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HighfieldBlade said:
We were 2 up fair and square.
Then VAR makes a guest appearance for a championship game. Bitter? Me? Nah!
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Yeah that's the biggest kick in the balls of all
A very subjective decision too ,one frame before it's ok one after it's ok but of course they find one that justifys wiping a goal off because that's what they do isn't it

And then to lose with the last kick of the game their second shot all match In a game they had. Basically conceeded at kick off until we somehow just didn't bother defending their first worthwhile attack
Just fuck off ,...who brought this back up again and why. ?
 
I'm bitter we lost the game still but not bitter at all seeing Sunderland do well. We just aren't set up to have the summer they had and would have been an embarrassment again . We might have even spent as much as them but, as we've seen, this club isn't in a position off the pitch to deliver consistent Premier League football on the pitch. We will likely need new owners again before we can even think about establishing ourselves
 
Roygbiv said:
I'm bitter we lost the game still but not bitter at all seeing Sunderland do well. We just aren't set up to have the summer they had and would have been a disgrace to the league. We might have even spent as much as them but, as we've seen, this club isn't in a position off the pitch to deliver consistent Premier League football. We will likely need new owners again before we can even think about establishing ourselves
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I think it's likely we will need new owners again before we have a chance of going up, never mind establishing ourselves
 
Tickhill Blade said:
I think it's likely we will need new owners again before we have a chance of going up, never mind establishing ourselves
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Sunderland this summer turned themselves from a championship club into a PL club both behind the scenes and on the pitch. We wouldn't have done that. We would have muddled through as usual and signed 5 or 6 players that 'might' have been good enough but most probably wouldn't have been.

Until our mentality changes from top to bottom we are better off being a championship team and not getting battered earlier single week
 
FriethBlade said:
Sunderland this summer turned themselves from a championship club into a PL club both behind the scenes and on the pitch. We wouldn't have done that. We would have muddled through as usual and signed 5 or 6 players that 'might' have been good enough but most probably wouldn't have been.

Until our mentality changes from top to bottom we are better off being a championship team and not getting battered earlier single week
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Better for us as fans maybe. Not better for our new owners unless they are happy funding £xm in losses every year.
 
FriethBlade said:
Sunderland this summer turned themselves from a championship club into a PL club both behind the scenes and on the pitch. We wouldn't have done that. We would have muddled through as usual and signed 5 or 6 players that 'might' have been good enough but most probably wouldn't have been.

Until our mentality changes from top to bottom we are better off being a championship team and not getting battered earlier single week
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Agree with this, I just think our overall attitude is small time. You’d think with clubs like Brentford establishing themselves in the Premier League and Palace winning the FA Cup we’d believe that we’re capable of achieving the same, but I think we just see ourselves as a Championship club.
 
I'm actually glad to see Sunderland doing well, this season we desperately need to see a break in the cycle of newly promoted teams being relegated. The longer that continues the more of a private members club the premier League becomes. It also comes with the added bonus of potentially seeing Forest relegated, which would be lovely.
 
Tickhill Blade said:
Better for us as fans maybe. Not better for our new owners unless they are happy funding £xm in losses every year.
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It's their money and they can chuck it away to their hearts content , of which they have shown they are admirably capable.
I guess the only danger is the final solution of developing the freehold of the Lane into flats and the land at Dore into luxury mansions.
And then I can be free at last from my eternally painful obsession 🤣
 

Foody said:
I'm actually glad to see Sunderland doing well, this season we desperately need to see a break in the cycle of newly promoted teams being relegated. The longer that continues the more of a private members club the premier League becomes. It also comes with the added bonus of potentially seeing Forest relegated, which would be lovely.
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I’ll always have a fondness for Sunderland…If they manage to stay up at the expense of the scabby ones.
 
Frank the tank said:
Don't think I will ever get over that game
Still can't believe we lost it
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It followed the pattern of all the bigger games, against those near the top of the league, that we needed to win.

When the pressure came on, we couldn't cope time and again.

We got what we deserved. Sunderland wanted it more, were fitter and drove to the end.

It was hugely predictable and the right team and club won.
 
54yrblade said:
It followed the pattern of all the bigger games, against those near the top of the league, that we needed to win.

When the pressure came on, we couldn't cope time and again.

We got what we deserved. Sunderland wanted it more, were fitter and drove to the end.

It was hugely predictable and the right team and club won.
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Well we each have our own way of interpreting things based on our outlook on life and past experiences
 
Booker4 said:
I'm jealous of how Sunderland are doing because obviously we could have been in the PL but I don't think we'd have done anywhere near as well as you are. You've had big backing which helps but spent very well. Your manager is very good and it won't be long before he gets linked with more established clubs but I'd hope for Sunderland that he shows some loyalty.

I wish Sunderland all the best but at the same time I found the general preference to Wednesday on your forum somewhat off putting to say the least! Wednesday are now getting all this sympathy from everyone it seems and whilst I get that we haven't forgotten how arrogant and entitled they are from previous years, but thankfully not recently.
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Everything suggests that our owners would've fucked it up if we got promoted.

James Bord & his poker mates would've recruited terribly and we'd probably have still had Selles overseeing it all.

One can wonder whether they might've attracted more investors, but I'm not sure they would have.

My only regret is that they might have pencilled in some of that money for the training ground / stadium improvements.

But the Prince never managed it as we always chased the dragon on survival even when it was obvious we couldn't compete.
That Summer transfer window of Slimani, Traore & co... we may as well have not bothered.
 
