Ilios
Winger
For some perspective. .
A vastly experienced O'Neill spent over 30m in 3 transfer windows and left us worse off than when he arrived.
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For some perspective. .
A vastly experienced O'Neill spent over 30m in 3 transfer windows and left us worse off than when he arrived.
Boris Bear
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Maybe.......but I don't Short's lack of judgement has repaid him in spades
Ilios
Winger
What are you doing, asking me what I'm doing? All I was doing was asking what you were doing
jcrossan
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Who really knows.
But at least he had some presence about him..might have been crazy but he wasnt weak.
He did but again, we weren't playing well for a while before left.
radjee gadjee
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Sorry Marra but that's utter bollocks. We were heading southwards towards League One when Keane took over.
He bought players who cared and ran their hearts out to get us out of trouble and motivated them (and the supporters) to a level that not one Manager has done since. What he did that year was absolute class and there aren't many who could have done what he did.
You are right but like the two after him, he wasn't taking us any further and we were playing badly
radjee gadjee
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That's true mate but I still think if Short hadn't started interfering Keane could have turned things around.
But for TopCat to disregard what Keane did to get us promoted is absolute cobblers.
supernaut1968
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Ellis should pick up the phone and get him back. At least we won't hear the sad, "I've given up", meanderings, we've been hearing for weeks now.
Le Chuck
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Don't forget, that Jones was 3rd choice.
We could've easily spent £6m on Nugent or Mido
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I'd say we were lucky there like
But then since we've signed danny graham which is sort of the same thing
yossarian31
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Ilios
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What a f***ing gormless thing to say....
Too right.
If that is the case, we might as well sack Poyet now and hire a Monkey. We'll win the Championship at a canter
Thank you. That was the reply I would have given if I thought the original post was worthy of such.
So is the arguement that a monkey could have got us promoted that season
Ok, maybe so but I think the job was easier than Quinn had made it seem. Any decent manager with the likes of Connolly, Evans, Edwards and at his disposal would have got us up. Whether these players would have joined a Keane-less Sunderland is another argument if course.
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johnson
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Absolteuly loved Keane
Always thought his main problem is he didn't trust anyone, therefore he would only sign players he knew or had experience of (even Chopra he said he liked him after facing him in the reserves), so we ended up paying inflated prices.
I'd f***ing love him back just for the crack, great guy.
No chance, I think you forget how much of a laughing stock we were, the club was absolutely shot to bits, we were heading to league 1, you can sign all the players you like, but many teams have struggled badly in the same situation
What he did that season was a minor miracle,
What an absolutely truly awful post, some people have short memories!
Ilios
Winger
Worth pointing out, that when Keane arrived, Sunderland were 6 points behind Birmingham City (Brucey). Bruce signed Gary McSheffrey alone for 5m quid, and a couple of other players. Keane spent 5m on a host of players, and overturned a 6 point headstart and a greater spend, to win the league
Flash Gordon
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Loved Keano, would have him back in a shot. Always think things would have turned out much better for him, if he had got Brian Kidd as his number 2 rather than Tony Loughlin.
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