So where do we go from here? Wanted to ask what your guys opinions are on what needs to happen. We sit in 4th, possibly 5th soon in the league, 10 points from the top and 6 points from 3rd. Out of one cup to a 3rd tier side, the other cup is looking like a mirage. Europa League is also an unknown at this point.
VARANDAS needs to go!! Should've been out of here long time ago. He clearly does not have the capabilities nor the knowledge to run an organization nor put the proper people in place. All these @ssholes are doing is getting rich at the expense of SCP. People have said that SCP belongs to the members and not run like a dictatorship, well look at how it's being run. No freedom of speech. Any t-short, scarf, clothing material that has to do with supporter groups or against the president is confiscated or To guarantee a Europa league spot next year, there's only 2 avenues, win Portuguese cup or finish 3rd or 4th in league. One of those doors is already shut and the other is quickly closing. I don't know what else to say, anyone who even thinks this president has any capacity to continue, needs to give their head a shake. At the rate we're going, we're going to finish at an all time low in standings. I've never felt so sad to be a SCP fan. Quickly becoming worse than Godinho Lopes era.
The trial regarding the events involving the attack at our academy last year has finally begun this week. Over 40 hooligans plus a few people including BdC himself are charged with several crimes. Lets hope this can be resolved once and for all.
Lots of talk now about a possible general assembly to remove the current administration. There's been a movement of club members which has submitted a list of names said to be enough to call for a vote to remove Varandas. The process is now being vetted today by the MAG who will call for the assembly if everything checks out. In the meantime names have already started popping up for an eventual election. The usual names from last time.
Yeah its annoying but I have little faith in Varandas. I can understand the position the club is in and he took some drastic moves like cutting ties with the claques. But since day 1 the way he snaked in to the election bothered me. The communication at the club is horrible, he doens't give anyone confidence when he speaks which a leader should naturally have, and more importantly: the planning that went into this year and the decision to fire Keizer a day after the transfer window closed shows to me a complete lack of skill and understanding of how to run a football club. He might be a good doctor but he's a terrible president. The club needs a proper administration, including a proper director, an experienced coach and a proper president.
I agree that he isn't a good president, but I really don't see anyone who is right now. Same old candidates every single time, it would just be a trade from one shithead to another. Even Joao Benedito, I like him, but the team he built around him is sketchy.
I swear the only solution at this club is to sell the majority stake to a foreign investor. Let him install a proper CEO who can manage this club.
anyone can do a better job then what this clown has done and is doing. He took a club in a fragile state and made it worse, created a division within team, allowed old people that want to live at the cost of the club to return to club, has put a horrible product on the field with terrible player transfers, has fired and hired multiple coaches, has a declining attendance at stadium, etc... I mean, he's going nowhere but backwards. Why he hasn't been removed yet is beyond me. When the guy speaks in public, i can't help but put my head down in disbelief. He never says anything meaningful.
I don't like him either, but that is almost all extreme exaggeration. The club is not in a worse than BdC left it in, and it is clearly more unified than it was under BdC. I actually think his player transfer have been his only redeeming quality. Fantastic deals on below average players like Thierry and Raphinha, and getting rid of all the dead weight that BdC's team signed with no plan for them whatsoever.
I’m not a sportinguista and in fact, can’t stand most sportinguistas that I come across. But the fact is BDC was the best president sporting had until the alcochete attack.
i totally disagree with your comment, but everyone's entitled to their own opinion. The club wasn't in bad shape with BDC as you state. In fact, BDC took over the club from Godinho at a stage where bankruptcy was a real possibility, but that's the past and BDC is the past and it's time to move on. The Thierry and raphina transfers were ok, but ones like bas dost was brutal especially when you can't bring anyone in. Talk about dead weight, fernando, Jese, Rosier are a few that come to mind. Like I've said all along, I want a president with BDC's passion and vision for the club, and not his social media posts. That would be an ideal president for SCP. Hopefully any potential candidates can learn from the past and make the right changes to go forward.
agreed! He became an inconvenience to others in that country. I'm really curious to see the outcome of this trial because i think a few surprises are going to come out. There's a lot of things that don't add up or make sense.
No she wasn’t actually. I respect Sporting as a institution but many of the fans are annoying. I would be happy to see Sporting win the league as it’s been a 2 team league for so long.
It’s okay. You seem like a good bunch. Despite your teams lack of success, you guys are supporting them whereas benfica fans seem quiet on here.
A club that continues to be in crisis constantly. Today there was a manifestation against the current administration by the supporters groups. A vice president and his 16 year old daughter were apparently assaulted. Varandas condemned the claques saying they will never be intimidated. Juve Leo says they aren't responsible and condemned any accusation.
It's designed that way. The country as a whole needs a revolution from top down. The crap that goes on in that country that includes and effects soccer is a complete joke. Everything from the juridical system, to corruption, to banks going belly up, etc... a complete disgrace and probably the worst EU country.