Sunderland Thread | 2025/26

[Vienna_70]

What a fantastic season for the Black Cats.

European qualification must be beyond their wildest dreams.

All the best for next term, Mackems!

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

Well done Mackems

 

[Stockport mackem]

Amazing and totally unexpected year....
Thursday bight football becomes of hrestni tersr ofr tb eofret time ever.

No idea what the odds of European qualification was at the start of the season...but youre well off if you were bonkers enough to back it

 

[bluemanc16]

Congratulations to Mackems every where, the best fans I have ever met on our Wembley trips, enjoy your European nights

 

[Jack74]

What a season for them , great stuff

 

[TinFoilHat]

@Stockport mackem - Congratulations on an amazing season.

 

[jimharri]

European football must have been beyond the average Mackem's wildest dreams last august. I'd say if you'd offered them 17th place back then, they have ripped your arms out of their sockets.

 

[yeseye]

They have a very good manager.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

It's good to see Sunderland -a true history club - back in the big time after some very lean years. Congratulations on an excellent season - and best of luck in Europe.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Manager of the Year? Ooops, what a fool I am.

 

[Don Karleone]

Thursday bight football becomes of hrestni tersr ofr tb eofret time ever.

9:53 am. Fair play.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Amazing and totally unexpected year....
Thursday bight football becomes of hrestni tersr ofr tb eofret time ever.

You only draw teams like that in the Europa Conference League. I think it's somewhere near Caernarvon.

 

[TinFoilHat]

@Stockport mackem get your passport out for Motherwell away

 

[BongoBlue]

Well bloody done to the Mackems! Great fans. Delighted for them.

 

[East Level 2]

@Stockport mackem get your passport out for Motherwell away

Closer than many PL games.

 

[Bantamgaz]

One of them clubs that are very likeable :)

 

[supercity88]

Unbelievable season and it's ridiculous their manager hasn't been spoken about more.

Bournemouth have had praise from all corners and their manager has been linked with a number of other jobs - they got 3pts more!

Considering it was all about survival to qualify for Europe is incredible.

Just hope it doesn't do to them what it did to Forest where their league form goes to shit as a result of the extra games.

 

[melrose40yarder]

Manager of the Year? Ooops, what a fool I am.

There should not even be a conversation.Le Bris is manager of the year phenomanal achievment.

 

[Lymm111]

There's no doubt Sunderland have had a fantastic season, but there a number of reasons why the Mackems may be worried about maintaining it next year.

• Data suggests they massively over achieved this season (18th on expected points (xPTS), and similarly if you adopt the adage "in general, one goal equates to one point over a season")
• The "second season syndrome"
• The potential double hinderance of qualifying for the Europa League; will the squad be able to cope with the extra games; will the additional revenue earned in the competition outweigh the reduction (from 85% to 70%) in the new Squad Cost Ratio?

 

[Tbilisi]

Very pleased for Sunderland, great club and fans.