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No worries though - not many there to witness it at the end, the stadium had emptied again.
Typical of their season. They were 1-0 up against Burton but then went 2-1 down in last four minutes before having a goal disallowed.
Typical of their season. They were 1-0 up against Burton but then went 2-1 down in last four minutes before having a goal disallowed.
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Not mathematically. 6 points behind with 2 games remaining (and a better goal difference than Bolton).
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That's what I saw when I looked at the table. They could miraculously escape?FactualFrank wrote:Not mathematically. 6 points behind with 2 games remaining (and a better goal difference than Bolton).
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No, Frank, they're down.
I thought the same, but Bolton play Burton so one of em will pick up points. Confirmed on five live.
I thought the same, but Bolton play Burton so one of em will pick up points. Confirmed on five live.
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a mighty big club for the third tier.
a mighty big club for the third tier.
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Ahhhhh... I'll hold my hands up, I didn't take that into account, as I didn't expect they'd be playing eachother. When you don't know the fixtures, and take into account there's 24 teams in the division, you kinda guess on the odds that those two wouldn't still have to play eachother. Fair enough.ElectroClaret wrote:No, Frank, they're down.
I thought the same, but Bolton play Burton so one of em will pick up points. Confirmed on five live.
One of my best pals is a Sunderland fan and he actually said last season he thought they'd be relegated twice.
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Good. They are crap
They will slowly disappear
They will slowly disappear
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i strongly suspect they will be back in the prem within five years.cutsy123 wrote:Good. They are crap
They will slowly disappear
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Burton were four minutes from relegation.
Remarkable.
Remarkable.
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Yes mathematically if you look at the remaining fixturesFactualFrank wrote:Not mathematically. 6 points behind with 2 games remaining (and a better goal difference than Bolton).
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There will have to be big changes. They have a disinterested owner who can’t sell the club which is now over £110m in debt. Serious mess.yTib wrote:i strongly suspect they will be back in the prem within five years.
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Already covered above.ClaretTony wrote:Yes mathematically if you look at the remaining fixtures
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if i was a chinese investor with money to burn sunderland would be my golden goose.ClaretTony wrote:There will have to be big changes. They have a disinterested owner who can’t sell the club which is now over £110m in debt. Serious mess.
the potential of that club is massive.
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I strongly suspect they'll be crippled by their wage bill, because they've overpaid players and have no relegation clauses inserted.yTib wrote:i strongly suspect they will be back in the prem within five years.
An owner who wants out etc.
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Last I saw it was closer to £150 million of debt.ClaretTony wrote:There will have to be big changes. They have a disinterested owner who can’t sell the club which is now over £110m in debt. Serious mess.
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People say that. But its a grim area with no success for sometime. No top, top players would ever want to go there.yTib wrote:if i was a chinese investor with money to burn sunderland would be my golden goose.
the potential of that club is massive.
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They wont see the prem for another 20
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They've also been very unlucky. Think back to how many injuries they had when they were in the Premier League. Literally around half of their squad was injured. They were fielding players who should have been nowhere near their first team. That was the catalyst, as they went down, players left and the rest is history. But they were incredibly unlucky with their injury list. It makes ours during the season look like a scraped knee.
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no top, top player would ever want to go to bournemouth. even on holiday.cricketfieldclarets wrote:People say that. But its a grim area with no success for sometime. No top, top players would ever want to go there.
but that club will be available for a poundland price now and are easily capable of 40k+ crowds.
they'll be back.
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Why bring Blackburn into it ?cricketfieldclarets wrote:People say that. But its a grim area with no success for sometime. No top, top players would ever want to go there.
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and by the way people say burnley is grim. a short drive and you're in some of the nicest country side in britain. sunderland is exactly the same. the durham dales are stunning..
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Shockingly run club for a few years now and this is the result. Di Canio, Poyet, Big Dik and Fat Sam all just about kept them up. Last year’s relegation was inevitable. They were dreadful. Not for one minute did I think they would have a good season in the Championship but I didn’t expect them to go down again. I thought Grayson might have been a decent appointment. For the life of me I can’t understand why anyone would appoint Coleman.
I think they are too big to go down again but they will have to make some big changes to start turning this round.
I think they are too big to go down again but they will have to make some big changes to start turning this round.
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I think more than likely they'll do a Rovers and come straight back up, only because the standard is terrible
in League One.
The Championship, though, is a different animal......
.....as hopefully the Deadwood boys will find out.
in League One.
The Championship, though, is a different animal......
.....as hopefully the Deadwood boys will find out.
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They have been there before but without the burden of a huge debt.
