on what they told me! Some people come on here thinking they are alex ferguson! Lol chill out!

Dave the mackem

03 Sep 2013 19:13:17
Now that all the transfer furore is over can I just put the cat amongst the pigeons and suggest that sess nd bardsley, knowing pdc disciplinarian attitude manufactured their own transfers! I no it backfired 4 bardsley because he got injured, but it seems a big coincidence that sess got caught drink driving a week b4 transfer deadline day nd on a night when sunderland had a game,

What's your take on Roswell?

Forget Sess he has gone.
1. Good footballer
2. Inconsistent
3. Lacked physical fitness

Why was he out drinking when he should have been supporting his team mates?

Sess looked like a world beater to us only because we have been starved of true quality that's why he has gone to WBA and not a top club.

Like I said he is a good player but he ain't brilliant.

What! so you think that PDC forced Sessegnon to go out and drink and drive so he could get caught in order to have an excuse to sell him! Give your head shake man!

If he asks for a transfer he doesn't get his 10% so why Wudnt he! IDE do it for 600 000 quid!

Why do u think Bardsley went 2 a casino and covered himself in fiftys then put it on social network?he did it because he wanted a transfer Nd knew pdc would get rid of him 4 it! I think YOU want 2 shake YOUR head mate!

03 Sep 2013 10:30:46
How much did we get for sess? People are saying 6m but tv have just said the fee beats west broms 6.5m record fee. Safc93

Probs the extra half million is add ons based on appearances. - Great deal for Sunderland.

We all agree that 6m+ is a great price for Sess
But is it the right move to sell him considering the problem we are having at the moment
I'm not too sure

Great deal yes but no replacement?. its a risk!.

I don't like all these loan deals as if say Borini shines hell go back to Liverpool a better player and where have we seen that before? Wellbeck Rose!

It'll be just for the season so di canio and di fanti can have time to bring in a big signing to fill that gap probably same with dossena being on a 1 year deal. they have plenty time now.

I'm also a bit sad we didn't get a sess replacement, though as he seems to think he's a forward now, borini is a direct replacement for him, able to score or not he's never had much of a chance at Liverpool. In regards to the loans, yeah they may go back better players, but what was the alternatives? if the players he want aren't available then we have to make do.

Hi guys. don't we think it's time we all stopped getting on a downer. Like all of us I'm gutted at our start to the season and never understood the team selection for the palace game. We had our worst central midfield pairing for years and also our worst forward line for as long as I can remember. PDF said he wanted a left back and he got one albeit the sixth attempt. We got the central midfielder in ki and a pact forward in borini. Sess is no loss because we carried him for the majority of games, he's 29 and I honestly believe he wanted out. I do think carts should be brought in from the cold as he is an asset. I so much want the lads to pick themselves up for the next game and rid this doom and gloom, but we all need to accept these guys into our club and cheer from the rafters!,!,

JohnBrad don't know who you are but your a good lad, fully support your comment. i'm a big fan of PDC but can understand concern, however negativity doesn't get us anywhere and the only way we can enjoy the season is if we keep faith and support the team.

Well at the end of the day, to coin a phrase, we all are here for the same thing, the love of Sunderland football club. Good or bad. None of us will see the game the same but one things for sure red and white is in our hearts and soul and we support no matter what. Here's to climbing the table and proving the doubters wrong

We need a marquee signing instead of signing 4 players for 2. 5-3m and them bein distinctly average why don't we go out and spend 10-12m on a too class central midfielder who is actually going to better our squad and take us to the next level, youve just got look at fletcher and realise if you spend the money you get quality in return

03 Sep 2013 09:39:32
well personally ed I am a bit underwhelmed with our signings we did, have the funds apparently to sign a big name and pdc has banged on about what he needed but didn't seem to concentrate on the fact.
as far as sess goes I am in two minds for me I always got excited when he was on form but even then would hang on to the ball way too long and end up with no result from it you can also argue he had no real creative forwards to feed.
I think giaccherini, ki cabral and Johnson in the middle might surprise us all
give borini a chance if he is fed he could also surprise us, he has a point to prove to Liverpool. my main concern is our defence it has me worried thought we were shambolic against palace
keep the faith and if were bottom 3 come January we can always bring in another bakers dozen!

