Under en mÄned til alvoret starter og under 14 dager til det som skulle ha vÊrt treningskamp i Utrecht.
Avlyst da Sunderland spiller i samme land og knappe 3 mil unna.
Argumentasjonen er at Sunderland var fĂžrst, at billetter er solgt og reiseplaner gjort.
Dette synes jeg var unĂždvendig.

Jeg har ingen tro pÄ at enkeltpersoner skal eie en klubb. Newcastle er i sÄ mÄte bare ett eksempel pÄ hvor vanvittig galt det kan gÄ.
Barcelona er et godt eksempel pÄ en medlemsbedrift i idrettens verden, Rosenborg er et annet.
Det vil vĂŠre direktĂžrer og andre fotfolk til Ă„ bestemme og utfĂžre det et valgt styre bestemmer akkurat slik vi har det politisk i Norge.
Mike Ashley vil kanskje fÞre til noe positivt, at flere ser at bortskjemte pappagutter, sheiker med gryn eller dyktige forretningsfolk uten peiling pÄ fotball ikke bÞr ha noe med eierskap i idretten Ä gjÞre.

ForstÄr hvorfor dette er gjort.

Under er 6 ting Newcastles hemmelige agent som manager i Sunderland mÄ eller ikke mÄ gjÞre.-Alt etter som.
Flere komiske innslag om det samme har dukket opp og Alan Shearer fÄr det unektelig enklere med Ä fÄ Newcastle oppigjen:

Six things that Steve Bruce must do at Sunderland
Anton Ferdinand looks on in dismay as Sunderland lose to Portsmouth
Kaveh Solhekol
Sunderland have moved quickly to appoint a new manager and these are some of the things that Steve Bruce has to do in his first summer at the Stadium of Light.

1. Forget about Newcastle United

Bruce has made no secret of the fact that he supports Newcastle, but most Sunderland fans are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Now that Newcastle have been relegated, Bruce will not have to worry about facing them next season – unless they are drawn against each other in one of the cups – which should give him plenty of time to win over the one in ten fans who are reported to be underwhelmed by his appointment. Bruce can also remind the doubters that Bob Stokoe, who played for Newcastle, led Sunderland to FA Cup glory at Wembley in 1973.

2. Attracting the right players to the club

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Bruce is expected to have up to £50 million to spend on new players, although in reality he may get less than half of that to spend this summer. That should not be a problem for a manager with good contacts around the world – while at Wigan Athletic, Bruce picked up bargains such as Luis Antonio Valencia and Wilson Palacios.

3. Hold on to what he has got

Sunderland players such as Kieran Richardson, Dean Whitehead and Kenwyne Jones will be linked with other clubs in the off-season and Bruce has to decide whether to cash in or keep his best players. The futures of Craig Gordon and Paul McShane will also need to be sorted out.

4. Plan to stick around

Bruce has been a manager for 11 years but he has already changed jobs six times. How long will he stay at the Stadium of Light? Sunderland fans will have every right to be angry if he does walk out on the club because he has everything a manager needs – money, rich owner, sensible chairman, loyal fans, modern stadium. And he's back in his native North East, just 30 miles away from where he was born.

5. Put his arm around Anton Ferdinand

Great things were expected when the centre half agreed to swap West Ham United for Wearside last year, but so far he has done little to justify his ÂŁ8 million price-tag after a promising start. A horrendous mistake away to Portsmouth in the penultimate game of last season could have relegated Sunderland and Bruce, a former centre back himself, will need to work the same magic that he used on Titus Bramble at Wigan to turn Ferdinand into a top-class defender.

6. Answer his phone

Apparently, the writing was on the wall for Roy Keane in December last year when he ignored a couple of calls from Ellis Short, the American businessman who bought the club last month. Steve, if your phone’s ringing and Ellis Short’s name comes up on the display, take a deep breath, press answer and say, “Hello, Mr Short. What can I do for you?”

Vel talt !
Publikumsrekorden i Coca Cola burde vÊre en smal sak. Opprykk blir nok verre, men burde kunne vÊre oppnÄelig hvis da ikke panikken inntar Ashley enda en gang.
Ingen god greie Ä vite at det hele ligger i hendene pÄ en som har greidd Ä rote ting til sÄ til de grader.......

Vel talt, men feil. Om du sÄ Boro pÄ St. James Park sÄ var de patetiske. De hadde garantert rykket ned fra Tippeligaen ogsÄ.
Og nÄr de beste spillerne som var med der forsvinner blir det for lett.
Ikke at de ikke har sjanser pÄ direkte opprykk, men neppe som vinner. Den plassen tar Newcastle.

Merkelige greier. En Sunderland-supporter som er mer optimistisk pÄ Newcastles vegne, enn den jevne Newcastle-supporter.

Vi har noen Ludwiger hos oss ogsÄ...............

Uansett. NÄr vi ser lista, skjÞnner vi at vi kan kjÞpe mange lovende unggutter for den lÞnna der. Jeg hÄper vi fÄr beholde Beye, Duff, Harps, Tayls, Bassong (As if), Enrique (ikke sansynlig, men kanskje han blir for lÞnna), Guthrie, Nolan, Carroll, Edgar, Raylor, LÞven(ny kontrakt), Shola blir vi aldri kvitt, Dukes en sesong til med mindre lÞnn.

SÄ fÄr vi anledning til Ä matche vÄre unggutter i CCC, og jeg har trua pÄ at Kazenga, Tamas og Nile kan vokse stort pÄ mer tillitt i Är

Du har tatt poenget. Her er det snakk om Ä ta et skritt tilbake fÞr en kan gÄ fem skritt fram.