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Dear Roker Report,
The Nottingham Forest game was very disappointing by the team but my biggest was the reaction by some so-called supporters.
The performance wasn’t good enough but to hear booing and to see people leaving early was very disappointing for me. These people need to look in the mirror, ask themselves if they’re true supporters and look at what we’ve been through in the last ten years. In our seating area, nobody booed or left early, and we clapped and tried to support the team as I’m sure they were hurting as we were.
I’ve supported Sunderland for over sixty five years and now attend with my son and two grandsons. I’m proud that they never booed or asked to leave early, and we enjoy going to the match together.
Win, lose or draw, we enjoy supporting Sunderland and having that time together. That’s what it’s all about with like-minded people, so I hope these so-called supporters take time and decide what they are.
Keep the faith.
Bob Hitch
Dear Roker Report,
Just what is it with this club at times?
Of course we’re all reeling from the catastrophe that was Nottingham Forest, but to listen to some of the garbage that is doing the rounds, you would think Régis Le Bris was worse than the likes of Wilko and Michael Beale.
I can’t believe the notion of sacking the head coach should even be contemplated after what he’s done for us.
The guy has performed miracles; he took a full squad of players with differing personalities and character traits and he’s single-handedly moulded them into a unit that 99% of the time sweats blood for the cause. At any other club in the UK, the thought of sacking a head coach that — with meticulous tactical know-how — had out-thought and finally outfought other teams on our way to the Premier League would simply be too absurd to even contemplate.
Le Bris has made mistakes and will continue to make them, but he’s far and away the best head coach we’ve had here since Reidy.
He gets us, he knows what we crave on the pitch and he makes sure his players are also aware. All I would say to these gormless mischief-makers is “Beware what you wish for”, as I have no doubt the guy would be snapped up by another top club and then come back to haunt us as we hurtle back down without him.
Sack Le Bris? For God’s sake, get a grip out there.
