New manager's to do list: 1. watch all of AltEndings videos; and 2. address all the weaknesses that he is able to see but that professional coaches appear oblivious to.

@altending

Ай бұрын

Ha...very kind. Some coaches are very smart and have reasons for seeing things, but plenty of them get basics that all of us can see wrong. Going for so long without proper corner or free kick plans is something not even the local U10s side is guilty of.

Probably the best SAFC video Ive seen. Nutshell.

@altending

Ай бұрын

Very kind of you. There's a bunch more you might like in that case.

What a magnificent synopsis of where we have screwed up. This guy knows more about the situation than anyone running the club. They would do well by watching this before they make the next crucial step of appointing new coaching staff. Great work AltEnding.

@altending

Ай бұрын

I wonder if prospective coaches plough around social media in the 'research when applying' phase? Here's hoping they do.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, AltEnding for Sunderland Manager

@altending

Ай бұрын

I could surely do better than Dodds two wins in 13 games?

“They have to get it right this summer”. Too right Alt, too right. Thanks for another thought provoking video.

Excellent

100% spot on assessment. If there is ever a fan buy-out, we need you to be the chair with your assessment of the games and the club. I especially agree with the part on Luke. I too love the guy, but he isn't a CB. At the same time, I don't know if he could fulfil the Holding/Defensive Midfielder role all the time. Keep him as a squad player. Does open up the captaincy question

@altending

Ай бұрын

Very kind of you. On the Captain - Surely one of Ballard or Neil? I like LON, but I don't think he's a leader on the pitch in the way those two can be/are.

@Fudgie05

Ай бұрын

@altending For me, it has to be Dan Neil. He's our own James Milner. Does a lot of the stuff that goes unnoticed, and he's showing his leadership skills already. One of our quick break goals, when Clarke scored, started with Patto listening to Neil

You should send your resume in before it's too late. You seem to see far more than anyone at the club is seeing. Great video!

@altending

Ай бұрын

We just need a decent appointment and it isn't hard to find them on the criteria of our needs - especially given the clubs resources in data and scouting. That we waste opportunities to appoint on the most important role in the club is the problem. Dodds shows the result of this...imagine what results a good one could deliver. Much more than I can see in my videos.

@scottbrown4695

Ай бұрын

@@altending I can clearly see some of the problems from all the way over here in Thailand. How Dodds, Proctor and Speakman can't identify the blindingly obvious problems from in front of their noses every day is incredibly disappointing and borders on amateurish given the resources at their disposal. This is not a Sunday morning pub league. The second half of last season was a really wasted opportunity and extremely dull to watch after the relative excitement of attacking football under Mowbray.

Can't really argue with any of that... Excellent summation of our state!

@altending

Ай бұрын

Putting it together made me realise we are further away from being a promotion side that I thought. We live in hope. Good to hear from you.

As bang on as assessments go, so many issues with so little done to resolve it. The way the season fizzled out like a lame dog was a worrying sight we could surely be in trouble next season if these things aren't addressed and fast, which will be hard for any new manager coming in especially if the club goes for the cheaper option once again...

@altending

Ай бұрын

I worry we will end up with a manger by virtue of no one else taking them and it will be disaster again. I hope so very much I am wrong.

@beanburgerman8087

Ай бұрын

I do too, I don't think I could handle another beal...

Great video as always mate

@altending

Ай бұрын

TY, not a great topic though. I wish we could be looking up instead of assessing the fallout all the time.

The set-piece issue has been utterly baffling for such a long time… One of the things that brought Arsenal so close real success this season was their decision to maximise those opportunities by employing a specialist set-piece coach. We’ve somehow contrived consistently to minimise ours! With regards to Luke… I love that lad to bits, but I’ve said for years that it remains a cold, hard fact that he joined us (from Wycombe Wanderers!) as a very good third tier footballer, and that he remains… whatever position he plays! That’s a good standard, but it ain’t what we’re aiming for. The third thing I want to say is that the striker issue is a distraction. Arsenal very nearly won the league this season, playing expansive, scintillating football and scoring 91 goals in the process, and in Germany Bayern Leverkusen put together arguably the best season ever seen in a top European league, scoring 89 goals in 34 games. Their top scorers were, respectively, Saka, with 16, and Boniface, 14. So on a par with Clarke then. It’s not about who we put on the pitch but how we get the best out of what we have and, as you’ve eloquently demonstrated, neither Beale or Dodds did that… It’s not just personnel, it’s style as well.

