HOT ON THE heels of Amazon’s documentary All Or Nothing, which centres on Manchester City’s triumphant Premier League campaign, UK production company Fulwell 73 have announced an eight-part Netflix series following Sunderland’s chaotic and shambolic 2017-2018 season.
The company – who also helmed The Class of ’92 – have confirmed the series will be titled Sunderland Til I Die and focuses on the club’s attempts to return to the top-flight at the first time of asking following their Premier League relegation.
But things didn’t exactly pan out that way. Instead, in their first season in the Championship since 2006, the Black Cats finished bottom of the table and were humiliatingly demoted to League One.
There were various other embarrassments too: boss Simon Grayson was sacked less than 20 minutes after a drawn game against Bolton at the end of October having only just replaced David Moyes as manager in the summer.
His replacement, Chris Coleman, couldn’t stem the bleeding and relegation was confirmed in late-April. The Welshman was ‘released from his contract’ as much-maligned US owner Ellis Short finally agreed to sell the club to a consortium led by businessman Stewart Donald.
The series will almost certainly cover the plight of Darron Gibson too.
The former Republic of Ireland midfielder was caught on camera in the summer of 2017 drunkenly criticising the club and telling supporters some of his team-mates didn’t care enough.
“We’re fucking shit,” he said while being filmed.
Of course I am [bothered]. I don’t want to be shit. There are too many people are the club who don’t give a fuck. I might be off my face in here but I still want to play for Sunderland. The rest of them fucking don’t though, the rest of them don’t.”
Gibson’s contract was terminated in March 2018 after he crashed his car while under the influence, a second drink-driving offence. He was spared a prison sentence but banned from driving for 40 months after the judge said the former Manchester United and Everton man had ‘significant psychological issues’.
Finally able to announce that we are indeed making an 8 part series with @netflix that followed @SunderlandAFC through last season called “Sunderland Til I Die”, lots more info to follow! pic.twitter.com/qztE65FKVt
— Fulwell 73 (@Fulwell73) August 23, 2018
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Highly doubt a guy of 27 years of age in a position like outhalf will make any huge addition to the ulster team when he has never played a game in the top division of any league. Surely they’ve an academy outhalf that they’d be better off promoting to the senior panel?
The problem is highlighted by the number of Ulster Youth in the Irish representative teams. 5 in the schools and 0 in the youth. Ulster rugby do not match their aspirations with investment in youth rugby to ‘find’ players such as Tagdh Furlong and SOB. Would rather see the IRFU go further by requiring the provinces to match their investments in foreign players with the same amounts in youth rugby.
I wouldn’t think much of junior team numbers really, of the irish u-19 team that won the world championship, how many can you name? it’s a professional sport and the brutal fact is a lot of those guys won’t break through from underage teams, they need to be a prodigious talent like Bo’D or the colossus that is Donncha O’Callaghan.
He’s played in the NRC. He’ll be fine for the pro 12.
The point of junior teams is to feed senior teams. Without the numbers at junior level there is nothing to come through at senior level. Case in point Munster.
Realistically though Christy, Munster have never had a significant presence in underage teams. I don’t put much stock in u-20 numbers as representative of the talent coming through provinces, mostly because arguably the two best players in this years championship, Zach McCall and Stephen Fitzgerald, came from the two least represented provinces. It’s quality not quantity basically. I’d be much happier to get one Jack O’Donoghue rather than a bunch of lads that’ll never play beyond the AIL, as we see in Leinster.
I’d imagine that the only thing He needs to do to be a permanent starter at 10 for ulster is not miss in front of the posts.
If you want to be trolling Ulster better try the Uafc forum where they might be interested.
I didn’t mean to troll, really, but if Kelly Haimona is the only pro12 kicker with a worse percentage than jackson, you desperately need backup for Pienaar.
Where are you getting your statistics from Eoghan. I assume you are making no allowance for Jackson suffering a bad back injury at the end of last season and being injured for a good part of this season. He has hardly kicked at all.
http://www.pro12rugby.com, look for the longlist of golden boot contenders. You know kicking percentage doesn’t get affected by the number of games he’s played in the season, only the number of kicks he’s hit/missed? Or are you thinking that his injury hampered his more recent performances? never assume. Realistically though when was the last time you saw a senior, capped international miss a kick in front of the post?
I’m talking about literally in front of the posts about ten yards out but thanks for your input as always Quinner.
Again Quinner, Madigan’s kick wasn’t directly in front of the post, ten yards out. He’s on the shortlist actually.