Lifelong fan Daniel Stokell goes from fan to famous by signing for the Lads! 🔴⚪️
Daniel won a £15k community support fund for the club from
@EFL
partner
@papajohnsuk
and was welcomed to
#SAFC
by Head Coach Alex Neil!
#SignForYourClub
I didn’t even realise how good this goal was! 😮
💥 Hume’s challenge
🥶 The composure from Neil + Roberts
💪 Joffy’s Strength + Switch
💨 Clarke’s directness and whip into the corner
📖 How to turn Defence into Attack 101
What a way to send us into the play-offs 🤩
#safc
🎶 He’s Here, He’s There, He’s Every-fucking-Where, Cirkin, CIRKINNNN 🎶
3 touch football with a pin-point cross and a bullet header, all from a free kick in our own half. 🎯
Not often a CB is at the end of 2 delightful team goals 😅
If somehow KLD + KS pull off Will Still, I will be stunned.
This would be a massive statement of intent.
#safc
Key points:
- Has Reims 5th in Ligue 1
- Knows how to get the best out of strikers (Balogun last season)
- Fluent in multiple languages
- Uses a variety of systems
Abdoullah Ba has been taking lessons off Jewi 😳🌪️
He has really taken his chance since Roberts got injured, he’s such a composed and technical player and absolutely thriving right now.
(Ft Commentators Curse 🫣)
#safc
Has there ever been anything more Sunderland than a manager being sacked after nine weeks, who used a burner account to defend himself and retweet messages against Sunderland and in support of himself, all while actively being our head coach? You couldn’t write it ahahaha
#safc
I didn’t even realise how good this goal was! 😮
💥 Hume’s challenge
🥶 The composure from Neil + Roberts
💪 Joffy’s Strength + Switch
💨 Clarke’s directness and whip into the corner
📖 How to turn Defence into Attack 101
What a way to send us into the play-offs 🤩
#safc
@SunderlandAFC
@IAmJermainDefoe
@Bradleysfight
Even though I can’t go because I don’t live in Sunderland - I live in Birmingham and can’t get up on Saturday - I’m going to donate the cost of the ticket to the Bradley Lowery Foundation - I want the stadium to be absolutely rocking ❤️
My key takeaways from the KS Interview:
- Joffy was an underrated soldier.
- Loads of BTS investment, AoL, pitches + Sports Science
- Improved Processes
- Early, Quick Transfer Window (No reliance on deadline day)
- Automatic Promotion Ambitions
Our future📈🤩
#SAFC
So if my math is correct….
#NUFC
will be arranging ~ a minimum of 67 coaches and a maximum of 120 coaches.
How they’re getting that many coaches in and around Sunderland, into the stadium AND unscathed I do not know.
Don’t think this has been thought out very well
#safc
This is a bit mental
My car is parked near the stadium but have to be escorted into the town centre train station just to walk back to my car at the stadium 🤦🏻♂️
#safc
Not that anyone asked but here’s a thread of my thoughts on KLD:
I’m a person of reason and forgiveness, the events that happened last Thursday are unforgivable and more people than just KLD need to be made accountable.
But KLD should not be forced to sell, here’s why:👇
#safc
Lifelong fan Daniel Stokell goes from fan to famous by signing for the Lads! 🔴⚪️
Daniel won a £15k community support fund for the club from
@EFL
partner
@papajohnsuk
and was welcomed to
#SAFC
by Head Coach Alex Neil!
#SignForYourClub
Another FYI
#SAFC
fans:
Tony Mowbray doesn’t win this game.
Mike Dodds doesn’t win this game.
Michael Beale doesn’t win this game.
They all play the same style, use the same players and rely on the same men.
#safc
What is it with goals from our throw-ins in our half 🤯
An immense game of football for the neutral. GOTS contender.
Friday night was probably the best attacking football we’ve played all season and this is an outstanding counter-attack.
Somehow this wasn’t enough.
