A question for all fans.
would you be content with a­ manager that keeps you regularily in the top flight,eg­ mid table,keeps a good balance sheet,eg no debt,or­ would you rather a big spending type who puts the club­ in debt,risks relegation chasing cups and honours.ime­ just kind of interested.
what do the fans think about­ this?.Granny.

Tony k...... What sort of quality you on about?? The­ likes of Coloccini, Duff, Ameobi,
Gutierrez, Edgar,­ Butt, Enrique, To name a few, These sort of players­ would'nt get a game for the local Sunday leauge­ team, Only Newcastle would be stupid enough to sign­ these sort of player.
I'm not saying we've got­ a squad of superstars, But when your struggling at the­ bottom of the prem there is no room for­ passengers,
Thats why you got relegated. Top names only­ come to places like Sunderland and Newcasle for stupid­ wages, But our great club, is not daft enough to give­ in to such wage demands.

S A F C 4 E V E R

tony, atleast sunderland will be fighting to stay up,­ newcastle if youre lucky may be fighting for a play off­ place,,

tony mate u attracted some supposedly good players and­ paid them massive wages and look where that got u­ relegation and money worries we won't get top­ players but the ones we will get will be an improvement­ on the ones we have now its all looking alot better on­ wearside than it is on tyneside i heard today that­ shearer was out looking for the "real radio­ renegade" today in the attempt to win 3k to boost­ ur transfer kitty

B N P FOR TITLE COME ON

tony go and take a rest and try to think up something­ else to say all u can do is harp on about us going down­ next yr well if we do then u can take the mick as much­ as we are doing to u now but until then think of­ something original or funny oh i forgot ur neither ur­ just a SGB with a cr@p football team

Billy go peddle your small minded hatred somwhere­ else,the supreme irony being that people with low I.Q­ s like yourself would have wound up in a zyclone B­ shower back in the heady days of 1942.

good luck steve bruce ppl talk about all these top rate­ managers (keegan/shearer) ect where will it get you­ bruce has done great with nothing he is a first rate­ ENGLISH manager his from this end so he wont need­ gloves to watch the team unlike the overseas rubbish­ give the man time he has gotto be better than what we­ have had over the last 15 year

Well said Tony

Tony (message 92), I've decided that I must stop­ laughing. So, I've turned over a new leaf and now­ I pity you, just like "Sunderland fan in a­ suit" (type that into You Tube). In fact I pity­ all the Doon Army and all their spat out dummies. Poor­ bairn, stop ya greetin and go and play with the trains.­ There's a canny lad.

Re my last posting (88) - that should read Steve Bruce­ having 11 years managerial experience (of course) and­ not 1. I'll learn to type properly one day.
Keep­ the Faith FTM

88: No, I don't want a piggin' free games­ console - this is a footie page, s* offski to the Ebay­ web-site!
Right, on with the footie talk ... Steve­ Bruce might not have been my first choice but clearly­ he was Niall's (in whom we trust) and going from­ the press conference Niall has had him in mind for some­ time (I daresay since Keono did a Keegan). Having had­ tiome to reflect, we should give Bruce time - let's­ judge him on his transfer activity and where we end up­ come next May (higher up the table than this season I­ predict). Moreover, I'm old enough to remember­ Stokoe being appointed and that he was not met with­ universal open arms given his Black and White past. ­ Remember, he even played during their 1950's glory­ years as well as being a fan, at least Bruce only made­ the mistake of being a boyhood fan and he has twice­ turned down approaches to manage them - that'll do­ for me. Also we won the FA Cup under Stokoe and now­ have a statue in his honour ouside the Stadium (beside­ which Steve Bruce was photographed yesterday - see The­ Journal, Northern Echo etc. etc).
So we have a Chairman­ in whom we trust, an owner who makes Abramovich look­ small fry and a manager with 1 years managerial­ experience including many in the Premiership. Rejoice,­ don't snipe. After all The Skunks can only dream­ of being where we are: they're in the Championship­ staring down into League One, don't know who mtheir­ Chairman is, the Owner is trying to flog the club to­ any Tom @#$% or Mustafa in Dubai and Mary Poppins (with­ little managerial experience) is now baulking at the­ idea of becoming their permanent manager. Ho! Hum!­ What fun!! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
HAWAY THE LADS!­ We're On Our Way, On Our Way, In the Premier, All­ The Way!!

one step at a time my friends.you cant rush in and­ expect success in the top flight.you only have to look­ at the top 4,they seem to hog the lot,big clubs hammer­ on that door spending colossal ammounts trying to break­ in,generally without success.survival for most is the­ priority.however,careful planning and a good knowledge­ of the game in this division will produce results,eg,if­ sunderland were to have saf tommorrow how long would it­ take to get the results.the odd big names will not buy­ success,you would have to purchase an entire team with­ its management to compete at that level.to compare eg­ man city/chelski.city have spent big money on the odd­ player whereas chelski have huge players every where at­ enormous cost.so i say to the cats one careful step at­ a time,be patient,unless you have a spare 1000m£ that­ is.granny

Chasing the money? I remember Bruce starting life at­ Huddersfield and selling a number of key players to­ none other than Ipswich and Birmingham city who he went­ on the manage a year later.... I jsut hope Sunderland­ can bring in talented footballers with passion for the­ game now they have the cash to spend...

78
m8 you are suffering delusions of grandeur when was­ it Roy Keane took you from the relgation zone of the­ championship 3 yrs ago you almost went back down this­ year
you have not won anything since another geordie­ Bob Stoko won the FA cup in the 70ies
You are not a­ big club yes you have a large fan base but that does­ not make you a big club a sleeping giant maybe we will­ let you get away with that label
Give the bloke a­ chance he might be able to do somthing
I cant say I­ really balme the fans turning on keane mind you he­ bought some duffers to say the least

heyup macems
roy keane,everyone was over the moon when­ he arrived,dancing in the streets you were,and yes­ brought you some success,and then the fans,yes the fans­ turned on him,your vitriol forced him to move on.a manu­ legend.
now you have brucy,you talk up loyalty.todays­ game is not about that anymore.at the first sign of­ distress the fans turn.the players are much the­ same.its all about money.
every player and every­ manager wants to be in the top flight,if its offered­ they will take it.
brucy,if he is supported may well­ bring success to the cats,if he does there are clubs­ out there with open cheque books more than willing to­ double his pay,and that goes for the players as­ well.
my advice is give brucy the one season,with­ support you may well be surprised.good luck to you­ all.granny.

PAGILLEY,you suffer from delusions of grandeur.

What the hell are you all going on about.When was the­ last time you had a quality Manager.Your history­ dictates that quality Management are not attracted to­ the cold bleak surrounds of a SLEEPING GIANT.
How many­ times have we heard that.Just look over the water @ the­ Geordies.THEY never woke up,but will have too now.
Give­ him a chance.
In reality you have no choice­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bruce is a journeyman manager living on his reputation­ as a player and who is destined to 'knock on the­ door' for his entire managerial career. Can't­ imagine what he will bring to Sunderland.