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Sad, but not as huge surprise.Sunderland are relegated
Sad, but not as huge surprise.Sunderland are relegated
Sad, but not as huge surprise.
Motty just on saying the club has been poorly managed from the top for the last 4 years. No punches pulled.
Moyes was never going to be the right man for the task,no experience of a relegation fight and this season was never going to be anything else for them.
I don't think that many managers would have saved them, chronic under-investment and manager revolving door for 4 years will only lead to 1 thing.
I do question where the money has gone. We (Newcastle) forked out £80m last season to try and stay up. How can a team that had consistently been there longer than us not afford to do the same ?
They've been abusing the loan market for too long for first team players. Every season they start weaker than they ended the previous, the fact they wouldn't pay for m'vila didn't help them and by December he decided not too bother coming. Sadly I don't think Sunderland have enough desirable players to mount a first time return like we have just achieved.
I do question where the money has gone. We (Newcastle) forked out £80m last season to try and stay up. How can a team that had consistently been there longer than us not afford to do the same ?
The drop payment being desirable at this stage?
Well I won't be here next season, National League for my lot if we are lucky.
If you have a boring owner who just keeps you ticking along thank your lucky stars because there are others much worse.
Up the O's
Nevermind mate you'll have a couple of trips up north with Hartlepool and Gateshead being in the conference ! Hate to see teams relegated that have good support though. Even sunderland is a shame. Those fans deserve a hell of a lot more.
Very true, looking forward to Guiseley too, not looking great for footie up in the north east apart from Newcastle. Read somewhere Darlo have had a knock back from the league because of their ground, that Reynolds bloke was another wrong'un
Really wanted Brum to go down but Blackburn deserve too as well.
Shame Cambridge missed out on play offs by 4 points.
Well done to Newcastle and Rafa. I hope Rafa stays at Newcastle and gets the backing from the Chairman.
Feel sorry for Blackburn, but one of them had to go down. They did all they could do by winning. Terrible owners they have. Sadly there are a few of them about.
Liverpool mess up again. Players came out and played in an apathetic manner. Just watching the Arsenal v Utd game and they both had more energy and fight in them in the first 10 mins than Liverpool had the whole game. It's like they can't get up for a game regardless of consequences if it is not against a top 6 team. They don't deserve the Champions League. (n)
Bloody heck, Gunners win away from home, and even the Donkey got a goal.....
Really wanted Brum to go down.
Congratulations to the new Premier League Champions Chel$ki. By far the most consistent team.
Now lets see who doesn't want the places in Europe the most.
Congratulations to the new Premier League Champions Chel$ki. By far the most consistent team.
Now lets see who doesn't want the places in Europe the most.
Is this the Trump or LePen thread?but just can't help thinking about "where would they be without the Russian money?"
They'd still be bobbing in and out of the top division like they had for decades before and who knows where man city would be .... but they are where they are and it has to be accepted. I don't applaud either for their successes, but I accept them.You know, I really want to say "Well done Chelsea", but just can't help thinking about "where would they be without the Russian money?" Because personally, I think they'd be mid-table, maybe top 6 at best.
Will that be the plane away from Arsenal!he & Sanchez seem to be on a different plane to everybody else.
You know, I really want to say "Well done Chelsea", but just can't help thinking about "where would they be without the Russian money?" Because personally, I think they'd be mid-table, maybe top 6 at best.
Having got that out of the way WTF was ref Bobby Madley doing yesterday when refereeing the Man City v Leicester match ?
Man C's 1st goal was so offside by every possible criteria that to give it was a joke.
Then to compound his amateurish handling of this match he disallows Mahrez's penalty for a double hit . . . I dispair, Mahrez slipped as he struck the ball and the ball touched his 'slipped' non striking foot. The ball didn' t do anything crazy, no real deviation in fact most would not realise it touched his other foot ? Are referees banned from employing common sense ? That 2 hit rule was to prevent penalty takers from passing to a team mate or dribbling it up to the keeper. Come back Pierre Luigi Collina, the Premier league needs you.
Most blame has to go to the awful offside rule atm imho. Make it simpler. Though if it was the old system it may still have stood if the linesman didn't think Sterling was in an offside position, as he was only slightly ahead of the defender.
That is the rule, so it rightly shouldn't have counted. Pierre Luigi Collina, or anyone else, would have had to make the same decision if they had seen the two hits.
Will that be the plane away from Arsenal!
I disagree. It comes down to how you interpret the rule. Someone said yesterday (I forget who) ediit: it was G Lineker he had seen that happen a few times but the goal has never before been disallowed. It goes back to my comment about using common sense. Since it happened I have not heard a single ex-player or pundit say that the goal should have been disallowed. To disallow that goal was pedantic, unnecessary and did football (or the referree) no favours.