#safc
It’s been a bleak last couple of games, however against a top team in top form, this is a moment of great quality.
Ballard’s switch 🎯
Roberts’s pass 🧙♂️
Gelhardt’s touch and lay 🔪
Ba’s dynamite feet and outstanding finish 💥
Gelhardt’s best game in Red and White
#safc
Now just announce Will Still and this will be a perfect, perfect night.
Will Still - Head Coach
Mike Dodds - Assistant Manager
But a couple more of those performances / tactical masterclasses from Dodds and I wouldn’t be opposed to him being given more time in charge
#safc
I wanted Wednesday to go up but Barnsley have just been absolutely shafted.
Denied a stonewall penalty and now down to 10 for a 50/50 challenge.
I like VAR but when you put a melon in the middle of the pitch and a bunch of melons operating it, it’s inevitable.
#BarSW
#EFL
Huggins: Exceptional
Ballard: Absolute brick shithouse Rolls-Royce defender.
Roberts: Best I’ve seen him play in a while, looked so threatening all game
Pritch: Game changer. Not many champ players better than a last 20 minute subbed on Pritch.
Mike Dodds: Pep who?
#safc
We now have:
2x GK’s
1x LB
3x RB’s
8x CB’s
8x CM’s
2x RW’s
2x ST’s
2x LW’a
Speakman took the injury crisis to heart and I love it! 🤩
Personally, I’d still want:
1x An upgrade on Bass (GK)
1x LB
1x 10 or Quick Winger (or Diallo)
1x Fast ST
Who will leave? 🤔
#safc
Don’t fume at KS for the Derby situation.
Send that fume to Steve Davidson.
KS plays no part in anything other than the actual football side of the club, everything else is Steve Davidson.
I’ve said this before, he is such an incompetent COO, he needs sacking.
#safc
I understand this is only U21’s but Lihadji is breaking ankles and has serious talent.
Surely he needs to start playing 1st team football because his quality is too good for the bench.
Roberts on the left, Lihadji on the right?
#safc
Significant improvements being made, as I said before when the deal was first made, we may well be welcoming a new era of
@SunderlandAFC
.
This summer could be a turning point for the club, keep the faith and let’s ride this rollercoaster.
#safc
#SAFC
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O’Nein - He’s played 39/44 games, even played against WBA when his wife has just given birth and travelled down at midnight for an early kick-off.
Many questioned his ability in the championship, many didn’t know where he would fit in the squad and he’s absolutely smashed it.
Devils Advocate:
Sell Jack Clarke this window and allow the money to be reinvested in a number of positions.
It forces us to play a new innovative way without over reliance on one player.
He’s not got that long left before his price hits peak and falls..
Just a though
#safc
It’s been a bleak last couple of games, however against a top team in top form, this is a moment of great quality.
Ballard’s switch 🎯
Roberts’s pass 🧙♂️
Gelhardt’s touch and lay 🔪
Ba’s dynamite feet and outstanding finish 💥
Gelhardt’s best game in Red and White
#safc
#SAFC
twitter going crazy Semedo.
Have a watch of the full compilation and then try and convince us he’s a tap-in merchant 🤡
It’s not even just his striking ability, he’s hold up, his speed and his technical skill make him such a dangerous player.
Seen a lot of comments about Hjelde being a Leeds reject and how he’s quite poor, not many Leeds fans seem to rate him.
For context, Seelt came over with PSV fans saying he would struggle, he wasn’t very good for PSV’s youth team and he’d never go higher than that level…
#safc
@sunechosafc
No it’s a rivalry not a derby.
Every team has one “Derby”.
Us & Newcastle
Liverpool & Everton etc
However, each of those teams have a few “rivalries” that are still passionate which is what boro is would fall into.
We hate being beat by them and love beating them.
Key thing here that people need to remember before anyone starts crying:
- £9m isn’t bad for a football club
- The increase = expected increases in costs / inflation + The cost of getting promoted + Investment from the owners.
