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Not necessarily. Depends on when in the season and how many games we're playing. We got Lascelles and Burn coming back soon to step in with Krafth and Dummett as back-up to them. If Schar and Botman was out for the season now then yeah I would hope they would get someone in. At GK we only have one injury though, with three back-ups.

Difference being that Dummett and Ritchie aren't the back-up. They are the back-up to the back-up, like Karius and Gillespie.

Would be crazy not to buy this lad. Although he'll be good for another couple of seasons, Trippier is playing at this current level at most one more season, probably not even that. Livramento is a close to ready made replacement to phase him out.

I'll raise you Wesley Ngo Baheng

What's the point of having Karius and Gillespie if we NEED to get someone in, in the event that Dubs MAY get injured. Why would they want to be here if they knew they wouldnt even get a chance if the player in front of them was unavailable? Should we just scrap having a squad all together and just buy/loan replacements when needed?

Yup. Even if he is medically cleared before the season ends, he won't be fit to start any of the remaining matches anyway.

Watched their play-off game against Luton and was surprised at how tiny and unathletic Sunderlands team was compared to Lutons.

Or Maguire this summer who wanted an insane compensation from Man Utd if he were to move to West Ham to offset the loss in wages he would have. Probably the only way Man Utd gets rid of unwanted players before their contract expire, but they refuse to do it

Within one minute, actually.

Villa & Liverpool score in 90th minute. Fuck off

Too many shoulder bumps with Murphy in training.

Bournemouth will be kicking themselves if they don't win this after having so many big chances without a 3rd goal.

In danger of being overly arrogant, I really don't see why anyone from a Newcastle perspective would be nervous about this and not look forward to the game. Isak alone is worth more than the entirety of Sunderland AFC put together ffs And we have a manager and team with a mentality that can easily match or better the energy Sunderland will bring in addition to the obvious major gap in quality. Worst case scenario the way I see it is a "brave" Sunderland loss with 1 or 2 goals margin. My prediction is that SOL will be empty with the exception 3000 b&w shirts in the stands by the 70th minute.

Fuck I see Bournemouth in the lead, switch over as I'd like to see Villa lose. They turn it around to 1-2 in 2 minutes Cursed.

Lewis Miley was 10 years old last time we played them. Kinda weird to think that there will be a lot of young fans who's never seen the tyne-wear derby Can't wait for this. Been buzzing ever since it was announced.

Struggling to decide which game to watch. Currently have Chelsea - Brighton on. Want to watch Bournemouth - Villa too in the hope Bournemouth wins, but don't think that'll happen whereas a draw between Chelsea - Brighton is more realistic.

YES!!! Finally!! Love these games to the point I was hoping they would get promotion last season. Lets fucking crush their souls!

Feeding through balls to Fabio Zamblera and Aaron Spears for fun as we speak.

Long term I hope he takes over for Tripps and Hall for Burn. Having both fullback and winger inverted isn't ideal, and Livramento doesn't seem very good with his left either. I think he tried one cross after an overlap against Man Utd and it went out for a goal kick. Other than that it was either a pass backwards or cut inside. Eventually teams will learn to defend against two players trying to occupy similar spaces in attack since both prefers to cut inside.

Still scarred by that away loss two seasons ago. Hate this match so much If they bring the same pressure on and off the pitch as that day it'll be a very difficult game.

First time we've done that since the 1920's apparently

Inch by inch getting closer to a goal. If he could wait until the Milan game that would be great.

Does this mean Gillespie is back on the bench together with Karius for Everton?

I don't get it. I bet you everyone that was sceptical about signing him would hold their hand up and say there were wrong if confronted about it. Why is this still a thing?