Alex Neil off to Stoke....

[CarrickBall]

...by the looks of it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1563109501141909506

Cheesy chips meltdown up the A19!

 

[h_m_boro]

Dyche to the mackems.......

 

[Jedi boro]

Love the mackems who live permanently on the past trying to justify sunlun being a bigger club than Stoke.

Two words mackems Stanley Matthew’s.

 

[Colgates_shaving_foam]

Not good for us this.

Neil with a better set of players will be dangerous for us.

Sunderland with that squad will only ever finish mid table at best.

 

[CarrickBall]

It's a bit early in the season to jump ship

I'd jump ship from those ratty scruffs at the earliest possible opportunity if I was him.

 

[Nottyboy]

Not good for us this.

Neil with a better set of players will be dangerous for us.

Sunderland with that squad will only ever finish mid table at best.

Well maybe if he goes then he'll get more out of them but Stoke looked really poor against us and then they lost to Sunderland. I'd be surprised if he want's to leave Sunderland to go to Stoke.

 

[viv_andersons_nana]

Sunderland ARE a bigger club than Stoke aren’t they? They have won more trophies, play in a bigger stadium, have a bigger infrastructure with a productive youth set-up, and would probably have more potential for growth.

 

[Jedi boro]

Sunderland ARE a bigger club than Stoke aren’t they?

No

 

[viv_andersons_nana]

No

What makes Stoke bigger? And what do you measure the size of a club by?

 

[Rofesleg]

Love the mackems who live permanently on the past trying to justify sunlun being a bigger club than Stoke.

Two words mackems Stanley Matthew’s.

Who is Stanley Matthew and what has he got?

 

[Marvanelli]

Sunderland are easily bigger than Stoke in football. Nearly in every aspect.

I'd even argue and say Sunderland's current squad is better than Stoke's.

 

[viv_andersons_nana]

Acknowledging that Sunderland are a big football club doesn’t make you a bad person you know, or somehow less of a Boro supporter. Same goes for Leeds and Newcastle. These are traditionally big clubs with big support.

 

[junos_boots]

Both won 1 trophy in my lifetime, Sunderland was FA Cup as opposed to Stokes league cup. So in my book fairly similar. It is why I believe that Newcastle are the junior North East club as they rank with Hartlepool for trophies won in my lifetime.

 

[allied_assault]

Sunderland are a massive club compared to Stoke City

 

[Rofesleg]

Both won 1 trophy in my lifetime, Sunderland was FA Cup as opposed to Stokes league cup. So in my book fairly similar. It is why I believe that Newcastle are the junior North East club as they rank with Hartlepool for trophies won in my lifetime.

So we are as big as Wigan?

 

[InglebyUTB]

He’s on a 12 month rolling contract with Sunderland.

So presumably he goes there for more money, more job security and more investment in the squad.

 

[Frozen Horse]

Sunderland ARE a bigger club than Stoke aren’t they? They have won more trophies, play in a bigger stadium, have a bigger infrastructure with a productive youth set-up, and would probably have more potential for growth.

Yes, but who really cares about size of club?

For decades people have talked as it it's a good thing if their club is a "big club" but I'm not sure why. Looks like Alex Neil is about to give another demonstration of how insignificant size of club is.

Neil might feel Stoke have more if a future than Sunderland. Surely that's more important than anything that has happened in the past.

 

[Nobby_Barnes]

Of course Sunderland are a bigger club than Stoke City...
Get in the real world
Thanks

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

This board will never agree what defines the size of a club.

 

[junos_boots]

So we are as big as Wigan?

Based on my lifetime, yes.