Sunderland surpassing us is worse than you think, because it's based on a Friedkin failure.

[Simon Buttle]

A committee that I still dont fully understand in who makes the final decision or what the strategy is?

Between Moyes, Kinnear, Nick Cox, James Smith, Nick Hammond, Chris Howarth I don't see a pedigree or a lot of assurance that mirrors either the likes of Gasperini/Tony D'Amico's Atalanta success, or likelihood in replicating the year of recruitment that Sunderland had under Ghisolfi.

The key people are, Moyes (Final decision maker) Smith (Head Scout) Kinnear (Money person) and Hammond (Contract negotiator)

Smith and his team are going to scout players based on the data and playing style of the manager. Some of the recent names linked would suggest they are actually doing that for a change no matter how disheartening some of the names may seem.