It’s still very healthy and expected.
#safc
#SAFC
have released their annual accounts - covering their first season back in the Championship.
Headline is an operating loss of £9 million - up from £5.1 million the previous year
A big thank you to the club for allowing us to do a small display to commemorate and celebrate the legacy of Charlie Hurley.
I’d say it’s a small sneak peak into what we’ll be doing going forward, but it doesn’t even scrape the surface of the plans and ideas we have.
#SAFC
A range of tributes are scheduled to take place tomorrow to honour the seismic impact Charlie Hurley made on Wearside.
'The King' loved Sunderland and on Saturday, Sunderland will show just how much we loved him ❤️👇
The
@bbcnewcastle
talk about the loan is quite painful.
It’s pretty simple what the £20m loan will be for, it’s simple business cash-flow…
We’re expecting to sell players for 20m<, most will be paid in instalments, so we get the loan to boost the immediate cash-flow
#safc
THIS!!!! He’s had a fantastic journey but his PR team and Eddie Hearn saw the money bags, pushed him to a point he couldn’t compete successfully at, convinced him he was invincible, failed and lost his head and has now absolutely embarrassed himself. It’s sad.
#UsykJoshua2
With Bennette injured for Costa Rica and not playing tonight, here’s the latest Squad Update/Injury List.
8x Starters Injured
3x Out on loan
17x Players available (2x are back up GK’s)
U23’s have to be first team ready and we pray the new injuries aren’t too serious. 🤕
#SAFC
Great point by James in the video -
Abdoullah Ba is a very talented footballer.
But he’s been given a lot of shit, where fans have celebrated him being subbed off or booed when he’s brought on.
It really hasn’t affected him at all and that’s most impressive imo
#safc
This is going to be a wild, very exciting journey as today, we enter early preparation works to reimagine and innovate the ‘Matchday experience’.
We will be ready to enter the 24/25 season with a bang.
Watch this space 👀
#safc
@ThisIsWearside
Banners here at Eppleton are part of a soft launch for “This Is Wearside”
The fan-owned org will work with SAFC on displays going forward
The new group have taken The Spirit of 37’s stock but aren't affiliated with the old group or their socials
#SAFC
PSA:
Sartori is a NED and an investor.
He has no day-to-day involvement with the club other than funding it and advising as and when required, but he can’t make decisions.
Sartori is a very well connected and powerful man, he’s arguably one of our biggest assets.
#safc
Crespo, Aouchiche and Pembele and I’d say KS has pulled a blinder and delivered when it truly mattered.
We’ve kept Clarke, Roberts, Dan Neil and Ekwah.
Ballard, Cirkin, Hume and O’Nein with new deals.
We’ve witnessed transformation.
A winger would be phenomenal. 10/10.
#safc
11x at least 9/10 performances that half, the closest we’ve been to last seasons Tony Mowbray football.
The quick passing has been special, we just look 5 steps ahead of Cardiff and that’s what got us the 2nd goal.
Standouts:
Neil, O’Nien, Jobe, Hume and Ekwah.
#safc
Rumours that Steve Davison has been deservedly sacked…
Immediate action on the failures is a positive step, however, SD should’ve gone a long, long time ago.
KLD now needs a powerful, proven football/sports COO to replace him, eager to see who this could be.
#safc
Not that anyone asked but here’s a thread of my thoughts on KLD:
I’m a person of reason and forgiveness, the events that happened last Thursday are unforgivable and more people than just KLD need to be made accountable.
But KLD should not be forced to sell, here’s why:👇
#safc
What is it with goals from our throw-ins in our half 🤯
An immense game of football for the neutral. GOTS contender.
Friday night was probably the best attacking football we’ve played all season and this is an outstanding counter-attack.
Somehow this wasn’t enough.
