Like Newcastle under Ashley, the owners rely on the fans' loyalty and big crowds to keep the club going. But you can see the cracks in the support appearing. I know a few lads who are not renewing their season tickets, and TBH why should they? You can get tickets easily enough and financially you do not know what you are buying. No manager, a weak squad, inexperienced and poor players being played and decent players leaving. Only avoided relegation by six points last season, I don't think it's going to get much better next season TBH.

Fluff from the Club so far. No to Dodds. We are all desperately awaiting a new Manager.

You are 100% correct most supporters are totally pissed off with the lack of communication and the lack of future investment from the club

Your right the running of the club is a shambles,should have had new manager in a soon as the last kick of the season👍

Cardiff fan here. Interesting video. I feel your pain. It's about time Sunderland had a bit of success, especially with all the money that's gone into Newcastle these last few years. That aside, I've always admired Sunderland fans. No matter the distance or league position, you guys always travel in numbers. Good luck next season, apart from against us, of course.

I fully expect this to drag on until the players come back and they'll just appoint Dodds to the role permanantly.

Anth , is there anyone out there can confirm that KLD or speakman are still at the club ?….. most clubs carnt shut there owners up ?. But at our club we carnt find them ,, such a tragic way to treat your outstanding fan base ! These 2 guys just don’t get it!,,,,,(rishi sunaks) of the football world !,,,madness,,,

Its been an absolute joke since sacking Mowbray how we’ve been ran and the clock is ticking and Dodds just needs to go completely he’s an idiot and is holding up so many managers from coming but he’s best mates with speakman and kld and they wont do it

Agree with most. But cant sell anyone until transfer market is open

Its at the point now where all the enthusiasm i had built up from getting promoted from League 1 and making championship playoffs the season after had all but evaporated. Im starting to want KLD to fuck off, and ive wanted Speakman to fuck off for ages.

Hi Anth, great video. As you (rightly) say, these things need to be said. Amazed - but sadly not surprised - the new head coach is STILL not resolved. To be fair, it could well be a lot of negotiations are actually going on and the club may not wish to announce anything which could be misinterpreted or prematurely celebrated. Looks like Steve Cooper may well end up at Leicester. Burnley, Hull and Norwich are also after New managers, so it is definitely a tough market at the moment. That said, SAFC should have had a new man in place at the end of last season. Someone they could have announced at the last home game. I do wonder, does KLD seriously understand the sheer potential of the club he owns? Speakman has got much right but also an awful lot wrong. The needless sacking of Mowbray being a case in point. Had the board not been so trigger-happy and frankly short sighted, I feel Mowbray could at least have got us to the play offs again. Obviously Mowbray's health issue would have meant Dodds would take charge for the last few games but we would at the very least have been safe by the end of March and not nervously relying on results well into April. My cousin is a Leicester fan and couldn't believe SAFC fans were talking about relegation. 16th place is lower than we should be, however if you look at the last two seasons in reverse 16th would have been great in our first season back and 6th a real improvement. Viewed the way it happened finishing 10 places below last year can only be seen as a failure. Though I would suggest a greater failure on behalf of the governors than the team. The sooner they can announce a name, the better. I am completely behind Chris Rigg's take on the situation. The issue will be how long is he prepared to wait it out before his itchy feet get the better of him? Thanks for this timely analysis, Anth. Miss your weekly stream in the closed season, so would welcome regular analysis and straight-talking opinion pieces. Cheers! Rob

its not the sqaud the squad is fine its a good manager we need, with mobray we were a playoff team with the other managers we were a relagation team so theres no reason why this club cant be premier league your right its a lack of communication

It not being run in any way Dreyfuss is arrogant he doesn't believe the supporters are worth anything. I don't agree about Dodd's, he is a weak link no decent manager is going to come when they cant have a right hand man they can trust.

All the evidence is the majority owner is both stubborn and vain. Toxic combination, especially as his interest is clearly waning. Shades of Ellis Short’s latter days without ES’s humanity, available funds and generosity. We are in deep trouble and I fear things may deteriorate far more before anything changes.

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Hi Anth, nice to see you (glad to see lots of people understand you, sorry I am clueless on football 😅)

We'll That's the model you and your friends supported