Relegation

[Ring master]

You must be younger than me. Weve got out of worse scrapes than this.

That is probably when we had players that cared and put some effort and fight in to be fair, Wolves home was a great chance to win with them only playing a few days earlier, all this we need to win 3 stuff etc does not look good when we find it hard to win any game pretty much every game, making error after error like last night has just been happening nearly every week and its proved costly defo v Man City and Burnley were the errors were similar

 

[ToffeeDan]

We're done mate. I made peace with it after Wolves at home.

I managed it earlier.. but I still cling to hope somehow. Trouble is, every game we might not lose.. we lose.

 

[steven]

Mason Holgate said it was going to be all good though? Don’t know who to believe anymore.

 

[Jamiednm]

Imagine being at Finch Farm the morning after we’re officially relegated. That’ll be a right barrel of laughs.

 

[kenada_blue]

You must be younger than me. Weve got out of worse scrapes than this.

Not with this set of players. The heavy days in the 90s had grafters.

They stopped running for that 3rd goal last night from a throw in.

 

[Ashe364]

It's done.. The reality of that team and what is to come is staring us in the face ... Hello darkness

 

[ForestBlue]

Imagine being at Finch Farm the morning after we’re officially relegated. That’ll be a right barrel of laughs.

It'll be full of player agents demanding that it wasn't the fault of their special cherub and that they should be let go on a free transfer (so they can maximize their wages and agent fees from their new club)

 

[Death]

Titanic effort required to avoid going down..

This summers transfer window

 

[degsy]

It's not nailed on yet - but you have to say its a distinct possiblity.
When...if(?) we do stay up it will be a welcome, if slightly unexpected bonus

 

[Death]

United
Leicester
Chelsea
Brentford
Palace

We need to win 3 of these.

If Brenford and Palace are home games. We could win 1 out of the 5. Form suggests. As in form of the passed 27 games.

 

[Runub]

It’s like when a prostitute is handed a tenner - her knickers are going down, it’s just a formality.

It’s literally the same with Everton.

That's an unusual analogy

 

[blueblood]

My main worry about relegation isn't having to play the likes of Luton, Rotherham and Huddersfield for a season. This team will continue to make us angry and be pathetic next year if we stay up. I actually wouldn't mind going down if it provided us an opportunity to a complete reset. Ditch the lazy overpaid primadonnas (Richy aside), and build around the plenty of young talented players we have.

Patterson, Godfrey, Branthwaite, Welsh, Nkounkou, Price, Warrington, Onyango, Dobbin, Simms, Gordon etc.

The thing I fear is the catastrophic financial consequences of going down given our financial situation and the potential impact on the stadium - which we can't afford not to build and surely can't afford to build if we go down.

This. I will find it much easier watching use in the championship if that is the bulk of the starting 11. Hungry, young players who want to play and win. Not like the pathetic effort we’ve endured for the last couple of years.
There is still a gulf between bottom of Prem teams and top of championship. In recent years teams who have gone down have either come straight back up or been in the mix. It’s been a while since someone’s done a Sunderland and dropped 2 leagues in 2 years.

 

[DanB90]

This. I will find it much easier watching use in the championship if that is the bulk of the starting 11. Hungry, young players who want to play and win. Not like the pathetic effort we’ve endured for the last couple of years.
There is still a gulf between bottom of Prem teams and top of championship. In recent years teams who have gone down have either come straight back up or been in the mix. It’s been a while since someone’s done a Sunderland and dropped 2 leagues in 2 years.

We mightn’t drop 2 leagues, but I don’t see us coming straight back up, either. Not based on current performances.

Our so-called “best players” will be off, and even our crap ones are on high wages, very high for a championship team. Coupled with the financial mess we’re already in, I don’t see us bringing in a lot of fresh faces.

Burnley hadn’t scored a goal for about 5 games and we conceded 3 to them last night and needed 2 penalties to ever look likely to get anything. I can tell you now, there will be teams in the championship who are better than that Burnley team.

 

[maccavennie]

Imagine being at Finch Farm the morning after we’re officially relegated. That’ll be a right barrel of laughs.

A lot of them will be clearing their lockers the morning after getting relegated as they won't be back here the following season

 

[Zeitgeist]

My main worry about relegation isn't having to play the likes of Luton, Rotherham and Huddersfield for a season. This team will continue to make us angry and be pathetic next year if we stay up. I actually wouldn't mind going down if it provided us an opportunity to a complete reset. Ditch the lazy overpaid primadonnas (Richy aside), and build around the plenty of young talented players we have.

Patterson, Godfrey, Branthwaite, Welsh, Nkounkou, Price, Warrington, Onyango, Dobbin, Simms, Gordon etc.

The thing I fear is the catastrophic financial consequences of going down given our financial situation and the potential impact on the stadium - which we can't afford not to build and surely can't afford to build if we go down.

Unsure as to why he gets a free pass, can't fault his effort and care for the club but ultimately he isn't good enough, lacks quality where he needs it i.e. the final pass, the timing of a shot, the accuracy of shooting. How many times did he balloon a cross over the top of DCL last night? 3,4 probably 5 times, even if they were good balls, wouldn't have mattered as DCL was a scarecrow didnt' move at all but Richarlison isn't as good as people make him out to be, just the reality.