@Capt_Fishpaste Looks like Abdullahi is coming in to replace Hemir so probably not expected to have an immediate impact. So looking at another striker who’s ready to be competing for starts
@JamesCopley_ Relegation last season doesn’t look amazing but the context of the club and bad hand he was dealt by board goes some way to explaining it. Did well season before. Biggest concern is our board putting him under the same issues he’s just left
@JamesCopley_ No I know but is the current coaching setup not directly linked to Speakman? If he goes I can’t imagine any replacement being so set on keeping dodds and co. And the talk of Speakman leaving isn’t going away
@JamesCopley_ Question is though James is it the setup that people don’t like or the people involved in that setup. For example I can see people like Dodds and Speakman moving on but can’t see the club suddenly scrapping the sporting director role
@reluctantnicko At this point Al no. I can imagine the first sign of trouble like losing a few games and it will all kick off again. Especially with how much this bloke loves to play the media
@reluctantnicko You think there is any coming back from that? Can’t imagine the club will be happy his team have painted like it was all the clubs fault while he verbally agreed to the job.
@reluctantnicko The way you said meeting their choice in the next few days makes me think it’s someone they havn’t met with before, or am I misunderstanding that?
@reluctantnicko With Sunderland Al I get the impression that apart from the odd little bits like you reported on with Svensson internally they seem to be keeping it very quiet about who they are actually picking