Hi,
     this is my first blog so go easy on me ok... well anyway if you are reading this then you will have probably guessed that i am a Sunderland fan. I like many other SAFC fans am a season ticket holder and i am going to try either every 2 weeks or every month to give you my views on what is going on at SAFC or in the general football world.
              Firstly i would like to thank Niall Quinn for his tireless efforts at Sunderland, like most i was shocked and dismayed by his recent resignation as chairman of the club. My first instinct was to think of the worst as most SAFC fans do, but as the news broke that Ellis Short would be taking charge of the club and Quinn was to stay on in the International development role he now has my heart leaped. The thought of someone who truly holds the club close to his heart selling our product abroad made me optimistic about the future of sunderland, the fact also remains that Ellis Short our clubs owner is now taking an active interest in the day to day running now this can go one of two ways either he decides that the club is no longer right for him and sells us or he turns us into a true force in financial terms. Although him running the club like a business may be the wrong thing to do in terms of player out goings i feel that with the new financial fair play law being brought in by FIFA we will be able to operate at peak capacity as Short turns us into a club on the forefront of the European stage. Whilst clubs like Manchester City can boast a £400 million sponsorship deal with Ethiad airways others will struggle without the backing of owners like ours and they will feel the pinch as no money enters their club as their lack of business brains makes them flounder in the transfer market and as they struggle to pay wages of players like a certain Peter Crouch. With the board being stronger than ever a brilliant group of players and a sense of stability finally settling on wearside i am compelled to believe that the futures bright in red and white.

Thanks
Damian