#safc
@sunderlandafc11
I can’t do Keith Stroud again man 😡 He’s the reason that I signed up to be a referee a few weeks ago - he was so bad I thought I could done a better job
@DeclanWelch
@thespiritof37
@LukeONien
He’s also been a key factor in some of the best football we’ve seen at the club in decades? There’s few that show the commitment and passion that he does whilst backing it up by performances on the pitch. Oh and also, he’s still at the club so he would actually see it. I love it.
As the a majority shareholder and active director, KLD needs to really get a grip of the day-to-day operations and this needs to happen fast.
He needs to get into the thick weeds and find out exactly what is going on, and why it’s going wrong.
We’ve got some squad now 😮💨
My updated
#SAFC
Squad List:
My thoughts:
- Replacement for Evans (Experienced
#6
)
- A third striker
- An experienced keeper (Someone to rival Patto for
#1
but also someone Patto can learn from (Ex PL etc))
- Potentially LB cover
SH + KS 👏👏
@AstonUniversity
I took a year out last year because I didn’t get the grade I needed to attend your uni but now I’ve got it this year away has been so worth it!!!! Absolutely buzzing 🥳🥳🥳
@JamesCopley_
I’m really not mad at that result because we showed we have quality and we have the right mentality, we just need the additional quality and experience to match it. Another day with 11 men for 97 minutes and some set piece defending work and we’d have won it.
We need to start on a completely blank slate next season.
Get rid of the current and replace with a New HC with their own back room staff, new gym coaches, new medics, new everything.
Learn from the mistakes of this season and use it to guide the success of next season.
#safc
The season is over, let’s get excited for summer! ✍️
As it stands, Winch is out of contract this summer.
Imo, there should be 6 leaving permanently and a couple going on loan.
We need to make 5 perms + 1 diallo-esque loan. Thoughts?
#safc
This is how our squad now looks. ⬇️
@sunechosafc
@JamesCopley_
Potential:
- Stassin
- Michut (pay his £5m fee)
- Sam Surridge
- Charlie Patino (Loan)
Unlikely but not impossible:
- Cameron Archer
- Diallo re-loan (if in Prem)
- Aaron Collins
- Mike Trésor
I say regardless of league, we should look at some ambitious names.
#NUFC
fans need to know: PIF is Saudi’s investment arm, making the club indirectly state-owned. 🤦🏻♂️
They labelled PIF to the PL as an investment vehicle, not direct state control, although it is.
THE KEY DIFFERENCE IS NO OTHER CLUB IS STATE-OWNED.
They’re so stupidly blind. 🫠
Newcastle United fans confronted the sport washing protest group outside St James Park vlog will be on the channel tomorrow
The “NUFC fans against sports washing” refused to be interviewed when asked by me
#NUFC
Very professional performance tonight.
Matty Young, the 16 year old GK with some cracking saves.
Good to see Semedo on the score sheet yet again.
Ekwah’s Rocket 😮💨🚀
You could see the heat and altitude really affecting us at the end, definitely no complaints.
#safc
@RokerReport
We need to give him until the end of the season, hounding him out now is going to make things worse, if we are in a worse place at the end of the season then we should consider but definitely not now
My updated
@SunderlandAFC
squad chart based on latest news/press conferences.
Scary how thin we are with all the injuries that have happened recently.🚑
#SAFC
🚨 THREAD:
As the Summer Transfer Window approaches, here’s a thread of all permanent contracted players with a poll attached. Who would you Keep/Loan/Sell?
I will then put up a squad table to reflect the poll which will highlight which positions need strengthening.
#SAFC
🎶 He’s Here, He’s There, He’s Every-fucking-Where, Cirkin, CIRKINNNN 🎶
3 touch football with a pin-point cross and a bullet header, all from a free kick in our own half. 🎯
Not often a CB is at the end of 2 delightful team goals 😅
@JamesCopley_
Wright leaving means we would only have 3 “senior” players at the club that have serious top level experience - Evans, Batth, Pritch.
If he’s going, let him go in summer, not now - his experience and leadership off the pitch is too valuable for our first season back.