Will take some rebuilding there.
Will take some rebuilding there.
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Think there was more than a few of those who were choosing to be injured, but yes it was quite some Ward's worth. Got a lot of time for Sunderland, sad to see them go down. As mentioned above there is no Guarantee that they'll bounce back this time. Though with Coleman staying they should still have enough to pull in the better free's his summer.FactualFrank wrote:They've also been very unlucky. Think back to how many injuries they had when they were in the Premier League. Literally around half of their squad was injured. They were fielding players who should have been nowhere near their first team. That was the catalyst, as they went down, players left and the rest is history. But they were incredibly unlucky with their injury list. It makes ours during the season look like a scraped knee.
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Very sad day for Sunderland and football in general but spare a thought for their silly manager packs in a good job with wales then takes over at Sunderland ask yourself why or then again it could be for the money he is gonna get when the sack comes is way oh dear
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Why?Longsidelenny wrote:and football in general
What right have they got to be above clubs like Accrington?
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They've changed manager far too often in recent years but for once I think they need to. Coleman, for me, was a shocking appointment and I can't see them having any success at all with him in charge - unless he can persuade Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale to sign for Sunderland.elwaclaret wrote:As mentioned above there is no Guarantee that they'll bounce back this time. Though with Coleman staying they should still have enough to pull in the better free's his summer.
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I think his first job is to persuade Jack Rodwell and Lee Cattermole to sign for anyone else but Sunderland! Especially Rodwell, believed to be "earning" £70k per week - they didn't give him a relegation clause.ClaretTony wrote:They've changed manager far too often in recent years but for once I think they need to. Coleman, for me, was a shocking appointment and I can't see them having any success at all with him in charge - unless he can persuade Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale to sign for Sunderland.
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I'm glad someone asked this question.Spijed wrote:Why?
What right have they got to be above clubs like Accrington?
There is no right, nor do they deserve to be.
I'm sure someone will spout the usual guff about how amazing their fans are and the alleged potential etc, but that stuff doesn't determine a clubs league position.
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Daily Telegraph did a decent write up on Sunderland's plight recently https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/20 ... ar-demise/
Rodwell's 5-year £70k per week contract (with no relegation clause), whilst he barely plays is a symptom of some very bad management.
They have to hope Short doesn't call in the debt. They also need to get realistic about where they are and cut cloth accordingly and try to slowly work back up. There's no easy solution & it may take a few years to start the upward swing.
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Rodwell's 5-year £70k per week contract (with no relegation clause), whilst he barely plays is a symptom of some very bad management.
They have to hope Short doesn't call in the debt. They also need to get realistic about where they are and cut cloth accordingly and try to slowly work back up. There's no easy solution & it may take a few years to start the upward swing.
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You are where you are. Size is reduced by debt. Footballers and their agents plus naive\incompetent owners create these problems. Hopefully Burnley's braindeads will now lay of the board and the cringing desire to bring in a foreign investor.
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Absolutely spot on.Sidney1st wrote:..
. but that stuff doesn't determine a clubs league position.
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None whatsoever.Spijed wrote:Why?
What right have they got to be above clubs like Accrington?
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Was walking away from the stadium of light last season after our 0.0 draw with them. 2 or 3 blokes grumbling about how "we should be beating tin pot clubs like Burnley"
It'll be bloody awful following my "tin pot" outfit round Europe next year as those very same lads look forward to hosting Accy ( no disrespect to Stanley what so ever. They were my granddads team!)
It'll be bloody awful following my "tin pot" outfit round Europe next year as those very same lads look forward to hosting Accy ( no disrespect to Stanley what so ever. They were my granddads team!)
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Don't dislike Sunderland and they have good fans but I am pleased as I had a season long bet on them to go down. Didn't know it was confirmed until this thread. They were hopeless last year and looked like a bunch of disinterested mercenaries that Moyes then sucked further life out of. I didn't give them much hope this season.
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Not the first time.
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Yes a real shame but hardly unexpected. Roots and Branches approach needed or else I can possibly see Sunderland going to the wall. Too quick a change of manager and parting with a talent like Grayson way to early before he got his teeth into the job.
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Agree. But try telling a 20 odd year old millionaire footballer. He wants london or manchester.yTib wrote:and by the way people say burnley is grim. a short drive and you're in some of the nicest country side in britain. sunderland is exactly the same. the durham dales are stunning..
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...and Brian Fynn!ClaretTony wrote: unless he can persuade Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale to sign for Sunderland.
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i do find it staggering to think of a club with that fanbase dropping down again . Losing premier league status is bad enough, but to continue the decline is incredible.
