How can this club be saved?

Sharpattack said:
This was meant to be the season we were going to enjoy ourselves as a farewell to Goodison. Without the points deduction we would have finished around 12th last season. Therefore most of us expected a similar performance but instead we got a massive deterioration in play and results. Each match was going to be a mini farewell. Now I'm dreading the final game at GP. We'll be playing an already relegated Southampton, who will have nothing to play for, whilst we'll be desperate for a win in the hope of staying up.
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We have not heard yet are we going to be hit with a fine and/or a points deduction, have the PL officials decided yet ?
 


Joey66 said:
No - pending , but the new owners are trying to work the oracle to avoid this happening ....
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Last season was just the first act for Masters and his corrupt organisation - we all thought we weathered it....
Wouldn't surprise me if the rat went for us again as they clearly just seem to make the rules up to suit themselves.
And get ready for Utd to splash the cash in January (again) and not get so much as a sideways look.
 
daza_1973 said:
Last season was just the first act for Masters and his corrupt organisation - we all thought we weathered it....
Wouldn't surprise me if the rat went for us again as they clearly just seem to make the rules up to suit themselves.
And get ready for Utd to splash the cash in January (again) and not get so much as a sideways look.
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Our new owners are working on it - this is not the Moshiri era ..
 

SAFCInPeace said:
Before I say this, I appreciate the situation with your new owner and stadium, and your proud history. And I'm going to speak in a long post about my team, which I hope isn't too annoying for everyone.

But speaking from my own experience as a Sunderland fan, I'm an advocate for relegation being a tough medicine but also still helpful in the long run. I think it's really the only way to properly sort yourselves out, and you'll come back stronger.

Having said that I'm a fan who goes home and away, and quite frankly I only care about watching Sunderland. So the opposition doesn't matter so much anyway, be it Chelsea or Cheltenham. So I come with biases etc. if you live abroad and really like PL football, obviously you'll think differently.

But since being relegated we've been able to drop our wage bill completely, shift off the dead wood, implement long term changes to our recruitment and analysis (impossible to do in the PL where everything is short term) and bring through a host of home grown talent from the academy. As it stands we have the youngest squad in the football league, and plenty of talent that will go on to play top level football in the future. We've also won a minor trophy (behind closed doors because of Covid), been to wembley four times, a had a special day in which we won at Wembley for the first time since 1973 in front of 60k of our own fans. Ask a Sunderland fan there and it'll of been one of the best days of their lives, even if it was League One playoffs.

The upshot as a fan is you actually see your team win games, absolutely loads of them to be honest. And even when you do lose, you don't expect to lose every week. The psyche of the supporters base (and the city) has changed as a result. You can be optimistic and happy, and there's so much pride and good will. The games are class too, it's normally end to end exciting football - no drab sitting 11 behind the ball hoping for a 0-0 at the Emirates or whatever (been there, done that!)

The away atmosphere is class these days, and everyone is desperate for tickets. There's new songs about players and people are enjoying it. There were times going away was a slog, now it feels like a proper day out.

It's taken some years of misery, but we have sorted out our club and I think our fans are as happy as they have been since the 2001 era. I just don't forsee a way we could of ever had the same fun, memories or pride without going down and rebuilding.
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Hmm relegation is the only way to sort you out. A Sheffield Wednesday fan would disagree with you there buddy!

Of course we need to rebuild, but it's far better to do that whilst still remaining a Premier League club.
 
The club needs Jesus, we all do at this stage
Jesus saves
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Or some tricky Brazilian winger or forward called Jesus that scores a s*itload of goals will suffice
 
Let The Friedkin Group sort out the board with important positions like CEO etc.

Make decisions on the Manager and Director of Football.

Investment into the squad this January.

Improve home form instantly
 

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