OrangeKhrush 298 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Pretty harsh when he was asked to do a job after the club sold their only striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Seems a bit of a harsh one here. I know they've had a little dip in form, but they're not exactly struggling and are only three points off the play offs at present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted December 5, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, OrangeKhrush said: Pretty harsh when he was asked to do a job after the club sold their only striker. Weird one that "The Black Cats have won just two of their past nine league games and have slipped to ninth, having made the play-offs last season. "BBC Sport I'ts not as if they have slipped into the relegation zone or whatnot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted December 5, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 5, 2023 Crazy decision really. Mowbray is arguably one of the best Sunderland have had in recent seasons and although a dip in form, they could easily move into the playoffs in what is a tough tough league this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 1,117 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 hours ago, OrangeKhrush said: Pretty harsh when he was asked to do a job after the club sold their only striker. Their only striker? Isn't Rusyn a striker? Isn't Burstow a striker? Isn't Luis Semedo a striker? I personally think that it's probably a good decision to get rid of Mowbray now, since Sunderland's performances, weren't meeting expectations in terms of results and consistency. 19 matches into the Championship season and they have already lost 8 league matches. For a team that was looking for a serious crack at promotion this season, I don't think that losing that many matches at this stage of the season is really acceptable. I have to personally question some of Mowbray's selection choices during some matches as well. But at the end of the day, I think this is probably the right time to find a new manager that can get better results and help them with their push for promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 298 Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 they championship is a ruthless league with 10 or so clubs on a level playing field. Yes the results have stuttered but if you change a manager who encourages attacking football and good with youngsters, you open up a problem with the successor. they will have to nail their appointment as if they get it wrong, it will be anarchy. Bruce is 12/1, that's not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted December 5, 2023 Administrator Share Posted December 5, 2023 Think it is a harsh sacking. A dip in form, yes. But isn't it also a very young squad? I thought he was doing alright. Important they keep Jack Clarke in January. He's big for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 298 Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Stan said: Think it is a harsh sacking. A dip in form, yes. But isn't it also a very young squad? I thought he was doing alright. Important they keep Jack Clarke in January. He's big for them. They do, and Mowbray was able to nurture them well. If you go on last seasons form, they seem to be following the same pattern so I don't think there was reason to panic just yet. In my opinion I though he was doing a fabulous job with little financial backing. Either way his is gone and in May we will be able to decide whether it was a good or bad move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,827 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Typical, just as we play them next week. Nee bloke will be in for his first home game v us on a midweek game. Just know that's gonna be doubly difficult now, had the same thing at Rotherham the other week. Considering he took over last year and led them to playoffs, it feels harsh to me. He deserved backing in the January window for sure because it's not as if they were even playing bad football. Sunderland are a top striker away from having a real Top 6 side for me. They have a young squad anyway but they basically have kids to choose from upfront and are heavily reliant on Jack Clarke. They create a lot of chances, they just miss that talismanic striker, be it a permanent or loan. But the owners have panicked. I think they feel a bit of pressure to go up this season or it will just get harder and harder and they can't afford patience. Ultimately, it might work for them if they back the new guy but I think it will hurt a lot of members of Sunderland's squad seeing Mowbray go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,402 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Let's be blunt, he has been sacked for over achieving last season. The talk of him being replaced after losing to Luton would have been one of the most harsh sackings in EFL history. Since then it feels like hes been on borrowed time given the kid that owns them seems content on turning them in to a Temu version of PSG. So i imagine the next manager will be a name we've not heard of that's used to managing in front of 5000 people and we can judge the owner from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab 1,294 Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Looks like they're about to employ the biggest fraud in football, Michael Beale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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