And Its Smith Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Fordy62 said: A Mate has just text to tell me that apparently the decision to leave was mutual and LJ is off to join Pep at Man City. Someone is winding you up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhurst Red Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 He's gone alright! https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11695/12529081/sunderland-sack-head-coach-lee-johnson-following-6-0-defeat-by-bolton-in-league-one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just now, Fordy62 said: A Mate has just text to tell me that apparently the decision to leave was mutual and LJ is off to join Pep at Man City. He wants Rugby lines on The Etihad's pitch I expect, Johnson can advise with his full USP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Red Exile said: Sunderland was always a gamble for him...going to a club that actually expected to win promotion, something LJ has never achieved as a manager at any level in well over 400 matches and never looked like achieving with us for all the 'clubs in the bag' he was handed. Be interesting to see what he does next. What he does next is a genuinely interesting question… I think it’ll probably be league one again. 1 minute ago, And Its Smith said: Someone is winding you up! Oh Dave. Hang your head! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomThumb84 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just now, Fordy62 said: What he does next is a genuinely interesting question… I think it’ll probably be league one again. Gas - if/when Joey implodes (further). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Warnock to Sunderland is a rumour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Robin Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Shame that it's not worked out for LJ at Sunderland. Seems a bit of a knee jerk decision given that they're 3rd in the league. I find the malice and vitriol towards him from some of our fans rather peculiar. Of course he has flaws (as all managers do), but I have no doubt that he gave his all during his time here and always had the best interest of the club at heart. (The same can't be said for Ashton, however, who I think is much more deserving of disrespect). 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just now, Fordy62 said: What he does next is a genuinely interesting question… I think it’ll probably be league one again. I wonder what the record is for number of games managed without ever gaining a promotion? He's currently on 449. I know he liked to set records. I'd have said LJ was a perfect fit for a club with lots of resources and limited expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNick Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Red Exile said: Sunderland was always a gamble for him...going to a club that actually expected to win promotion, something LJ has never achieved as a manager at any level in well over 400 matches and never looked like achieving with us for all the 'clubs in the bag' he was handed. Be interesting to see what he does next. I agree. I think it was a bold move and was surprised he went for it. He's done his profile some real damage though I think - fired from mid table championship, fired from really big budget/club in L1. Not sure where he goes next, he needs to win something when he does though. Just now, Red Exile said: I wonder what the record is for number of games managed without ever gaining a promotion? He's currently on 449. I know he liked to set records. I'd have said LJ was a perfect fit for a club with lots of resources and limited expectations. Wasn't that us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Bit mental that tbh but whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: A Mate has just text to tell me that apparently the decision to leave was mutual and LJ is off to join Pep at Man City. Thing is, that could actually happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, TomThumb84 said: Not a massive fan of LJ, and I thought he was a strange appointment for us, and he got overthinking paralysis after getting drunk on a ego-heavy Cup run….. However, who in Gods name do Sunderland think they are?! They are embarrassing from top to bottom, and their fans are vitriolic, deluded and completely unsavoury. This is a bit harsh I think but ultimately an amusing soap opera about our ex-manager and a bonkers club. still a true sleeping giant though....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 LJ and JMc gone…https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60190652 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just now, IAmNick said: Not sure where he goes next, he needs to win something when he does though. He won the Papa John cup we won a few years back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin-hugh-blind Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Joke of a club. Wait till end of season like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Unsurprisingly he gets worked out slightly quicker when the club doesn’t have an owner emotionally invested in his career. 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, petehinton said: Thing is, that could actually happen If at any point in his career Lee Johnson works under Pep, give me a shout and I’ll have 10 bottles of Weston’s Vintage send over to you. The only place that’ll happen is in LJ’s mind. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNick Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, TonyTonyTony said: He won the Papa John cup we won a few years back Yeah fair point, but I think you know what I mean really - can't believe many employers will be looking at Sunderland winning that and licking their lips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just now, IAmNick said: Yeah fair point, but I think you know what I mean really - can't believe many employers will be looking at Sunderland winning that and licking their lips. For the level he is at they likely will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 I feel sorry for him. Don’t know the ins and outs of it all of course, and their loss yesterday was terrible but I thought he’d get them up this year - they were still in a really good position. This is the closest they’ve got to a return to the championship in years, not sure what else they expect. Hope they **** it right up now. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 I truly don't get this thing about mocking players and managers who delivered better times for us than we have now. Flint, Pack, Reid, Bryan, Johnson. And so on. They absolutely don't hate us, they don't deny the good times we had.... what pleasure is there in ridiculing them now? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Funny one. Looking over their results, they’d smash a fair few teams but also get dicked fairly regularly. I wonder what that’s down to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Billy Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Lee Johnson - plays all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order. Potential for greatness but runs the risk of having a bright future behind him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWSM Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Get him back.. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Listening to Sunderland fans on Twitter spaces - saying inconsistency is what has killed him. Battered by the teams around them too often, no consistency from game to game, sometimes even half from half, using players in the wrong positions. All sounds familiar to his time here tbh. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, IAmNick said: Wasn't that us? Yes...the perfect fit! For me SLs loyalty after that dreadful run at the start of 2018 summed up everything wrong with City. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 And thats why Sunderland probably won't go up any time soon, no one given time to build something 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 19 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: A Mate has just text to tell me that apparently the decision to leave was mutual and LJ is off to replace Pep at Man City. Corrected for you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFree Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Think I am correct in saying he has never managed a side to Promotion? Sunderland are drifting away from automatic so I guess they feel he has taken as far as he can perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 points off the top of the league...bad defeat yesterday but strange decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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