Sunderland Banter Archive October 07 2013

07 Oct 2013 20:24:08
well if poyet does get the job he wasn't my first choice and how he does no one can tell but he will be manager of my club so he will get my backing how ever it goes for him

Agree, he is not my choice but good luck to him, really I suppose it depends on whether Cattermole and his pals like him or not. Chris-s.

Agree totally, we've had experience didn't work ie O'Neil Bruce, maybe he is a bit like dicanio, but not as volatile, let's get behind the lads and get out of this mess were in. good luck to Gus lad you'll need it. haway the lads.

I am like the above. Not my personal choice but he is here and will get my 110% support.

Whoever came in was never going to be welcomed unanimously as there was no clear favourite or obvious candidate out there.

The thing is, we've tried British, we've tried EPL experience, we've tried tracksuit manager with a DoF and, frankly, none of them have worked so who's to say what we need!

Poyet has a good record (both as manager and as no. 2 with Denis Wise), has some gravitas in that he had an impressive playing career, is multi-lingual, is a tracksuit manager and knows the EPL pretty well. That's quite a few ticks so he's certainly one of the better choices we could have made.

I also agree that it was wise to get the Liverpool and Man Utd games out of the way otherwise any bubble may have been well and truly burst before getting a chance to take off.

So, it's a 31-game season and we still need 40 points. Good luck Gus; hopefully all in red and white are fully behind you!

07 Oct 2013 17:02:43
SSN recon Poyet got the job. Absolute shocker from the board!! Another manager with no experience, They have had a fortnight to sort this out and listen to the fans but as usual, ignored! That's what happens when you have no one in charge who knows a thing about football! We're DOOMED!

Mate your not representing the fans. i'm happy with the decision and also only have praise for there bravery in appointing di canio who kept us up which our 'experienced' manager o'neill was never going to do. You appoint experience your going back to the same old tired names who dinosaurs in the game and lack imagination. We are bottom and won't be able to attract big name manager with huge eueopean experience. Poyet at least gives us some hope about our future.

Keep the faith

Don't get me wrong, the list of candidates is shocking. The football under MON was shocking and the club did take a massive chance on PDC who I thought would have been a great manager given time, (all though he needs to change his man management ways), but in Poyet, again we are going into the unknown. Why was he sacked at Brighton? Anyone know? I know the season is young but he will need to get off to a flyer or we will be claiming that record back off Derby!

I agree with the first post, our problems go a lot deeper than the manager and players, nobody upstairs has a clue, short, byrne, di fanti etc are clueless. Just appointed another di canio, could of had poyet 2 wks ago so they must of had other names.

I for one would be happy with that appointment if were to happen! He got Brighton playing some great football! He is a disciplinarian! But not over the top like Paulo! Let's get real do we want to play descent football or not?? Hopefully he is strong enough to make the correct decisions over the players! And I'm sure everyone will have a clean slate to impress him! Let's keep the faith sunderland till I die!

Did the southampton manager have any prem experience? and he's doing a canny job

Poyet does have experience. He had a very successful playing career at Premier and International level. He has had success as a Manager at Brighton at the time when that club played at a tiny rented stadium and then moved to their new ground. his successful team played really good football and the new ground was full every week. He is exactly what we need.

Di fanti's only been in 5 minutes. You can't blame him for previous seasons. He's been at one of the biggest clubs in the world so he clearly knows something about football whether you wish to believe it or not.

Good player doesn't always mean good manager, ballys a good example of that. Defo something wrong with the way poyet left brighton and not sure our players are good enough to play attractive football but poyet deserves a chance.

hi guys..ED025 here the everton editor...just a message to inform you about the sad loss of a player who graced both our teams MICK BUCKLEY, he died today aged 59, far too young...he played for sunderland between 1978 and 83 making 121 appearances ...RIP

Saddened by the news. 100% player, gave his all.

Yes I agree. Not only did he play for Sunderland he captained us as well on a number of occasions.
Everton Editor. I would reckon his memory will be suitably acknowledged on Dec 26th when we meet at Goodison Park.

{Ed025's Note - that would be good rob..

Roy Hodgson, Glen hoddle, vialli, harry redknapp, steve mclaren, david moyes, martinez, lambert, steve bruce, MON, arsene wenger, Sir alex, laudrup, steve clarke, mourinho, mark hughes, peter reid, Jol, Rodgers never had premier league experience before, and most did okay 1st time. you may argue that some
did well in other countries top leagues, probs only wenger, jol, mourinho, laudrup, sir alex. but how many managers fail at different clubs. The championship is a good league for up and coming managers, and most have done well in 1st premier season

DOOMED!
Probably one of those people who walk around in a sandwich board saying 'the end of the world is nigh'.