madras

He played all over for Chelsea and we saw he wasn't a LB by inclination when he first came. The game is full of players who can be equally as effective in more than one position or who moved positions during their career, especially when young.

Earlier on the season he gave it away very cheaply and in very dangerous positions. Last few games that's gone. Great vision, great passing, I'd like to try him as a 10, maybe in a cup game against a Champo team.

Having them not come up is a greater dose of reality.

How much would a 1yr training ground sponsor, 1yr training kit sponsor etc have brought in ? Money for nowt really that would have all helped and easily upped the season after if rules change.

Because Gordon can play right along the line, played a lot on the right for Everton and no body thought he'd take off the way he did after Barnes got injured.

Which he did for a good while.

I've said that since we signed Tonali, I thought that's why we signed him

We didn't, like at Everton, we are creating chances for a poacher of a forward or an on coming midfielder which we don't have. We are a smidging of hammering teams.

We need to play through him, right now we are playing him as a Longstaff upgrade. Get him in the middle and on the ball more.

You can't properly toe punt it on the volley.

There's a reason why we got him and not Liverpool, Man Utd etc at the time .

Whites ? What the fuck, it was Reds and Blues in my day (that one time I played and turned the game).

Probably the constant bringing up of the Jermaine Beckford comparison.

10yr deal of paying £250 for a season ticket and constant talk of takeover kept a good few going.

Right, a few things to pick at there. ... The worst period in their history ? I'm 57 and in my lifetime they are about where they have been for a lot of my life, mid table 2nd tier, in fact having just checked they are in a slightly better position. Caught them up ? In fact nah, I can't go on, that's a mag taking the piss.

Weren't the first games at SJP just going to be 1 stand but as demand grew they opened more ?

I'd imagine that will be at least doubled in the return.

Because some clubs ( and I'll include us under Ashley) would rather be 14th with a share of the current TV money than fighting for a title after the cartel clubs have fucked off to form their own league and the TV deal they'd then get

It's perfectly natural to work your way up.... First Cleaning the bogs Then Sunderland manager Then Tea lad at a builders Then running a coffee shop Then managing some club in Scotland Then some backroom role at Newcastle which no-one really notices.... each step a constant progression.

Current stadium ?

He wasnt/isn't really a right back if you look at what he does. Tino is more of a drive at people type player where as we still look for the Trippier out ball (I'm still amazed he found so much space so regularly and easily)

How many people worldwide know of Saudiair or Riyadair or whatever compared to us or most premier league clubs.?

Give Slott time.

So it's Simon Cliff, given his position do you think there may be a little bias in his view ?

Who's Cliff ? My take is that he's giving his reading of it, in that hes just one of many. We'll soon see if APT is repealed and we have a training ground sponsor for 100mill.