@altending

Ай бұрын

Good points. And for the record I like Luke too. His range of passing from the back is great, but it should be a worry that he remains a first choice center half, because that isn't compatible with promotion.

@geofflaidlaw7496

Ай бұрын

As O’Nien was unquestionably one of our better players last season, where does that leave the rest of the squad?

@altending

Ай бұрын

@geofflaidlaw7496 Recruitment has been poor. Triantis isn't ready. Forwards not good enough, no replacement CDM. I mentioned all these in the vid as well. It is surely not in contention that Ballard is our best choice centre half and that Luke has been excellent cover but should not still be our second best centre half. He is and has performed well enough there, but the fact he is still an automatic for the team sheet at centre half speaks volumes about the lack of quality and depth in our backline, don't you think? It isn't wrong to think our ambition should be to have a back line he isn't good enough to get into. That's not the same as saying he's rubbish or blaming him for things.

Love it!

@altending

Ай бұрын

Thank you. Easy enough to correct these things. We just need to appoint a competent manager and get them in soon enough to have time with the squad.

As usual, I can't disagree with anything you said - and some great insights that never occurred to me. Credit to Dodds in one respect - he is a master of football manager cliche. He must have studied a lot of post match excuses... 'at the end of the day, it is what it is, a game of two halfs, and 90% of it is half mental..'

@altending

Ай бұрын

We need someone competent with a clear philosophy and the ability to use the staff to put it into action. Fingers crossed.

Absolutely spot on summation! Alt has written the recovery plan for SAFC. Remove the failures including the pathetically clueless coaches Dodds and Proctor. That team didn’t looked coached at all for the second part of the season. The new man needs to bring his own coaching staff not being shackled by those who clearly should be nowhere near a professional football club.

@altending

Ай бұрын

I honestly think if you make the sort of improvements I suggest, we would have more points and maybe be in the play offs. Thanks for the support. Glad you liked it. The idea clubs are full of football super gurus is a myth.

Great video. I really think a lot of our issues was 100% on the manager. The squad isn’t balanced, but I really think if we had a good manager we finish top half. Excited with where we’re at. I don’t think we’re that far away from promotion

@altending

Ай бұрын

We do need some added quality in the team, but a lot of things could be put right with clarity of purpose and some solid coaching. The new guy needs to be good and not 4th choice on the scrapheap.

Great video mate

@altending

Ай бұрын

Thank you. I just hope that by mid-July we are in a happier situation. Just noticed you're at the 2 yr subs marks. TYVM. Glad I can still make something worth your time.

@oliver29731

Ай бұрын

@@altending ahh yes I subbed around April 2022. Doesn’t seem that long tbh

@altending

Ай бұрын

It isn't, but it is very near the start of the channel. I was only doing 30 second goal clips then...first thing I did. You've seen me go through a few ideas to get to the stuff I do today. Thanks for the support.

Great to see you back Alt. As you rightly said, coaching for attacking/defending corners + other points can all be improved with targeted coaching - we'd get an immediate team upgrade. This has been going on for so long, it's bordering on incompetence. I think we're also pretty rubbish at throw ins as well. On a different note - with benefit of hindsight, I wonder if Graeme Murty might have been a better choice as end of season manager. He's done really well with U21s and first team isn't that much older + he has managerial experience. Unfortunately was never going to happen as he doesn't fit the model. Cheers

@altending

Ай бұрын

Agreed on the throw-ins. Yes perhaps Murty, I can only hope that Dodds has burnt his bridges with the ownership with his abject performance. Let's see. Everything might start looking better in a fortnight.

