Anyone with the old Netflix should give this a watch ASAP. Great little doc and has left me wanting the best for Sunderland! Plus Jack Rodwell is an absolute idiot. Thank god we didn't sign him. Grabban isn't too smart either.
Just posted about this in the tv shows thread, im enjoying it. Regards our version of the show, is it lying around on t'interweb anywhere?
I must have randomly posted on another thread but I find the amateurishness almost thrilling. The plodding ceo, who flashes more watch than Snakeyboy could in a lifetime, would be unemployable in any other industry. At the start of the season, he is rousing the squad & whole employee team. ‘What we need to show’ he mumbles woodenly ‘is’, turning & reading from the flipchart, ‘passion.’ Another time, the head of recruitment shares his considered list of loan targets, larded with name players from top Prem clubs. The ceo has to inform this hugely paid exec that Sunderland wouldn’t be able to afford the wages of any of the prospects. And the ceo appointed this moron. I did check. The ceo was paid £1.2m for the season. The only not profoundly mediocre thing about the set up is what they elect to pay themselves. Bravo for Gino but he’s a man vs midgets at the dinosaur clubs.
At least they had a flip chart! The number of tennis venues that don't provide one for tutoring is huge. Mind you it would require either the coaching staff or club/venue workers to put away their mobile phones for three minutes,so that's unlikely!
Confiscate them! I’ve taken to doing this with certain groups. Except, of course, if they have urgent Forum correspondence to conduct.
Just started watching this. First interview from a Sunderland stating that the area of Sunderland is not like Watford or Cambridge. Hmmmm…….they can just f*** off if it's going to be like all the way through.
Basically he's saying that in Sunderland if they lose the whole city gets depressed, whereas people in Watford and Cambridge have jobs to go so football isn't the only thing in their lives.
Maybe....but Watford and Cambridge in the same bracket is a bit odd, like they are the same type of club. Stereotypical divine right attitude from the fans of these so-called big clubs. Loved the fact they were lauding up when for once they were leading 3-1 at half time, against Brentford. Then at full time it was a different story when they got it back to 3-3. The thing that filters through so much, is their sense of entitlement. It's the same with Newcastle. After watching this, I hope they stay in League One for a long time, until they learn the lesson that a little humility goes a long way.
Buy they have a great set of fans, they say so themselves...They shouldn't be made to suffer in league one lol It doesn't surprise me they had such a poor home record. The moment they conceded a goal their great fans went in to utter meltdown which hardly breeded confidence or encouragement
That may be true in the film but it couldn't be further from the truth for the several Sunderland fans that I know. I think that is unfair on Newcastle too. Both clubs, and their supporters, seem a lot more grounded than many others. I really think you are shooting at the wrong targets here.
The best part was when they beat up the cameraman doing the documentary and smashed his camera lens when they were losing 3-0 at half time. At fulltime they somehow made it 3-3 and they were jumping around as if they won the Champions League. Also, they actually have church services for fans. They all sit in the church in their Sunderland scarfs, while the vicar preys for some divine inspiration from god. You couldn't make it up. When they're losing they want to kill someone, when they win they take the p1ss out of the opposition by giving it the big 'un. I thought Leeds and Newcastle fans were the worst for lack of humility, but these guys take it to a whole new level. They called it passion, I think they are all a bit weird up there and take football far too seriously.
Or they are playing up for the cameras? If the 3-3 match was the one against Bristol City, I was there with a mate who is a Sunderland fan. It was a fantastic and completely unexpected comeback, sealed in the last minute, and the reaction was totally understandable. Of course, Watford fans would never do that. And for 60 minutes of that game, the Sunderland fans were singing "We're **** and we know we are". Still, I am sure you are right as ever. They all suffer from a massive sense of entitlement.
I’ll mention this just once more. The ‘ceo’ was paid £1.2m for the year that was filmed. More than most are paid in a lifetime. Sunderland should be privatised.
You may be extrapolating adventurously. The neediness of ‘The Toon Army’ is surely a reputation accumulated over many years. The Great Barrier Reef of football.
