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I'm assuming he thinks he's completely exempt from that despite being the bloke that chose the team, set up the "tactics" and made any subs and alterations during the game.

I think it's a bit harsh criticizing him for missing the play-offs as well, he had that team in the play-off final last year and they were by far the better team just got caught out on QPR's only fucking shot on target. Then almost had them in the play-offs again this year, wouldnt surprise me if he was distracted by all the press linking him with us.

Aye fuck that, I'm glad Pardew left. Also he wasn't forced out at all he left to go from 500k a year to 2m a year and move back to London, he'd have stayed until his contract was over or he got the boot if that offer didn't come along. Just because we got Carver doesn't mean people were wrong wanting to see the back of Pardew, we clearly all wanted a football manager appointed, not many clubs are tight enough to do what ours did. So again that, like Pardew leaving, falls on our tight cunt owner and not the fans. Pardew's also on a 3 match losing streak of his own which could quite easily become a 6 match losing streak, they'll pipe down championing him soon enough.

Mayweather is utterly riveting to watch so that'll help

Aye squared to him in the locker room iirc. I'm not hating it as much this time around mind as the last 4 or so seasons have thoroughly kicked the emotion out of it for me.

I'm sure Iron Mike will still be about doing lunges in his weighted vest, he could survive a nuclear blast the fucking cockroach so a summer clear out wont shift him.

Aye the absolute deflation going from Pardew to the bagpuss look a like that yelled at them in broken English when Pardew was off filing his nails. I'd have been straight on the phone to my agent while being completely ignorant to my part in the mess. Is that what little Vern does? I thought he was just there to cheer the lads on.

Dummett is definately just feining injury btw. Like rats jumping off a burning ship this lot.

Aye plus they'll get egged on by the fact we're stuttering so much.

might meet them in the middle

Aye, he should apologise and give the club away the giant fucking winnet.

Are Sunderland actually going to pull off the being shit all season, sacking your manager just in time to win the derby and escape relegation yet again is that 3 or 4 times now?

Here they come lads!

I'd swap fight for professionalism and ability. He's a fan in charge, a thick one at that. If anyone ever tells you that there's limits on your dreams just point to John.

I honestly reckon if we appointed a random Mackem who hates us they wouldn't be able to do a job this bad. In 3 month he has fell out with the entire playing staff, seems like the coaching staff too and lost basically every single game.

Aye, we've been a laughing stock for years. The amount of embarrassments we have suffered during Pardews tenure (part of the reason our GD is such a disaster) have numbed me to this. Like I say I still get to watch footy every week, I don't lose millions while watching an asset that I purchased for 137m become a much lower priced one. It's not like we're winning or even attempting to win any silverware and the players we have brought in recently have been of a similar level to what we'd get in the Championship anyway. Who fucking cares really? He has absolutely no one but himself to blame as well because we were comfortable in January and everyone said keep Carver would be a mistake. We should have rid ourselves of Pardew last summer anyway instead of waiting for him to walk, but again it's more penny pinching.

Imagine if Boro come up and we go down man.

Utterly incredible this, totally down to penny pinching from our dick head owner. It's taken him years to get us profitable and he's thrown it all away by being as cheap as he can possibly be. All he had to do was not sell anyone and bring in a couple of loans or buys in January and appoint a football manager to replace Pardew, 8-10m total maybe, instead he made himself a bit more profit and got himself a no extra cost alternative to replace Pardew. It's going to cost him a fucking fortune in the long run, we also are in such a weakened state that we're going to seriously struggle down there this time. It's also going to be hard to attract a manager down there, in the Prem I had no fear as the Prem attracts people alone but a side in the Championship with a penny pinching cunt as owner? a whole lot less interesting. I'm at the point where I'm almost welcoming this relegation and I hope it costs this fat prick a fucking fortune, I still get to watch football every week, it's not like we're attempting to compete in the premiership anyway and the players are of championship standard so it makes very little difference to me.

This means it's no longer in our hands right? this is incredible. Edit: No Leicester have a point less on same games with a better GD, so technically it's just about in our hands still. This is sickening.

Soton down to 10 men, mackem penalty fuck me

"I had a few choice words with Mike at half time, the player was off the pitch the ball was off the pitch and I have to be honest with you I think he got sent off on purpose" I'm sure those choice words were motivational It's like a pub team manager ffs, it's absolutely incredible, he's flat out came out and questioned one of the few defenders left at the clubs professionalism. I also get the feeling Williamson is possibly well liked by other players as he's been here for yonks, so I'm sure him being abused by an angry charver then being called out publicly is going to rally the lads further to John's cause. This could be the worst managerial appointment ever.

Aye it's pretty incredible when you think a bloke like Williamson will love who's in charge simply by the fact they're allowing him to play Premiership football!

My mate put 40 quid on it at 80/1 the prick. Nice 3k windfall for him.

Brilliant, it really is a wonder that it has taken him this long to get a decent run at being a manager the way he seamlessly handles the press and tactics.