We've had 3 exciting bites at the cherry.
19/21 , 23/24 & Jan-May 25.
We've fucked it up 3 times with a combination of mismanagement & amateur recruitment.
We can't expect to be given a 4th chance to make the transformation into a PL club.
Heartbreaking , but there we are.
Dem Blades ...
In my lifetime of support ,
We've had John Harris & Dave Bassett.
The rest of the time we've been "playing at it".
 
Even under Harris & Bassett we never had the ‘Boardroom’ with deep enough pockets to fully establish ourselves in the top flight & put a lasting infrastructure in place. Key players were sold under the Managers noses - notably of course Brian Deane (who did not want to leave) = net result Relegation.

My old Dad ( god rest his soul) …. prepared me well for a life following the Blades……’It’s the hope that kills you’!
 
UddersBlade said:
Even under Harris & Bassett we never had the ‘Boardroom’ with deep enough pockets to fully establish ourselves in the top flight & put a lasting infrastructure in place. Key players were sold under the Managers noses - notably of course Brian Deane (who did not want to leave) = net result Relegation.

My old Dad ( god rest his soul) …. prepared me well for a life following the Blades……’It’s the hope that kills you’!
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It's just incredible how we survived 4 or 5 seasons in the top flight in the early 70s and early 90s.
Of course the £ playing field was almost level in those days.
In a nutshell , the wonderful players under Harris who stayed loyal.
And under Bassett , an unprecedented team spirit imported from Wimbledon plus Brian Deane.
Books have been written on both eras , but in a nutshell , the club was the author of its own misfortune , selling Currie & Deane when the consequences were obvious.
Much as it sold Jones & Birchenall when I was a lad.
Heartbreaking short-sighted decisions which snatched away the chances of being a proper big club.
We've had 3 such chances prior to the recent amazing Wilder inspired climb up the leagues for 3 more chances.
And we've managed to piss them all away.
I think the latest is the most hurtful because the money was actually there to do the job , if it had been wisely spent.
In the 70s & 90s , we had nothing like the finances available 2019-26.

And now we're facing the first season in the last 7 years with no PL money and no parachutes.
Fuck me , are we in for a torrid time.
 
Booker4 said:
I wish Sunderland all the best but at the same time I found the general preference to Wednesday on your forum somewhat off putting to say the least! Wednesday are now getting all this sympathy from everyone it seems and whilst I get that we haven't forgotten how arrogant and entitled they are from previous years, but thankfully not recently.
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After the racial abuse one of our players got last season and a lot of their supporters having a go at our player and shouting unsavoury things during our games, we played 3 times because of a cup draw all close together, it changed the way they are seen.

But now what is happening at their club has got them sympathy even from us. We know what it is like to have an owner that rips your club apart. Now they've gone into administration they will be getting relegated and have no team. People right through the club will be losing their livelihoods. There's a very good chance they will end up in League 2 but as long as they can keep going everything will be OK in the end. It's the supporters which will suffer for years.
 
Sky Blues said:
After the racial abuse one of our players got last season and a lot of their supporters having a go at our player and shouting unsavoury things during our games, we played 3 times because of a cup draw all close together, it changed the way they are seen.

But now what is happening at their club has got them sympathy even from us. We know what it is like to have an owner that rips your club apart. Now they've gone into administration they will be getting relegated and have no team. People right through the club will be losing their livelihoods. There's a very good chance they will end up in League 2 but as long as they can keep going everything will be OK in the end. It's the supporters which will suffer for years.
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You must be talking about another fan base! Because the wendies are the most arrogant, ill informed, hateful, deluded fans that football has ever seen. Feel sorry for them, not one bit....................hope they disappear for good!
 
FriethBlade said:
Sunderland this summer turned themselves from a championship club into a PL club both behind the scenes and on the pitch. We wouldn't have done that. We would have muddled through as usual and signed 5 or 6 players that 'might' have been good enough but most probably wouldn't have been.

Until our mentality changes from top to bottom we are better off being a championship team and not getting battered earlier single week
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Absolutely! Can you imagine if we had held out at Wembley and managed to get promotion. Would we have signed over £100 million worth of talent to attempt to survive? Not a chance!
 
Absolutely zero hard feelings towards Sunderland, benefitted from a wank system out of their control in VAR disallowing Burrows' goal, and like people above have said, there's no chance we'd have spent as much or as wisely as they have.

But that game I think broke my love for United and football a little bit, along with everything that's happened since covid, best chance we've ever had at establishing ourselves taken away by a bloody virus! Really thought the signing of Sander Berge was a real turning point and a sign of things to come, oh how wrong I was!
 
Kabba Kabba Doo said:
Absolutely zero hard feelings towards Sunderland, benefitted from a wank system out of their control in VAR disallowing Burrows' goal, and like people above have said, there's no chance we'd have spent as much or as wisely as they have.

But that game I think broke my love for United and football a little bit, along with everything that's happened since covid, best chance we've ever had at establishing ourselves taken away by a bloody virus! Really thought the signing of Sander Berge was a real turning point and a sign of things to come, oh how wrong I was!
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Great post & also what my old Dad said as he also said it was a repeat of when WW2 broke out and we had a great team with Hagan - and were one of the favourites for 39/40 season - but then missed out on seeing that good team develop. Our club history is just littered with ‘wrong place / wrong time’ moments. We are due a massive bucket load of good fortune one day!
 

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