Nope. I was pleased, because it was an improvement on the previous season, not a massive one but an improvement all the same. Then the following season happened and the one after and it became more and more obvious that we had a lame duck manager. Who would happily throw the whole under the bus for his ego and precious philosophy.
Sunderland say hi.
In terms of stats sure. In terms of reality its nothing. 5th and 6th place both resulted in Europa League togger. 4th place in 04-05 will always be a bigger achievement and even that is hardly a real one.
72 points and not getting CL football was a statistically hard thing t swallow.
Even if we'd got 4th place and matched Moyes's biggest achievement, it still wouldn't have justified the following two seasons. We didn't though because we finished fifth because four teams did better then us Dave.
Do they? Why are they saying that and what exactly does it have to do with the points I made?
I feel like this is nothing to do with ambition. We are not in the right place to get someone like Mourinho. They'd require a more stable environment, with lots of player investment etc. I think we are still pretty hampered by FFP so will need someone with experience that can steady things for now, until we are in a position to take the next step.
“In July 2016, he replaced Sam Allardyce as manager of Sunderland, but resigned at the end of the 2016–17 season after the club was relegated to the EFL Championship.”
that's not true at all
Yet you didn't have a problem with the FSW leading our club? Talk about being detested by the fans.
We'll never know because we didn't do enough and ended up finishing 5th. Maybe if the manager had been flexible with his precious philosophy we would've but we'll never know.
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