madras

It's Mikel Antia. Remember reading in the Chronicle piece on the backroom staff that he takes charge of set piece attacking and defending. I can undrestand that on the training pitch but during the match ?

Something we did see though, when we defend a corner, Rafa sits down and the other coach (tall dark hair) comes out to the touchline. Every time on Saturday.

Oh and I thought him and Atsu would have swapped over more, I don't think they did at all.

He's known for fantastic delivery but the way we play, without the target man he's kind of nullified. I rreally think Mitrovic AND Gayle would see the best from him.

Hayden is a better footballer than Coback, however it seems like Colback is a better foil for Shelvey.

Got this feeling on Pardews last time taking training, when the players know he's getting the boot but he doesn't know yet, he'll take training, half way through he'll be called into an office and told. He'll go back to the changing rooms. The players won't be able to look him in the eye, he'll stand in the middle and look round, point at one player "shagged her" point out another "blowjob", then another "felt her up". When still there's no reaction, he'll snarl "fuck yous...FUCK YOUS" then walk out with his head down. Not quite how I'd want it but my vision of how it will be.

Madras. If it had said "everyone apart from one person licked his arse when they visited sites around the region. wonder who/ what that was about" then you'd have been closer.

Can't for the life of me understand why anyone would want to change a winning team/formation. Can't for the life of me understand why anyone would keep posting 4-4-2 formations despite the fact that Rafa has always and will always play 4-2-3-1 That 4-2-3-1 has often looked 4-4-1-1 and it would be easy to play Mitrovic and Gayle in that formation.

hope he has a long and happy life but his headstone will read "He was an athlete, not a footballer"

Got to remember the sort of people on these panels. It'll have taken 6 weeks to find out what Cous Cous was and they didn't know what a nonce was till this week.

The checks only check what you have done though. They can't check what you have got away with or haven't done yet.

Could you explain it with a venn diagram ?

Young boys cost me £148 tonight. This is the correct thread for that statement by the way, given all the noncery talk of late.

and quite possibly being offside.

So yeah, imagine being p*ssed about all of that. That's a shame but I'm more curious about the fact it's being used to belittle the people of Sunderland despite 'leave' being the overwhelming sentiment of our entire region, to mock them for it is in essence mocking our own people but by all means, carry on. Trust me, I have feeling of anger towards everyone who voted Brexit, be it a mackems or the old lady who where I do. Mackems are no different to it, people are p*ssed off with Brexit and they have their right to be. The city of Sunderland is a symbol of Brexit and anger towards it because of many reasons including the fact their largest employer and one of which their city and indeed the region relies upon, and the fact that they rush out to be the first to vote and they were the largest city to declare a Brexit vote. Sunderland opened itself up to criticism, and now that people are using as a reason to beat the place is something they will have to deal with. Sunderland, because it was first with it's results, has been turned into something it really isn't, as if it started a trend, as if others thought "hey Sunderland are doing this we should follow their lead" then they were made to look stupid as they became the poster boy for Brexit as the news reporters turned up and asked the man on the street his views "err I don't know why I voted that way" type of stuff which could really have been anywhere and then to have the deffincies of the city picked over. As I have said, a city that relies upon the EU access for most of it's skilled work force and economy is always going to be a symbol of Brexit when they voted that way. Is there another city out there who voted for Brexit who relies on a single employer that requires the EU as much? It just wouldn't have been the same if their results had came in at 3:30am, they wouldn't have been the poster boy.

So yeah, imagine being p*ssed about all of that. That's a shame but I'm more curious about the fact it's being used to belittle the people of Sunderland despite 'leave' being the overwhelming sentiment of our entire region, to mock them for it is in essence mocking our own people but by all means, carry on. Trust me, I have feeling of anger towards everyone who voted Brexit, be it a mackems or the old lady who where I do. Mackems are no different to it, people are p*ssed off with Brexit and they have their right to be. The city of Sunderland is a symbol of Brexit and anger towards it because of many reasons including the fact their largest employer and one of which their city and indeed the region relies upon, and the fact that they rush out to be the first to vote and they were the largest city to declare a Brexit vote. Sunderland opened itself up to criticism, and now that people are using as a reason to beat the place is something they will have to deal with. Sunderland, because it was first with it's results, has been turned into something it really isn't, as if it started a trend, as if others thought "hey Sunderland are doing this we should follow their lead" then they were made to look stupid as they became the poster boy for Brexit as the news reporters turned up and asked the man on the street his views "err I don't know why I voted that way" type of stuff which could really have been anywhere and then to have the deffincies of the city picked over.

Even though I have money on it I've had to turn it over due to the arse licking from the commentators.

I'm feeling a lot of similarities with all this. I've gone from watching every game I could watch regardless wether it involved us or not to only watching our games or games I have money on. I've been sick of the business and the celeb culture of the game for years but now it's hitting earlier, I used to be sick at Easter now it's just after new year. The last 3 or so years it's really been to keep in touch with a group of mates and my daughter wanted to go (she hasn't been to the last 3 and I doubt she'll see another 5 this season). It's why I've been wanting a more entertaining style of football hoping that it reignites something but I'm not sure it would. Ithink I may be done at the end of the season.

Retards ?

A higher quality Hughton, he gave us a a bit of digniity, Rafa does the same but he leads the club aswell. If that makes sense ?

Doesn't seem like a player who fits in to the Rafa style...add Mitrovic and Mbemba

Nope, we look a lot more in control as opposed to holding on.

Ron ?

Prefered Swampfield tbh.

Home crowds. If they come here and are doing well should be a good atmosphere.I