helmut_rooster Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DobbinTheDonkey Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Well one Lincoln, just shows you do not have to spend millions and millions and millions and millions. One game away from the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owlinmad Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 They were really good first half. Second half bottled it. No urgency, poor decision making, poor defending, individual errors. Sound familiar ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew1974 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 More players out of contract than us, including their 30 goal top scorer. Be interesting to see how it goes for them in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildatheart67 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 If if Lincoln beat Blackpool in final will be first time in 50 years they will have been so high in league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheff74 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Sunderland will be contenders again next season with Johnson at the helm. Could have done with them buggering off to be honest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, Sheff74 said: Sunderland will be contenders again next season with Johnson at the helm. Could have done with them buggering off to be honest. Big rivals for the Papa John's Trophy Northern Section. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 27 minutes ago, Sheff74 said: Sunderland will be contenders again next season with Johnson at the helm. Could have done with them buggering off to be honest. Nailed on we will play them first game at home, we might get 30,000 if allowed though 15,000 will be those who have won pairs of tickets over past 14 months in owls foundation draw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Dec1966 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 1 hour ago, mildatheart67 said: If if Lincoln beat Blackpool in final will be first time in 50 years they will have been so high in league. 5 years ago they were non league and we were on the way to the PL. What a mess. Sickening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildatheart67 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Actually it's awesome. Hope they get to Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialist_Owl Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Thick planks, video on Twitter where they confront Lee Johnson postmatch. Absolute nobheads 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWEDFM Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Sheff74 said: Sunderland will be contenders again next season with Johnson at the helm. Could have done with them buggering off to be honest. They remind me of United when they were stuck in League One and couldn't get out of it. Their top scorer Wyke will be off in the summer as he's out of contract and Lee Johnson hasn't done anything of note as a manager to suggest they will be contenders next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 8 hours ago, Sheff74 said: Sunderland will be contenders again next season with Johnson at the helm. Could have done with them buggering off to be honest. Agreed. They’ll be up there again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaOwl Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Before laughing too loudly about Sunderland's plight, it is worth remembering that they entered League One with the remnants of a Premier League squad and were still receiving parachute payments. We are now entering League One with a threadbare squad and without that financial luxury. If Sunderland couldn't get out of the mess they found themselves in, what makes folks so sure we will fair any better? In fact as things stand right now, Rotherham are probably in a better position for a quick return to the Championship than us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Bleedin typical. Live 18 miles from Lincoln's ground and we could be in different leagues next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 18 hours ago, DobbinTheDonkey said: Well one Lincoln, just shows you do not have to spend millions and millions and millions and millions. One game away from the Championship. Absolutely, being consistent is the key. You don't necessarily have to spend and get the best players, although if you can get the best players, and also be consistent then you are onto a winner. Some luck might need throwing into the mix too with injuries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheff74 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 10 hours ago, IWEDFM said: They remind me of United when they were stuck in League One and couldn't get out of it. Their top scorer Wyke will be off in the summer as he's out of contract and Lee Johnson hasn't done anything of note as a manager to suggest they will be contenders next season Johnson was a decent manager in the championship, without being exceptional. He got Sunderland to the playoffs in the league below at the first attempt, and I reckon he is well equipped to have another pop at promotion given a full season. We'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheff74 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 6 hours ago, ChinaOwl said: Before laughing too loudly about Sunderland's plight, it is worth remembering that they entered League One with the remnants of a Premier League squad and were still receiving parachute payments. We are now entering League One with a threadbare squad and without that financial luxury. If Sunderland couldn't get out of the mess they found themselves in, what makes folks so sure we will fair any better? In fact as things stand right now, Rotherham are probably in a better position for a quick return to the Championship than us. You are bang on there. I completely get the need to be positive, but right now we need to recruit half a team, whilst still (seemingly) having problems paying the players that are here. Sadly it seems like we are stuck with our financial woes too, as DC is unlikely to attract significant investment at this level and his frankly absurd valuation of the club will have potential buyers laughing in his face. Also as much as I like DM, and agree that he knows the league well, he doesn't have a promotion on his CV. Folk can speculate about whether he would have taken Donny up, but results had started to stall before he moved to us, and a lot of their fanbase were starting to question whether he could get over the playoff line. Whether that was because his head had been turned we will never know. We might get it right straight away, but the smart money is pointing towards a gradual recovery, rather than bouncing back straight away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Problem is, for us, Sunderland etc., is the expectation of promotion is always going to be there. The likes of Lincoln and others, that pressure won't be there as much and I think it can be a real burden for some players at this level. Whether reasonable or not, anything bar promotion, will be deemed a real failure. Seeing it with Sundeland now and similar with Dem Blades, Leeds and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialist_Owl Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Sheff74 said: Johnson was a decent manager in the championship, without being exceptional. He got Sunderland to the playoffs in the league below at the first attempt, and I reckon he is well equipped to have another pop at promotion given a full season. We'll see Had 7 or 8 match run without a win this season... That club still has some obvious deficiencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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