Meanwhile, Kristjaan Speakman has a plan for next season: sell Anthony Patterson, Pierre Ekwah, Dan Neil, and of course Jack Clarke.
That should raise a few quid, and no doubt this is ‘good’ business for the club, but it means that we’ll start all over again, trying to improve young lads and sell again for profit.
This is the plan, but promotion to the Premier League is a dream.
We have owners and shareholders who are some of the richest in the world in Dreyfus and company, yet our only plan is as above. No plan B, and we won’t buy anyone if it involves a fee of any amount.
Either Dreyfus changes the project by buying some players in their mid-twenties with Championship experience, or if his arrogance doesn’t allow for that, it’s time to sell.
In my opinion, this season is over as far as the playoffs are concerned, and we should be more worried about being dragged into a relegation fight.
Points-wise, we’re perfectly placed between the two and the way things are going, I can’t see us picking up nine more points, let alone making up the gap to the playoffs.
I think this summer might be a wake up call for the Sunderland faithful, with the transfer business that could be done.
The outgoings could be devastating with what I see as our five most saleable assets of Jack Clarke, Dan Ballard, Jobe, Dan Neil and Anthony Patterson. If we lose too many of them and replace them with more cheap foreign imports, relegation will be a good bet.
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