But he IS terminally ill and so we can excuse him if he has other things to consider than a football club. But we're not in the bottom three, we're holding our own, we're not skint, we have a good manager and a young developing team. I've been doing a fair bit of reading on the Sunderland forum this week and take it from me, the fans up there have a lot more to moan about than we do. They are fecked and they know it. Even if they get Hecky (unlikely IMHO), there's no money for him to spend.