Well put together as we've come to expect from you. However, the main problem is the people picking the next head coach .We were told it would be dynamic front-foot football with the head coach being interchangeable. This was supposed to be a well-thought-out plan. There's little evidence of this. There should be some commonality. between the coaches, you would think. The only commonality between Niel, Mowbray, Beale, and Dodds is they've all criticized the model in other words the recruitment..niel didn't vocally criticize it but it was certainly a factor in him not taking the job. Mowbray was the only one who fitted the front-foot rhetoric. They were looking to replace last summer but didn't follow through, thus achieving nothing other than undermining a man who had done a remarkable job. They then expected him to repeat that without addressing the squad's deficiencies in competing in a stronger division than the previous season. You did a video pointing out his shortcomings, No argument with that. video but for me, it was the poor recruitment that had taken us as far as we could go not Mowbray. We will never know because he was sacked in a fit of petulance after he told the home truth about the poor recruitment one too many times, It was a cowardly act..He was a scapegoat for said poor recruitment. At the time I described his sacking as harsh but ok we have a well-oiled succession plan. That turned out to be pure rhetoric. All this is bad enough but add on a man whose upbringing is steeped in football claiming he didn't know the significance of the derby. A statement up there with I had a condition which meant I was unable to sweat at the time and I drove to Barney Castle to see if I could drive to London as some of the great absurd statements of recent times Unless KLD and Speakman learn from their mistakes a new head coach won't make any difference. .

@altending

Ай бұрын

Agreed. They've said a bunch of horse shit and been found out about it too many times and their line of credit is running out. I just hope they understand how crucial it is to get this appointment right. Evidence to the contrary...Mowbray was not a planned appointment, but a desperate 'who's available' one and Beale must either have been a great liar or the board are idiots, because his football isn't anything like they claimed to want and there was no data to support him being chosen for the job. They were unprepared when they fired Mowbray. Roll on June 1st and the hope that they have learnt their lesson.

Pray like mad. He needs a miracle to keep them out of L1

@altending

Ай бұрын

We've got too much to be relegated but the last 12 games under Dodds shows just what difference a poor manager an make.

Que the we were patient to get the coach we wanted when we all know they’re a last gasp appointment. I want to be wrong but I’m preparing myself for a difficult season because I can only see it being too little too late before ownership takes note

@altending

Ай бұрын

Exactly. No one believes their schtick anymore. If we get to the first week of June and still don't have an appointment we can fear the worst.

Great video. Did I miss the TA DA video or is it yet to drop?

@altending

26 күн бұрын

Yet to drop. I have been on holiday for a week, so will get it done when I return next week.

Get employed would be a start!

Great video, especially the points about onien. I tend to agree that we need to bring in an experienced natural CB at this level but out of interest, would you still keep onien around as a squad player/ change his position? I think I would, but I also think his days as a midfielder are well past it (especially at championship level) and CB is actually his best position now.

@altending

Ай бұрын

Yes I would. He's great cover for a few positions and his experience and commitment to the cause is beneficial.

Cheers, son's crying. Nice one.

@altending

Ай бұрын

One day in a distant future, being a Sunderland fan will not equal disappointment. Right now I'd just settle for a decent appointment. Reckon we'll know roughly where we stand come the end of the first week in June.

I accept all that but do not feel that O’Nien’s performances, whilst not without faults, was not one of our most pressing problems.

@altending

Ай бұрын

You're right it isn't. It's just a symptom of our poor recruitment. He's been great, but we should have better at centre half if we want to be promoted. At the same I said the same thing of our forwards and of replacing Corry Evans, which also hasn't happened. All of those positions and players reflect the same problem that has hampered us. It isn't a Luke specific thing.

@Phi1l

Ай бұрын

I think O'Nien's been auditioning for a goalkeeper vacancy lately

I agree with most of it but I can't agree with the O9 bit he was literally playing for a top 6 side last season and was our only CB. Had luton's 2 strikers in his back pocket in the playoff semi. Our most consistent performers this season have been Jack Clarke, our 2 CBs along with Dan Neil hence the surprisingly good defensive record.

