midds

I'd say keeping Benitez is more important than staying up. Preferably we'd do both obviously but given the choice I'd rather keep him and go down as opposed to stay up and lose him.

Oggy

Lads man, settle down ffs.

He's just exceptional. His game management is second to none and exudes confidence and calm whenever he speaks, had we had another 5 or 6 games to go I'd be backing us to get out of it but unfortunately we've only got 3. Just hoping and praying that he's here regardless, I don't think it's very likely if we go but I hope he gives us a season, just one season in the Championship to see if we can bounce straight back. If we don't and he moves on then so be it but I'd love to think he'd stay for a bit to give it a pop.

3√7

Could be structural tbh? Did the tour and once you get under the stands and on the concourse and its canny shabby on that lower tier.

Pardew mused...

We'll need to win a game we always lose in order to stay up. Over the last few years we've written off City (H) and Liverpool (A) and the team has performed exactly how we all expected them to, this time if they do the same then we're definitely down. We need a rabbit, possibly 2, pulled form the hat and quite frankly I don't think they've got it in them. They needed to start giving a shit a few months ago, they needed to bin McClaren far earlier but we didn't and here we are.

Best league in the world.

He's going to get the Trelford Mills treatment here from Leicester.

It's over.

Pick that cunt out!

We'll have to do something extraordinary (beat City at home or beat Liverpool away) to stay up. Beating Palace and Villa won't be enough. May even need a point from Spurs too. It's just too big of an ask, the change should have been made a couple of months sooner than it was. Got to be a 9.5 at least.

Get fucked man.

*mute*

Imagine if they lose 4-3 in the last minute....

Really?

They've proved time and time again that they'll be more than willing to watch any old shite in absolute silence whilst paying through the nose for the privilege.

Even if I could manage to somehow convince myself that Benitez would ignore the inevitable job offers he's going to get this summer and stay I still can't believe Ashley would consider paying a proven PL manager a PL manager's wage in the Championship. Hard to say which party would want the termination of his contract more tbh.

Look - his teeth support Norwich. Smelly, fat, dribbling mess.

Blanc needs to be asked some pretty serious questions after that shower of shit.

As monumentally shit as we are for some reason I think we might just win this one.

I never take much notice of youth results at this time of the season. Academies are often moving the younger kids up an age group in preparation for the next season.

That's now 1 win in 11 for Sunderland btw.