Dear ALS Gus was spot on to come out and say what I, and nearly every mate of mine who trudges home or away carrying a ton of dread on their backs before each game. We have a second rate team, first rate fans, second rate team. Simple. Our team deserves to be last on MOTD as we are an un-entertaining, under achieving team that seems incapable of playing to a coherent and effective plan. That seems unable to pass the ball at pace, in a forward, dynamic fashion, that almost seems to be lost in a time when all around us other teams are developing. I have followed Sunderland for decades and can only remember one era (under Reid) where I was confident, where I would genuinely be optimistic about the result, dare I say it, would expect us to win no matter who we played. I would even scratch my head when we lost, that is 3 maybe 4 seasons in 37 of watching Sunderland. Now I am not writing this as a whinge. I am never going to change. I will always be mad about this club, the 700 mile round trips, the away days which are always a blast and the craic that goes with them. I love this club, but we have to take Gus’s comments and use them to move the club forward. In my opinion, we should rebuild our side with Gus at the helm. We should be bringing through young local talent that understand what our culture is and what we as fans stand for. Don’t tell me they are not there, and if we have to go down a division as a consequence, then so be it. People crack on about how good the Premier League is, well I don’t buy it. It’s a league where two maybe three teams have a chance of winning and a dozen or so sides scrabble around to stay up and maybe provide the odd shock. I would trade the odd season or two in the Championship if it meant coming back with a team like Southampton, or Swansea, to represent us fans, than put up with the dross we are witnessing at the moment! FTM Alex
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:04:09 +0000
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