Colin Randall from Salut! Sunderland, who we’ve talked to plenty of times before when yet another United player signs for his club, has spoken to us about hopes for next season after all their spending.
Scott the Red: Were you happy with Sunderland’s performance last season?
Colin Randall: Pleased until the drubbing at St James’ Park, ecstatic after Stamford Bridge, despondent during the slump, moderately satisfied with 10th finish.
STR: Who was your most important player?
CR: Phil Bardsley. Unwanted by Steve Bruce, but won him over with powerhouse performances on either flank, plus a handful of cracking goals
STR: Good ol’ Phil. I’m glad he’s doing so well for himself. What about other United academy lads, O’Shea and Brown? You happy with them? How have they looked in pre-season?
CR: O’Shea picked up an injury in Germany. I was very happy with both signings, even more so when you told me Brown was more highly rated by United fans than O’Shea since it was the capture of the latter that had really enthused me
STR: They’ll both be much missed by United fans. United players aside, how has Sunderland done in the transfer market this summer?
CR: OK. Sad to see Henderson go, happy without being unduly excited with the purchases but we still need creativity on the left and a proven striker.
STR: What are your aspirations for this season?
CR: We seriously need to improve on both consistency and the final finish. Top six may still be beyond us, but eighth shouldn’t be.
STR: How do you rate Bruce’s ability to achieve this?
CR: The time has come for him to show us he has that ability. I like him and remain supportive on balance. He had dreadful luck with injuries last season, but this is now his squad and must start producing.
STR: Where do you think you will finish this season?
CR: I think we will improve on 10th but not by much.
STR: Which player do you think will most important in helping you achieve this?
CR: Gyan up front, O’Shea at the back
STR: Given Sunderland’s usual transfer policy, if you could have your pick of any United players, who would you take?
I see no point in trotting off names we could never attract, so give us Welbeck back permanently
plus Park.
STR: You’re the first to say Park. Nice choice. Finally, who will finish in the top 4? Who will go down?
CR: Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal. Swansea, Wolves and Norwich.
STR: Anything else you want to get off your chest?
CR: I just hope that as well as Sunderland doing better than last season, we see some remnants of the proper spirit of football, ie less diving, play-acting, attempts to get opponents booked or sent off. But I am not holding my breath.
STR: We can dream! Cheers mate, all the best for the season. I’ll be looking out for your results.
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Come on Stealth United!
Thanks Scott the Red and Colin Randall.
Colin, we’ll be looking out for your results, keep Wes, JOS, and the rest of our ex-players happy mate. I’m sure they will bring you joy and possibly silver or europe this season.
Our second team? United reserves!
second XD
Stealth United indeed, famous name as invented by our friend FletchTHEMAN…..
Good luck to them
Good evening CedarsDevil!
Solid team are Sunderland. They’ve done amazing business this year. 20 million for Henderson, bringing in Connor Wickham who is a very good young player (Fergie could have done something with him). It’s a certainty that O’Shea will score a winner against one of our rivals. Last minute header, Sunderland and United fans going mental at the same time, preferably away at Anfield again.
O’Shea and Brown for a total of 5 million ffs.
@cedarsdevil andsmartalex
good evening
Hi there smartalex…….. Feeling great today personally although I believe that I am also losing my mind
On Brown’s old number, Evans now has it (6). While wee Tom now has 23.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2011/Aug/Squad-numbers-announced.aspx?pageNo=2
sachu – welcome back lad!
CedarsDevil – Losing your mind? If you’d lost it, you wouldn’t realise, so there’s hope for you yet. What indications are you basing your sceptical prognosis on?
By the way Terry is a cunt.
Hi sachu – nice to have you back
smartalex – I feel like I am a character in Looney Tunes, this bloody little black duck is driving insane
CedarsDevil – Is that little black duck an advert on RoM? Perhaps you do need a black quack.
Could doctor sachu please get Terry prescription that’ll put him out of his misery. He said he feels hurt…fucking do sucide, Cunt!
hope oshea scores at fuck field
Sunderland is officially my 2nd favourite team!
@sir alexs son
give him a high dose of injection morphine . that will send him into brain damage. wait a minute iam wrong . he is brainless
ROM is complete, we now have a doctor and everyone’s fav Nurse.
surely MG and TC are one and the same
smartalex – Its all in my head, nothing to do with RoM… I am losing i tell you, losing it!
slim
Tread carefully with that one…… Who is everyone’s fav Nurse???
