You make a good point.
BUT
Sunderland did not have a team as good as ours. I.e they did not spend £7 million on a central midfielder.
Peter Reid had a dreadful end to the season before, in preseason they lost most of their games to nobodies and in his final season they were equally rubbish.
Sunderland brought in Howard Wilkinson. A football dinosaur.
Rover6, i backed you up when people where on your backs, i found it laughable that (in your opinion) you wanted the Plymouth manager, but now some of your opinions are just outright Stupid!
Pre-season is nothing - results don't matter, fitness does.
As it happens, that £7 million midfielder is starting to show his worth and will become a class act for Rovers.
Funny how you think Sunderland had a bad squad, yet it was the same squad at finished high in the table the year before.
Peter Reid was Sunderland's only chance, and getting rid so early was a mistake that almost earnt them the worst amount of games without a win ever, losing out to Accy Stanley by one.
Getting rid of Souness won't do us any favours right now. Some people have the memory span of a fish, we were around the Relegation zone most of the 20001/02 season yet we finisehd 9th and won the Worthington cup, the following season we finished 6th. Our squad wouldnt be any better with Dunn right now, obviously Duff but he missed meny games last season. Dunn no longer showed any passion for the club, despite it being his boyhood club.
Could i also point out that we had less points at this stage in the 1996/97 season. 4 points from 11 games and our final league position was 13th.
Come May 2004 this will be in Message Bord Gold and Rover6 will be looking back thinking "What a fool i made myself look"