Borini will do well its the new 31yearold dodgy full back i'm worried about! defensively we look weak! its all very well bringing in numbers but are they the quality to keep us in this league?

I like 4-2-4 but we will not be able to play this system with the players we have. Will need to play 4-3 2-1. Think we should have Colback at left midfield if Dossena is to be left back. Have Cabral and Ki alongside and Johnson and Giacherrini interchanging behind Fletcher. Without the extra one in the middle I think the defence is vulnerable.

Dossena is just cover for jack

03 Sep 2013 08:20:37
Did we get Insigne?

{Ed024's Note - This is officially the last mention of Insigne}

Were in talks with insigne he's coming in January, he couldn't make it yesterday he had to wait in for a parcel but is definitely coming.

My main concern is still LB we have signed a 31 year old last minute who failed a medical and will not have the pace to keep up in the EPL there has got to be agood young LB in t the british leagues

Agree because this player is defensivly very weak good going forward and he must have been our 6th choice left back? I fear for our defence paticully against the quality teams coming up!

Think colback will be 1st choice left back and Dossena will be back up. I'm sure the scouts will be out there looking for players to bring in. There's still lots of changes to be made to the squad over the next few transfers

Yea ed no more mentions of insigne. oops sorry

I agree with ed, insigne will give competition at Napoli despite all their new signings and he's one for the future so why would he quit Napoli for Sunderland?

03 Sep 2013 00:18:12
I am absolutely devastated that we have not signed a creative midfield playmaker. However I am even more disappointed in the fact we have just sold the one person in our team ( exception Stephen Fletcher ) Who could make a difference and add a spark. Sessegnon is arguably the most skilfull player I have seen in the red & white of Sunderland and to be honest I have had the same conversation with many other fans that if we could replace him because of his inconsistencies and bring in a strong midfield playmaker so be it. However it had to be at the right price, not the £ 6 mill that's being reported! Why is it we appear to be the only EPL club who seem to allow their best players go for peanuts?

{Ed024's Note - £6m for a 29 year old inconsistent player is a great deal.}

You must not have been to many matches then, 1 goal in 4 is shocking for a striker. To many times there was no end product and he could have smiled know and again - good luck to the lad!

Ki is the creative player

The fact that you think Sess was one of our best players just shows how bad we are. Overrated and overpaid, 6 mill; damn good business I say. Watch the little person go and score against us in a few weeks time, lol.

ED you make me laugh good bit of business really how do you work that out? westbrom is not the same team as last season, who will be fighting use to stay up if sess keeps them up and we go down real good business don't get me wrong not a fan of sess but why sell him to them

{Ed024's Note - If you thought that way - why loan Graham to Hull ?}

Because Graham couldn't hit a barn door should not have got him in the first place sess on the other hand does it the barn door a few times in a season just hope it doesn't bite us on the backside m8

Sess might have had ability but very limited best bit of business we have done

Loans are different ed at least Graham can't score against us!

Graham did nothing wrong, worked his socks off, made all the right runs, movement was great, BUT NO ONE CUD PICK HIM OUT! if RVP was in our team he wudnt score.

Someone who actually watched graham

02 Sep 2013 23:46:59
As a Sunderland fan, I have to admit that I am disappointed that we let sess go. He had that flair us sunderland fans would just love to watch. But tbh, this could be a step forward. For the past few seasons, we have played one of front with sess in more of cf or cam role. I truly believe that we would benefit from two up top, especially with fletch back as we are a more 'balls into the box' team. You can disagree with me all you please but if it pulls of all of you so'loyal' fans who have been nothing but negative tonight will look like total hypocrites if we score and win more games. On a final word, got to applaud pdc on keeping our star player, JI!

{Ed024's Note - That last remark is not funny !!!!!!}

Sess didn't fit how were playing. we play 4-4-2 and he isn't a out and out striker and he isn't a cm either. he is a central attacking mid