He didn't a couple of years ago.
We could do with a Christian Walton style loan in, I think.
I like Nathan, but he is just getting no protection in front of him at all and it's killing his confidence as @Tombstone Blues said earlier.
Yes, I thought my Southend to win bet was going to come up. At least the first-half showed improvements and a couple of people have made the point about Hopper having to go off being a pivotal moment.
I haven't lost any of my faith in Sol but the injuries seem to be making it hard to prevent one step forward being followed by two steps back. I still think Southend can escape the drop but it's going to need a bit of luck going your way, better fortune on the injuries front and a good January transfer window.
We, on the other hand, continue to plough new lows in our one hundred and twenty nine year league history and Parkinson is already on extremely thin ice.
Thankfully, no.You at the game PW?
For that to happen, we’d need Championship winning form.
More chance of me slinging one up Kelly Brook tonight, than that happening
And I would say there is more chance of us staying up than that EVER happening.
Dont know if you realise a goalkeeper needs a defence in front of him, even Peter Schmeichel would concede many with our lot but at least we would have the satisfaction that he had beaten the -hit out of themNathan Bishop -
Played: 15
Conceded: 41
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What's the problem there @ROKERITE ?
Seems astonishing that Sunderland are struggling so much in this league.
Is it just the lack of goals?
One Sunderland fella on Twitter the other night I was talking with said the midfield don't put the yards in?
To be honest, after the Sunderland fans singing “you’re going down” last season, I lost a hell of a lot of respect for you lot. You more than anyone should know how painful relegation is. So without having a dig at you personally pal, I sincerely hope you fail to go up, again.What isn't the problem here?
Our owners were all hail fellow well met when they arrived in the close season of 2018. Now they are keeping a very low profile with one of them resigning from the board this week but keeping his 6% share. Ellis Short did a wonderful thing in writing off £200,000,000 of debt but unfortunately he's allowed a couple of relatively poor shysters to buy us on the cheap. There are many concerns about what is going on behind the scenes at The SOL regarding ownership, borrowing and mortgaging.
The manager, well Jack Ross should probably have been sacked after our capitulation in May's play-off final. Sacking him when we did only made sense if we had someone exciting in mind; Phil Parkinson was not and is not that exciting manager and I've never known a Sunderland Manager be under such pressure so soon.
The players; undoubtedly the worst squad ever to represent SAFC. Our owners insisted Ross sell Josh Maja in January as he'd have been out of contract in June. Maja's goals were largely responsible for our top two place at the time of his departure and it isn't hindsight to say had he been kept we'd have gone up last season. Instead we paid out twice as much as the fee received for Maja on Will Grigg who has been a monumental failure. "Will Grigg's on fire" the Wigan and Northern Ireland fans would sing; well that fire's been well and truly extinguished.
The supporters; it's a mixture of anger and apathy with us. Apathy is the thing any owners should worry about most.
The good news is we'll be seeing you at The SOL next season if Sol can pull off the great escape.
We need 40+ points from 24 games to even have a chance of staying up. 1.6 points per game from now until the end of the season!I still think Southend can escape the drop but it's going to need a bit of luck
What isn't the problem here?
Our owners were all hail fellow well met when they arrived in the close season of 2018. Now they are keeping a very low profile with one of them resigning from the board this week but keeping his 6% share. Ellis Short did a wonderful thing in writing off £200,000,000 of debt but unfortunately he's allowed a couple of relatively poor shysters to buy us on the cheap. There are many concerns about what is going on behind the scenes at The SOL regarding ownership, borrowing and mortgaging.
The manager, well Jack Ross should probably have been sacked after our capitulation in May's play-off final. Sacking him when we did only made sense if we had someone exciting in mind; Phil Parkinson was not and is not that exciting manager and I've never known a Sunderland Manager be under such pressure so soon.
The players; undoubtedly the worst squad ever to represent SAFC. Our owners insisted Ross sell Josh Maja in January as he'd have been out of contract in June. Maja's goals were largely responsible for our top two place at the time of his departure and it isn't hindsight to say had he been kept we'd have gone up last season. Instead we paid out twice as much as the fee received for Maja on Will Grigg who has been a monumental failure. "Will Grigg's on fire" the Wigan and Northern Ireland fans would sing; well that fire's been well and truly extinguished.
The supporters; it's a mixture of anger and apathy with us. Apathy is the thing any owners should worry about most.
The good news is we'll be seeing you at The SOL next season if Sol can pull off the great escape.
Dont know if you realise a goalkeeper needs a defence in front of him, even Peter Schmeichel would concede many with our lot but at least we would have the satisfaction that he had beaten the -hit out of them
As opposed to the 0.3 points per game that we are currently "achieving".We need 40+ points from 24 games to even have a chance of staying up. 1.6 points per game from now until the end of the season!
Because obviously we’ve never sung that to other clubs !!!!!To be honest, after the Sunderland fans singing “you’re going down” last season, I lost a hell of a lot of respect for you lot. You more than anyone should know how painful relegation is. So without having a dig at you personally pal, I sincerely hope you fail to go up, again.
Thankfully, no.
Had a go two years ago and trains were as absent as our defence. When Saturday comes the trains go awol.
This is dreadful, mate - and I don't mean GWR!
2nd game back with a substitute appearance in another game where he had 0 service? And still the top goal scorer.I hope I eat my words but.. Humphrys doesn’t seem to add anything these days