Makes me wonder if a certain man in Sunderland has successfully disgruntled Leo enough to make him not want to be here and getting a good deal for him come June. ???
That isn't what has been said though is it? The Premier League have said that any fines on Premier League clubs may be sent to charity instead, not the clubs remaining in the Championship. I also agree that the FA or the FL won't enforce them well enough though.
Kuszczak, Brezovan, Ankergren, Bruno, Calderon, Upson, Dunk, Crofts, David Lopez, Orlandi, LuaLua, Hoskins.
Brez/Ankers - Release
Upson/David/Hoskins/Bruno - 1 year
Koosh/Calde/Orlandi - 2 years
LuaLua/Dunk - 3 years+
Those would be my ideal contracts. Upson/David/Hosky IF we stay down, if not...
I feel like somethings gotta give eventually. If there is no great improvement this Summer then the fans will vote with their feet. Unless Bloom and co. come out and outwardly say we want to be a midtable Championship team with a good run every 5 years, then they will vote with their feet...
The board say we want a top 6 finish. We're a good chunk of points off of the top 6. The fans are disappointed we aren't in the top 6 and have seemingly weakened our squad in January.
GOD DAMMIT FANS BE REALISTIC!
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Don't worry lads, it'll all be better in a years time when FFP has kicked in, we're the richest team in the Championship and 15 points clear.
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Lol you're right, I'll take my grain of optimism of hopefully switching to two up top elsewhere and get back to grumpy.
I'm sure they'll play where they're told, but then you have another problem, if you think Hoskins/Rod/CMS/Obika can play wide left or right, then we end up having a list of...
But they will be by seasons end. This is my point, they know CMS is back by the end of Feb hopefully and Hoskins not long after if they stay fit and progress well. By April we'll have 5 strikers and 4 will be bored to tears? I just can't see it.
I know it seems like he's not gonna change the formula of the 1 up top, but if he's not, then why did we make the signings we did? We have Ulloa/Rodney/CMS/Hoskins/Obika, why are we bothering with so many striking options if we have no intentions of 2 up top?
Those saying we haven't given up. Certainly seems it tbh, we sound bored, uninterested and poor. Think we'll see an exodus this summer and who the hell can blame them?