Saint86

I don't actually think they are doing that badly, they are dominating games and only 2 points off playoffs... not bad considering they are early in their martin ball journey and have a horrible / disjointed / imbalanced squad

He's a total liablity - Solak should get ahead of this and just sack him immediately (has to happen after the decision regardless), and then use that to "apologise" to the FA.

Good question TBF, not an angle that I've seen discussed anywhere.

Who are we getting in as a stop gap manager then. The Hass(enhuttle), bielsa for some spy gate bants, Steve Cooper? Very outside chance of Eddie Howe - finally getting to see the home dugout at St Mary's... and with a view to his next premier league job being back on the south coast? Or maybe, just maybe, SR will surprise and delight us all (in equal measures) and promote Adz to first team coach?😆

Sunderland player handles the ball first? 😅

Agreed sadly - trousers down, cheeks spread, let the old boys at the EFL and FA take their turns. That SFC in 2026.

There is no evidence of bullying from Eckert (or none that we have seen). It was used as a jumped up and frankly slanderous charge (one that is nearly impossible to shift fully) to justify the extreme sanction. How we didn't appeal this was maddening. Maybe we are waiting for it to be all over and then take legal action, but I doubt it somehow. What's perhaps more likely is that we did spy more often, and so laid down and took the punishment to not face further disciplinary issues.

Everytime parsons has acted in this whole fiasco, it has made it worse. This will be the same. Absolute car crash from him once again, there is surely no way Solak let's it continue after this is all over?🤷

Is parsons for real? "It's about the people.... We've had to spend lots of money on legal fees"... Sure Phil, you don't want to play "the victim" in all this, but then you're making out that we're hard done by because we broke the rules but had to spend lots of money on lawyers to try and avert the due punishment 🙄🤦. Why is he allowed near the press? Absolute Muppet.

Please tell me you guys are joking... There is no scenario where Parsons should be let near the press re spygate prior to it being all resolved, let alone a couple of days before the hearing... His track record on this is worse than appalling... One last chance for him to bury us further I guess.

Well at this point, it's about sports resolution covering their arses.

I think it's just that we're playing the most physical sides in the league away (so far), and they're all being allowed to pick the crap out of us - makes it look worse than it is imo.

We really struggle against the big physical sides that don't even try and play football... Especially when they are allowed to just kick us off the pitch as well. Can beat the likes of swansea, city, millwall etc... but some shit cave man style side with kierfer moore up front is enough to see us off. Time after time. Doesn't help that our defensive shape seems to default to 5 across the back as a flat 5, which is what we've done late on in this game and again let the game go. Just invites sides onto us (like vs lincoln).

We look really tired and jaded this game. Poor subs as well. Too late to react.

Would bring on dobbin and mubama. We need legs.