It might have been a tough year for us but, put it this way, at least we’re not Sunderland.
For sure, it’s not been the campaign that any of us would have wanted or expected but when you consider what we’ve been through in recent years, it perhaps could have been worse.
Certainly, Sunderland’s form this season has been awful and with them set for League One, I daresay that the club is in danger of going to the wall, much like ours so nearly did.
I have a sense of empathy for them, then, and when you see financial figures like these below, you have to see the similarities with our plight of last decade:
I will be talking about #SAFC finances under Ellis Short on @bbcnewcastle after 4pm. The club have had trading losses of over £208 million since he acquired the club, equivalent to £502,000 a week. pic.twitter.com/PKUXuQhP8r
— Kieran Maguire (@KieranMaguire) April 23, 2018
Plenty of our fans have reacted to this, then, as well as Adam Pope and so let’s take a look at what has been said:
This is staggering. https://t.co/I65FMH5R4N
— Adam Pope (@apopey) April 23, 2018
How to make Billionaires into Millionaires…
— 💛Thursday 17th October 2019💙 (@WACCOE) April 23, 2018
This seasons figures must be awful. Rodwell still on 70k pw in the championship. 🤦♂️🤦♂️
— PJH LUFC (@pistol1603) April 23, 2018
But their fans are very good at the Poznan
— Des Grogan MMMF (@des_grogan) April 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/BennyTaylsLUFC/status/988446253506809856
I’d still back them to be back in the Prem before us 😭
— Joe Atherton (@joetmatherton) April 23, 2018
Blimey he makes Ridsdale look like Martin Lewis 😀
— Rich (@rickyachew) April 23, 2018
How can they survive???
— OptimisticLeedsFan 💙💛💙💛 (@jonbarrett1968) April 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/theyorkest/status/988461750541537280
Just wow! Incredible.
— Farke-Two-Three-One (@aclr1972) April 23, 2018
The Verdict
I really do feel bad for Sunderland.
Of course I want to beat them but I also want to see the famous names of the game restored to their rightful places.
We certainly belong in the top flight and, arguably, so do they.
Thoughts, Whites? Let me know!