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Leeds, Sheffield Utd, Sheffield Weds, Nottm Forest, Norwich City, Southampton, and Wolves. All Ex-Prem regulars who have all been down in the Third Tier in the last decade or so. Football is no respecter of these Club’s idea of where they should fit within the Firmament of the Game. Sunderland must take their medicine and learn from their mistakes. They’ve been living on borrowed time and good fortune for far too long. Time to rebuild with solid foundations; look for the next Peter Reid to reawaken the Sleeping Giant.
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I found a very sobering article about their finances/debt/prospects here http://www.true-faith.co.uk/sunderland- ... no-future/
I hadn't realised that a chunk of the debt was to a third party: £69 million debt is to Short but they also have a £70 million loan from Security Bank Corporation who charge 7.5%+Libor (10% in total?). This 2nd loan is repayable in August 2019 evidently.
Not much chance of repaying that so either Short has to dig deep again to take that on himself or they have to refinance- at presumably even higher rates of interest (much bigger risk now they are not in the Prem).
Vicious circle they are in, hard times ahead.
I hadn't realised that a chunk of the debt was to a third party: £69 million debt is to Short but they also have a £70 million loan from Security Bank Corporation who charge 7.5%+Libor (10% in total?). This 2nd loan is repayable in August 2019 evidently.
Not much chance of repaying that so either Short has to dig deep again to take that on himself or they have to refinance- at presumably even higher rates of interest (much bigger risk now they are not in the Prem).
Vicious circle they are in, hard times ahead.
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Nothing against Sunderland, know a few lads up there who are mates of a mate and have had some good away days up there (barring the football which has usually been gash and the very limited number of decent pubs).
But even after their horror show of a season last year I doubt anyone would've believed they'd lose at home to Burton to confirm relegation.
But even after their horror show of a season last year I doubt anyone would've believed they'd lose at home to Burton to confirm relegation.
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I thought the way they conducted themselves over the Adam Johnson affair was scandalous. Feel for the fans (always a great bunch when i've been) but couldn't happen to a more deserving club as far as i'm concerned.
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I've missed the sarcasm here haven't I?ashtonlongsider wrote:Yes a real shame but hardly unexpected. Roots and Branches approach needed or else I can possibly see Sunderland going to the wall. Too quick a change of manager and parting with a talent like Grayson way to early before he got his teeth into the job.
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How long do the parachute payments last and how much are they worth?
I suppose if Short can offload the club and writes off the debt owed to him there is some cash to gamble with to get back up.
Once the parachute money runs out they could be completely rubber ducked.
I suppose if Short can offload the club and writes off the debt owed to him there is some cash to gamble with to get back up.
Once the parachute money runs out they could be completely rubber ducked.
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"How long do the parachute payments last and how much are they worth?"
My understanding is that clubs which spent more than 1 season up get 55%, 45%, 20% of their final year's Prem (TV-based) earnings over next 3 seasons (clubs only up 1 year get paid 55%, 40% then nowt).
Looks like Sunderland earned £93m last season so presumably get/got c £50m this season then will get c £42m then c. £18.5 m.
Their gate money and sponsorship income will both also be badly hit. At least (I understand) they can cut Jack Rodwell's wages next year from over £3m to c £2 million (for sitting on his jacksie).
My understanding is that clubs which spent more than 1 season up get 55%, 45%, 20% of their final year's Prem (TV-based) earnings over next 3 seasons (clubs only up 1 year get paid 55%, 40% then nowt).
Looks like Sunderland earned £93m last season so presumably get/got c £50m this season then will get c £42m then c. £18.5 m.
Their gate money and sponsorship income will both also be badly hit. At least (I understand) they can cut Jack Rodwell's wages next year from over £3m to c £2 million (for sitting on his jacksie).
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£42m in league one before other income is a huge amount of money but I guess servicing debts and paying wages (if they can't offload big earners) will wipe it out.LeadBelly wrote:"How long do the parachute payments last and how much are they worth?"
My understanding is that clubs which spent more than 1 season up get 55%, 45%, 20% of their final year's Prem (TV-based) earnings over next 3 seasons (clubs only up 1 year get paid 55%, 40% then nowt).
Looks like Sunderland earned £93m last season so presumably get/got c £50m this season then will get c £42m then c. £18.5 m.
Their gate money and sponsorship income will both also be badly hit. At least (I understand) they can cut Jack Rodwell's wages next year from over £3m to c £2 million (for sitting on his jacksie).
As I said, if Short cuts his losses and sells up they have a chance, otherwise the future looks very bleak.