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I want Gustavo Dominguez Poyet back
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dougdeep
New member
Can someone tell me why we haven't spent a penny on transfer fees
Erm? We did.
Marxo
Well-known member
It was sexy, if you find a c**k tease sexy. He took us tantalizingly close to the Premier League and then snatched it away at the last moment with seeming disinterest and ineptitude in the 2nd leg of the play-offs.
And as Liam Brady famously said: "If my Gran had balls she'd have been my Grandad"
rouseytastic
Well-known member
Can someone tell me why we haven't spent a penny on transfer fees
Now, I'm not Poyets biggest fan and I'd had enough of his job pimping long before he disgraced himself at the end and in my mind the way he behaved was an absolute disgrace but......with regards to us being saddled with debt because of him you are wrong. He would have said 'this/he is what I want to sign' Bloom presumably then said yes as a gamble to go up. It didn't work and now (certainly in my mind) we are skint. It would seem we can't actually afford the AMEX and it's over heads and it's in danger of becoming more of a hindrance in terms of cash for the pitch. It's been worrying me since the end of last season.
We don't have money to spend and that's not Poyets fault it's TB's because either he won't put more in (and FFP is a great smoke screen because no one else seems to care about it) or, and more worryingly, he doesn't have it. His 'wealth' and source of income is murky at best.
In conclusion I don't expect to see big bucks spent anytime soon.
(The training facility is looking a bit too much too soon to me)
Wow ..... just wow ! I'm all for keeping an eye and questioning everything TB does but even I, with my most cynical hat on, don't expect TB to fund multi-million pound losses season after season. That way lies disaster.
rouseytastic
Well-known member
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear there. I too do not expect TB to constantly dip in and fund loss after loss year after year. All I am saying is that perhaps we over spent last year (something that TB would have sanctioned) and as a result we now can't spend. And my other point was that with the income we have (st's, sponsorship etc) we should be able to at least spend more than we have. That makes me doubt our financial status and that of the owner personally and also our business money that up til now just seems to be haemorrhaging cash
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
So TB forking out 120m+ of your finest English pounds isn't enough for you. As clueless post go this is very much up there with the best. Congratulations, you must be very proud.
Maybe I'm getting wooshed here but the football we played under Poyet was almost identical to the football we play now. i.e. pedestrian build up and an absence of pace throughout the squad. Only difference this year is it's a tougher league, I wouldnt say we're playing much worse if at all.
rouseytastic
Well-known member
No no congratulations on a blinkered infant response. Yes £120m outlay is fantastic how ever the success of the club depends as much on investment in the playing staff as it does in where they play. We aren't making money at the AMEX even with substantial st numbers and very sizable sponsorship. There fore there must be an issue with the business model.
No need to get all defensive over dear tony but doesn't it seem strange that after that huge personal investment and record attendances etc etc we seemingly don't have a pot to p*ss in?
Just have a think before the next time you throw your food out of your high chair
martin tyler
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- Jan 25, 2013
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I don t think we would be much better off with Gus in charge. All we would hear is him rattling iff how his head is now banging the cealing and we should be spending like Forest. Can do without the drama. Mich happier with Oscar in charge.
Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Yep, this will be posted on various Sunderland forums in a couple of years time.
Hungry Joe
SINNEN
I don't want anyone with Poyet's personality traits anywhere near the club I love again.
Norman Baker suck my lozenge
New member
Seriously?
Gus would've dropped his knickers for the first premier job that came along.
Don't forget HE handed HIS notice in.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
But it's the players that are causing the losses with over inflated wage demands surely! If we invest in much better players then we will end up with even more losses.
El Sid
Well-known member
Some of it was sexy, some of it was decidedly limp.
Maybe some people manage to block out the less happy memories.
rouseytastic
Well-known member
Very true and as such the club needs to be making money to afford that to an extent that promotion is achievable. Therefore was the stadium capacity expansion in its entirety needed at that time. Was £20m on a training facility needed at this time. Perhaps a scales down version to start with perhaps. Run before you can walk is all I'm trying to say
Yes i agree, i know, you're right, but i can't help myself, i think i still love him!!! But seriously, in my own personal world i would love it if these last 11 months hadn't happened but they did and everyone has to move on now sadly its over..............................
Norman Baker suck my lozenge
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I just wish gus realised what a great thing he had going here,if only his patience and ego never got the better of him.
kevtherev
Well-known member
Sorry, of course you are correct. We bought Dale Stephens. How could I have forgotten such a high profile signing. Hardly comparable to the millions Poyet spent and with the money we have had come in, it would only bit a small piece of it.