‘ I want him dead, I want his family dead, I want his house burnt to the ground and then I want to piss on the ashes. ‘
@smartalex: Watched the Community Shield replay. That was Tony Strudwick grabbing Fergie and Rene from behind in that celebration.
Gea shud have done better on both goals.
In the first, milner deceives the linesman in giving that foul against Evra.Then our defence fails to clear the cross,both Rio and Vidic goflying to the ground.
The mistake Gea makes is he had to stand his ground or come out to challenge, instead he dives to the right . No idea why he did that.
In the second he misjudged the ball,shud have had it covered.
Not the start Fergie or Gea or anyone of us wanted.
But watch the key point, he did not fold, he stayed the course and got better ,pulling of some good saves in the second half.
This is our man to replace VDS. We just need to be patient. The key here is WE cos the media and thier pundits have written this guy off somewhat.
Lets keep faith in him,WE = Manutd , patience dudes and dudettes.
CedarsDevil – Perhaps you should lay off the wacky baccy. Alternatively, double the dosage!
Sunday sees our return to serious football. I hope that will ease your suffering, if not cure you.
‘You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.’
@Dave Malaysia: Hello mate! You are right, it was Tony Strudwick, thanks. The resolution of the video I was watching will have to take the blame for my confused vision!
Watching the lads again will all but cure me, of that I am sure….
C’Mon UNITED
@CedarsDevil
come on my good man, you know “she’s” everyone fav nurse.you can’t keep her all to yourself.lol
slim
Ah in that case that is fine with me, just thought there may have been another one! lol
So the Boss has spoken, no more signings ,nothing in that direction.
The media are saying its over ,the pursuit of sneidjer.
Still feel ,something will happen before the transfer window closes.
Kuzs and Gibbo are still here.
In the reserves Drinkwater,Matty,Norwood,Recce,Amos are the remaining reserves.
The rest of the players promoted to reserves were done in January and majority this summer.
Nice to see our first year scholars and our second years building the 2011/2012 U-18s.
As for some of u wondering about Pogba. Its normal for our kids to train with the first team,its something that does not happen at other clubs.
And those listed on the first team page are those deemed good enough and registered for this seasons competitions. Does not mean they will play,maybe a Carling Cup .
It is however a reflection on who is progressing enough to be part of the registered team .
So dont hold yr breath on Pogba playing first team unless its the Carling Cup. Be patient.
Doctor in da house.
We’ve lost the two (O’Shea and Brown) for much too less. Nothing we can do about that now though. Good read, as usual- and Stealth Utd sounds brilliant. Hope these lads do us a few favours throughout the season. Not that we’d need them
Dave Malaysia – cleverly’s rise in the summer games especially since the barca victory in the US, has changed the boss’s whole perspective on what he wants in the engine room. That maybe spending 30 million plus, that’s without considering the wages WS wants, has possibly changed everything
Peak a boo.
I.C.U.
(Intensive Care Unit)
Decent club and they have brucey as manager.
We should give em Gibson for £5m and pogba on loan,hell throw in macheda or fiddy cent diouf.
=P
@ Cedars Devil. . . . . . Take it easy on JT . . . It is not new, we all know he is a Cunt@ Cedars Devil. . . . . . Take it easy on JT . . . It is not new, we all know he is a Cunt
@SirAlex’sSon – Good observation on the players #s
This may sound superstitious but the fact that Cleverly got #23 immediately tells me that the SNEIJDER deal is finally dead.
For me, this is a stronger indication that he isn’t coming than any speculative stories in the papers.
Sad day for the WeeWes clique
produce or die no mercy in football HAWAY THE LADS
‘It is 13 years since Wes Brown last made a club debut and he makes his long-awaited first Sunderland appearance at Liverpool on Saturday as one of the old kids on the block.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2025377/Former-Manchester-United-defender-Wes-Brown-relishing-new-start-Sunderland.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
LexxythenigerianRed
Hi, if you are referring to my post at 18:43 then in no way was that directed at Terry, or anyone else for that matter………… Its just a quote from a movie I really like The Untouchables.
I would never wish death on anyone
Liverpool 1:1 Sunderland
Full time
Well done Stealth United!
Brown added: “If you look at history, it always turns out that the top six or seven each season are pretty predictable. We have to change all that. With a few more wins than last season, we have a chance of doing just that.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/the-more-stick-i-get-from-the-liverpool-fans-today-the-better-2336708.html