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Cookie would be mad to take that job the club is in limbo nobody knowing who will own or run it . Fabulous club and fans but unstable at the present and a poison chalice until taken over and stabilised.
May all depend on ££££££s like everything else in the game.
I would like him to stay as we could shock a few next year especially at home when better sides come and play an open game.They’re in talks to be taken over by a guy who owns Eastleigh with little financial backing of his own. Contracts mean they have to discard most of their 1st team, and have numerous multi-million transfers still to pay. It’s difficult to imagine a much worse option for a manager like Cook.
They’ll do what North East clubs always do when they’re in trouble, apoint someone with local links, hoping enthusiasm overcomes all.
Steve Bruce is interested.
He says he feels like he’s been shopping in Aldi and could be shopping in charity shop soon!
Not a chance Cookie will go to Sunderland.
He has his head screwed on.
Even silly money would only be for a very short time, and he would have failure on his CV.
He’s a wise cookie. Trust me, he’ll still be here.They’re in talks to be taken over by a guy who owns Eastleigh with little financial backing of his own. Contracts mean they have to discard most of their 1st team, and have numerous multi-million transfers still to pay. It’s difficult to imagine a much worse option for a manager like Cook.He’s fronting a consortium that are planning to take over the club after the current owner has settled all debts, meaning we start debt free with a £38m parachute payment due. Not a bad starting point for a 3rd division club. I seem to recall Latics being dubbed the Man Utd of League 1 with their £9m parachute payment in 2015 – that must make Sunderland the Real Madrid and Barcelona of League 1. 16,000 season tickets sold before it was announced that Ellis Short is on his way – probably another 10,000 sold once the new owners take charge. Its going to be fun at some of these grounds next season – they’ll never have seen away support like it.
Onward and upward!
They’re in talks to be taken over by a guy who owns Eastleigh with little financial backing of his own. Contracts mean they have to discard most of their 1st team, and have numerous multi-million transfers still to pay. It’s difficult to imagine a much worse option for a manager like Cook.
He’s fronting a consortium that are planning to take over the club after the current owner has settled all debts, meaning we start debt free with a £38m parachute payment due. Not a bad starting point for a 3rd division club. I seem to recall Latics being dubbed the Man Utd of League 1 with their £9m parachute payment in 2015 – that must make Sunderland the Real Madrid and Barcelona of League 1. 16,000 season tickets sold before it was announced that Ellis Short is on his way – probably another 10,000 sold once the new owners take charge. Its going to be fun at some of these grounds next season – they’ll never have seen away support like it.
Onward and upward![/quote]
Sounds great, enjoy your trips to Walsall and Accrington Stanley mutts old bean.
From Matlock to ManU
What a journey!They’re in talks to be taken over by a guy who owns Eastleigh with little financial backing of his own. Contracts mean they have to discard most of their 1st team, and have numerous multi-million transfers still to pay. It’s difficult to imagine a much worse option for a manager like Cook.
He’s fronting a consortium that are planning to take over the club after the current owner has settled all debts, meaning we start debt free with a £38m parachute payment due. Not a bad starting point for a 3rd division club. I seem to recall Latics being dubbed the Man Utd of League 1 with their £9m parachute payment in 2015 – that must make Sunderland the Real Madrid and Barcelona of League 1. 16,000 season tickets sold before it was announced that Ellis Short is on his way – probably another 10,000 sold once the new owners take charge. Its going to be fun at some of these grounds next season – they’ll never have seen away support like it.
Great news to have finally found your level also now you can say your a massive club unlike in championship and in premiership
Onward and upward![/quote]Most will have seen away support like it as the grounds Sunderland visit give away fans a small allocation. Doncaster is one of the exceptions and they certainly will have seen away support like it before.
So how much out of pocket has Ellis Short left with after financing Sunderlands recent failures? or has he paid the debts off with parachute money? Have the cosortium paid Short for the club? Its all so intriguing how these football finances work.Ellis Short will have lost Hundreds of millions during his tenure – enough to fill a ship full of war chests. The last published accounts showed a debt of £130m, of which around £60m was to him. This last year has been one of austerity, so a fair amount of the debt will have been reduced. Pickford went for £30m, but only £1.5m was made available for player purchase – most of which went on James Vaughan, before he was flogged to Wigan for the same amount. There will be little difficulty attracting the cream of that standard to Sunderland, because its the only chance some of these players will have to play in front of 20,000+ crowds on a regular basis – same with whoever comes to manage.
I doubt the likes of Scunthorpe, Southend, Walsall, Oldham, Gillingham, Charlton, Plymouth are going to turn down the opportunity to have that end behind the goal full instead of the handful of supporters they generally accommodate – 3rd tier depends on attendances, and the difference between 400 paying £25 and 4000 paying £25 means a great deal to the home side’s finances.
Enjoy the championship next season – with or without Cook.
Ellis Short will have lost Hundreds of millions during his tenure – enough to fill a ship full of war chests. The last published accounts showed a debt of £130m, of which around £60m was to him. This last year has been one of austerity, so a fair amount of the debt will have been reduced. Pickford went for £30m, but only £1.5m was made available for player purchase – most of which went on James Vaughan, before he was flogged to Wigan for the same amount. There will be little difficulty attracting the cream of that standard to Sunderland, because its the only chance some of these players will have to play in front of 20,000+ crowds on a regular basis – same with whoever comes to manage.I doubt the likes of Scunthorpe, Southend, Walsall, Oldham, Gillingham, Charlton, Plymouth are going to turn down the opportunity to have that end behind the goal full instead of the handful of supporters they generally accommodate – 3rd tier depends on attendances, and the difference between 400 paying £25 and 4000 paying £25 means a great deal to the home side’s finances.
Enjoy the championship next season – with or without Cook.
If Cook goes to Sunderland, he needs his head testing. Even I, fresh from leading Leeds to win the Championship, 28 points clear from the second team and with 118 points as only 2 games lost in a season on Football Manager, wouldn’t fancy taking on that job.
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