@jonny_t0263

Ай бұрын

The mags game being a money grab is a myth, its the fa cup rules man 9,000 Liverpool fans were at OT no one was crying about that.

@altending

Ай бұрын

They club only agreed when NUFC offered to pay for all the costs of the bubble. Add to that the Black Cats bar and the prices. Regardless, the whole thing was a PR disaster that they underestimated. On Luke, I don't think he was first choice centre half last season and the team scraped into the top six on the lowest points total in over ten years. I'm not sure that is a vindication of him being a promotion winning centre half. That said, he's definitely still first choice centre half, but that's my problem. We need to be stronger in this position as a team.

@jonny_t0263

Ай бұрын

@altending I obviously despise the mags and have been surrounded by them my whole life but I just think there's stuff far more important than that newcastle game. I don't get the grudge around it tbh just move on lol. People act like kld and speakman were happily painting the howay the lads themselves, in that case it would be unforgivable. Surely the reason it was a low top 6 tally was because we had lost our 1 goal per game striker and both our LBs were out? Not because luke was at CB, the guy who is to blame for everything apparently. We wanna play attacking football, he's the most dynamic CB at bringing the ball out in the league.

@altending

Ай бұрын

@jonny_t0263 You miss the point. I am not blaming him. I was suggesting that your claim he is a top six centre half based on last season isn't really true as it was a ten yr low for 6th and he wasn't even main choice centre half. He has played well. He gets little or no blame from me. Suggesting that we should have at least two centre halves as good as Ballard in order to get promoted isn't blaming Luke.

@altending

Ай бұрын

The Mags stuff is irrelevant to the football . I was just trying to build a case (with other things in that section) that they aren't honest with us. If they spoke to us honestly then they might make better choices. Of course I might still be wrong in the overall point, but the Mags stuff was combined with other points of them trying to pull the wool over our eyes.

Great video mate, it reassures me that we are run by charlatans on and off the pitch

@altending

Ай бұрын

Let's hope they can convince us in the next month with a great appointment and some good signings. At least get us a set piece coach.

We need to get a manager first ffs 😂😂😂😂

I often go into seasons with fresh optimism, even at our lowest ebb, but something about the beginning of the season just feels different. Feels off. Really hope I'm wrong.

@altending

Ай бұрын

Ha'way marra, plenty of time before the season starts yet. Might turn out ok. Keep the faith.

These video's are essential viewing for any SAFC supporter and this is another excellent analysis. Any thoughts on the ideal coach with a history of solving the kind of issues we have currently?

@altending

Ай бұрын

Of the candidates mentioned for us, I'd take in this order - Svensson looked an excellent choice. Probably out of our league and gone now anyway. - Still has a good (albeit short record) of working with young players for outfits against the odd and with lesser players and lesser resources than other teams and has pulled off remarkable results. He might do well with our situation. - Not sure about Maric...bit of an unknown quantity. - Rosenior is a meh. - Heckingbottom doesn't have what's required

What does he need to do? Take the job.

Appointing a member of your coaching staff as an interim manager is a cheap, temporary option, but if they perform like Dodds, it undermines their credibility to coach once a new manager is appointed.

@altending

Ай бұрын

Yep and I'm afraid his credit is all gone. The changes required are simple enough, but he can't deliver them.

Thank you for calling out our use of Onien at CB. Just cause he is a nice guy who works hard doesn't mean he is good enough at the position.

@altending

Ай бұрын

I like the guy and he has merits, but he isn't the answer in a good side. Thanks for the recent sub btw. What vid brought you in out of curiosity?

@steelzmickd6888

Ай бұрын

@@altending been watching you for a while

@altending

Ай бұрын

TY, glad I am not disappointing you then.

Say NO to speakman

Luke Onien is a massive liability

@altending

Ай бұрын

He has merits and I can see why he gets selected, but that says more about squad depth and transfer business than it does about him as a centre-half.