Return of O'Neill - divided opinion

[john e]

the sunderland team were booed off at half time and in particular full time, when boo's rang around the stadium. i wonder if o'neill will have a paddy about it like he did at the villa..?

is that true they were booed of ? 
 where did you hear this, not saying your wrong but it seems a very quick turnround of attitudes

it is indeed. i made the bizarre decision to find a stream and watch the game. i ignored the booing at half time initially as it could possibly have been directed at the referee after failing to award sunderland a penalty on 42. although it was a pretty half-hearted appeal and unlikely to be for that reason. the loud booing at full time confirmed that it was the sunderland team (and manager?!) that the fans were directing their frustrations towards.

oh and wolves took about three hundred fans so it wouldn't have been them either!

great, fantastic news for a bitter old sod like me, cheered me up a bit after Liverpools win.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Sounded like the usual frustration, unable to break down a lowly side and O'Pube not having the nous to change things around.

Very familiar.

[astonvillan]

the sunderland team were booed off at half time and in particular full time, when boo's rang around the stadium. i wonder if o'neill will have a paddy about it like he did at the villa..?

is that true they were booed of ? 
 where did you hear this, not saying your wrong but it seems a very quick turnround of attitudes

it is indeed. i made the bizarre decision to find a stream and watch the game. i ignored the booing at half time initially as it could possibly have been directed at the referee after failing to award sunderland a penalty on 42. although it was a pretty half-hearted appeal and unlikely to be for that reason. the loud booing at full time confirmed that it was the sunderland team (and manager?!) that the fans were directing their frustrations towards.

oh and wolves took about three hundred fans so it wouldn't have been them either!

great, fantastic news for a bitter old sod like me, cheered me up a bit after Liverpools win.

oh no, i couldn't agree more. it's made my day.

that and the style of football. ball out to sessegnon, cross it in. ball out to sessegnon, cross it in. no ideas. no plan b. sound familiar..?

[Somniloquism]

Even with us, he always seemed to have problems beating Wolves at Home IIRC.

[KevinGage]

I wonder if he'll dredge up the fans reaction again and again in the next few weeks, as he did with us post Tottingham and Wigwam in 2009.

[Greg N'Ash]

Heheheh. How very dare they...

always remember that story he used to delight telling about how he phoned up all the Leicester fans that wrote to him criticising his management at the start of his reign after he'd had a bit of success - the inference being he was always right. Yet to hear of him calling any of our fans admitting they were right. Obviously put off by the potential astronomical phone bill.

[basavfc]

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[Des Little]

How nice if we get the win we need on Saturday.  Three points and a bit of 'banter' for him to reflect on as he makes his way home.  Here's hoping.

[hawkeye]

Can we have the Sunderland pre match thread please

[Legion]

On way.

[Fred]

We are where we are now due to the fact MON walked out 5 days before the season started.
All fans should turn round when he comes out, he turned his back on us and we should on him.
Then forget about him as we need the 3 points.

[eastie]

We are where we are now due to the fact MON walked out 5 days before the season started.
All fans should turn round when he comes out, he turned his back on us and we should on him.
Then forget about him as we need the 3 points.

We are where we are now due to lerner, faulkner and mcleish more than mon!

[luke25]

We are where we are now due to the fact MON walked out 5 days before the season started.
All fans should turn round when he comes out, he turned his back on us and we should on him.
Then forget about him as we need the 3 points.

We can't keep blaming O'Neill for the mess were in now, granted last season he was to blame and no doubt he's left us with some horrible dross on pathetic contracts but the decisions taken by the board since he scurried off have been nothing short of disasterous

[gabbyisgod]

He did it good job at the club whilst he was here but he also spent vast amounts amounts off money on very very average players.

However the way the stupid little idiot left us has undone any 'acheivements' and i will not forgive the man!!

[NQsDiscoPants]

Wow, some real bitterness here!

And to think I only came on to ask how we all thought Darren Bent was sleeping these days; assuming that he lies awake wondering if an extra £10k p/w was worth selling his career for?