I’m going to put you down as a ‘firm no’.

‘core!!

Lol. Sponsorless shirts but I like your thinking!

At least twice.

Wonder if the masses would care any more? I expect there would be a demand for sponsorless shirts but I bet a lot wouldn’t care.

I was more interested in whether people would be any more accepting of it post-promotion than in the recent past when it wouldn’t even have been considered.

Out of curiousity, how many people would accept next season’s shirt having the Venkys logo as main sponsor...?

Rhodes did leave though.

Stoke missed a trick there.

Because Hurst’s stock is high and Sunderland have a lot of money and a huge fan base. It depends on how ambitious he is. If he turns Sunderland around could go even higher.

Why? Because my opinion doesn’t match your opinion. Harsh on Shrewsbury. They deserve it in my book. Football doesn’t work that way though.

I’d be waiting until after the play-off final...

He didn’t look as quick I’ll grant you but I thought he looked stronger and grew into the team.

Bumley = ?????????? Rovers = ?

I’d be all over that. It’s a gamble but he looked to be improving all the time.

Tony is the right man at the wrong time. His comments suggest a positive spin on us not spending much cash this Summer. Hopefully that’s just him being canny and avoiding anyone (agents/clubs) thinking we have pots of cash to spend (be exploited), and we do get a couple over the £1m mark. That would be the minimum to compete in this league (lower end). We certainly aren’t going to mak much money from consolidating over the next few seasons (see Leeds) so it simply has to be about the PL is we are ever going to see our debt cleared. Giving our existing players a chance can also translate to (the dreaded) keeping our powder dry” until January - which of course is a gamble. There is no loyalty in football, as the saying goes, so we had better hope the Dack, Smallwood, Bell, Nyambe and others can make the step up. If we aren’t replacing Samuel and Conway then they are going to have to really step up. Not really sure what we should have expected Mowbray to say, he was never going to say “we’ve been given wads of cash”. I’ll qualify my opening line too. Kean and others may have ruined the chances of us going for experienced quality at this level. Venkys will not want to splash out wages on the next Murphy or Etuhu and they may also have raised their eyebrows (if they follow it that closely) at Whittingham‘s contribution. Good sides have a balance of youth and experience but with experience that can stay fit. We will have to rely on Mulgrew, Conway and Graham - all seasoned pros and leaders - staying fit. After that, the bulk of the side are 25 or under. Here’s hoping we do our business early.

Bring. It. On. ?

He’s too good for the U23s but he isn’t going to progress with Samuel being preferred. He seems to have been conned a bit in that he was played in the first team, did well, signed a new contract and was then dropped while in form. He always looks more lively in the 23s than he has in the first team. Like he is happier in that team - possibly because he is physically stronger than most opposition defenders. I would have liked to have seen Mowbray stock with him and make Samuel work a bit harder to get back in. Instead he dented his confidence imo. He certainly deserves to be around the first team squad but if he isn’t going to feature he should be loaned out to get some proper experience. Depends how much more difficult PL2 D1 is going to be - but even then it’s not the same when results don’t really matter.

Given he is a midfielder then he is. ?

Nyambe was injured for a couple of months and he played Bennett there instead of the club’s other two right backs. I’d call that a trust issue.

Nuttall for one.

Samuel is a bad example as his recruitment blocked one of our youth players.

Lost interest. Fact! Lad!!

lad! So you’ve watched one game. Fact! Lad!! SMH