Mick

Bloody hell, I was going to hang around for a bit and get to know the place, you lot are quick If you read my intro on my first post you'll see I'm here to contribute, not agitate, I'll leave that to the puerile knackers who seem to infest internet forums. Hopefully I'll add a different, but probably not objective, angle to many of the discussions on here. If anyone wants a ding dong, then I'm sorry but I'm not your man You'll have to look elsewhere. I'm sure there are plenty of idiots from my side of the divide who pop up on here with the sole intention of winding you up, and we have them on the Sunderland forums too. That's not why I'm here, and you'll see in time. I'll try and keep my posts restricted to this thread, but I may dip into others from time to time. Oh, and I'll post after the derby regardless of the result ! Do you post on RTG, if you do what's your username? Give an honest answer.

I can't wait for the game.

We will.

I'm not sure, did he join before or after the club appointed Pardew?

It wasn't just me, it was everybody I went with.

Against Man U I was booked to return on the last bus home which was just after 11pm, I felt so bad that I got the first bus back and couldn't wait to get out of London, it was shite.

They'll not win the cup and they'll have a horrible trip back, losing in a final is about as bad as it gets. Hopefully Man City will also embarrass them.

The accents on the tele, Jesus wept.

You should have got him into a different sport, following us is a life of torture.

Christ, time flies.

I've seen 9000 mentioned.

At least we could have a bit of optimism that we'll try to challenge for something instead of going through the motions of staying in the division and nothing else, obviously that could turn to shit knowing our luck.

The Chinese bloke is supposed to be looking ay buying Southampton for £175 million according to the Mirror, see here http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/southampton-takeover-chinese-billionaire-wang-3036588 .

We did, he's just talking shite again so he should be ignored.

Seconded.

I also thought that's where it had originated.

Where do you suppose we progress to? Regular Champs League is out of the question unless we're bought out by rich Arabs (Financial Fair Play could of course crush that too). The Europa League is piece of sh*t, and any player of true class wouldn't care to be involved. What's that leave? The FA Cup and League Cup?! The reality is, unless you're in the Champs League, you can't expect to hold onto these sort of players.

Must be true then

I've only seen Cabella a few times but I've seen nothing to suggest he's a Cabaye replacement.

That's the only thing we can cling to, we wouldn't be waiting for a replacement if we had a deal worked out.

I know I'm going all RTG but, mackem.

It'll be someone else next. I am absolutely 100% convinced AP is on a bonus for % profit on transfers. I really would love to know where this daft notion came from apart from ridiculous paranoia

We can put it down to a lack of ambition, that's why he wants to move on.