For more wages than he was on and a massive promotion bonus would be my guess.

I'd be interested to know where he's living and whether he moved his family to the north east as he said he would.

Optimistic as ever

A lot is said about the empty seats at their home games, but 27,000 is still brilliant considering what the fans have been through in recent years and being bottom of the championship. Also they seem to have packed every away end this season, so their fans can certainly hold their heads up high even if everything else at the club has gone to s***!!

I have no business experience so excuse me if this is a very ignorant question but isn't this a relatively easy Club to save and then make money from if you have the money to start with?

I'd imagine when a London club starts failing, a Palace for example, it's a hard sell because there are plenty of other clubs in the area. Maybe even smaller ones but have no debt so you could always buy them and turn them into a force if that's your thing.

Sunderland is 1 of only 2 clubs in that area of the country and if Sunderland liquidated, the fans wouldn't just start supporting Newcastle so you literally can't lose your fan-base.

Yes you'd need to sign up to 150m of debt which I imagine takes a very brave person but if you can buy them a basic League 1 squad and stabalise them and get them back to the Championship in 2 seasons, surely you'd start slowly chipping away the debt.

Then once that happens you can really start to use marketing and PR to keep your name in the lime-light. People were probably more interested in Newcastle's Championship run last and Sunderland's one this year than they are for Huddersfield's Prem push as example.

Rent out the big stadium for concerts, sports-days etc, get a positive vibe surrounding the Stadium Of Light again even when football isn't on.

Then if you can mount a Prem push you can either sell for huge profit or stay along for the ride.

I've probably made that far too simplistic though I'd wager.

More like a silky bloke
Reckon he had more than half when was our player and took out a forest while drink driving.
Very lucky boy that night.
Finished his playing career.

I've been sick the past two months. Could someone explain why Sunderland are relegated when they are six points from Bolton with two matches to play and have a superior goal difference? What am I missing?

Divorced...And LOVING it!
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CPFC since Boxing Day 1989 CPFC 2-2 CFC
Gregg Berhalter, US International & USMNT Head Coach
Jill Ellis, England International & Retired USWNT Head Coach
Trevor Francis, International PRAT

Hope you're feeling better by the way, and that it's nothing serious.

Optimistic as ever