One of the most glaring signs of our squad depth - Onyango was on the bench last night 😅. He was pretty much out the door to Stockport in the summer. A league one team.
I think some underestimate how much you can actually do with one window if your recruitment is good enough.
If you compare us with the rebuild Crystal Palace had to do a few seasons ago you can see how much 1 window can shift your fortunes.
For...
He was also a terrible footballer, what does he offer a team with his 4 goals and 2 assists in 50 games paying behind the striker. A team that long term
Wants to kick on.
If Doucoure was anywhere near the level he would have been picked up by another club in the league. Stop talking nonsense.
There are many many players out there that would improve our thin crippled team.
If the recruitment team can't replace Doucoure they shouldn't be at the club. With your mentality we would have been starting Tom Davies yesterday. Shall we extend Coleman's deal while we're at it?
Penny dropped that people aren’t actually “bedwetting” now?
Some people want and pay to see some progress. Not this amateur approach the club have carried on with again this season with player recruitment.
Our recruitment has been a mess again
No strategy or plan. No prioritising the key positions. Just a collection of players including 2 back up keepers for some bizarre reason.
I find it incredible how the club can be so bad at identifying the...
Spot on. If you said this at 9am yesterday you would have been mocked in this thread and called a bedwetter. Funny how that crew have gone so quiet now.
Sunderland have managed to sign players who would walk into our squad and improve it.
We on the other hand seem happy to fanny about and give sentimental contracts out to players like Coleman who are of absolutely no use on the playing side...
Let's get this right.
1. We went into the season without a right winger, right back and proven striker.
2. (I guess) the board thought we could patch a team together to get a result/results in the first game(s).
3. When we saw the teamsheet most...