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11 days until we buy a new player?

He's one of the first names on the team sheet as he has no competition for his place. Even if he has a bad game he's certain of his starting place. An issue which affects most of the first 11.

Unfortunately it looks like his assessment of how good the team is was correct going by this season.

He supposedly said something negative about Ben Arfa. That seems to be the main reason he gets the hate on this forum. In the main, he's done well since he came in, especially since he is playing with an injury.

It's shameful what's happened to this club.

Commentator implying everything has gone wrong at NUFC because Pardew left.

The squad just isn't fit for purpose. We have loads of players who can play as a number 10, no proper wingers, no decent central midfielders, no commanding centre backs, no good left backs, one right back, etc, etc. The squad has little Premiership experience and hardly any players over 26 years old.

A total embarrassment again. You'd think Crystal Palace were the best team in the world the way they are ripping us apart.

Ryan Shawcross sent off for Stoke so Sunderland will probably win.

Amazingly we still aren't cut adrift. In most previous seasons any team with 10 points from 14 games would be miles behind the rest. Relegation could still be avoided with a new inspirational manager and heavy investment in the transfer window (on January the 1st not the 31st) buying/loaning experienced players. Mike Ashley is desperate for NUFC to remain in the Premiership for next seasons bumper money. If we get relegated he'll be full of ambition to get NUFC promoted back to the Premiership. When it comes to football he never seems to learn from his mistakes though.

The squad requires major surgery. Those who run the club have really screwed up. Ashley will be desperate for NUFC to stay in the Premiership as next season the new deal kicks in with even more money just for being in the Premiership. January isn't a good time to buy as teams don't want to sell their good players and if they do it will be for over the going rate. Players will be worried about moving with the UEFA EURO 2016 tournament coming up (unless they aren't currently getting game time). Which players want to join teams in and around the relegation zone? We should go down the loan route to help pad out the squad. I wonder if the people who run NUFC have finally realised that only relying on young prospects from foreign leagues is a crazy strategy? We need to get some more mature, experienced players.

And yet Danny Simpson who rightly wasn't considered good enough for us was playing for Leicester who are top of the league. "It's a funny old game". I find it hard to judge our players fairly when just about our whole team look absolutely awful. If the team were flying high and full of confidence I'm sure he'd look a lot better. I bet if Dummett was playing for Leicester he wouldn't be as poor as he has been for us.

Those half season tickets are going to be a difficult sell.

Stop spending multiple millions on young potential and spend a lot less on older proven quality.

It's embarrassing how poor we are. Our players struggle to pass to each other. I don't know much about Leicester City but since they got promoted I presume they've not spent as much as NUFC?

Wijnaldum seems to disappear when he plays in the middle. Our only attacking idea seems to be Janmaat to Sissoko.

The winger tortured Dummett today. He beat him just about every time.

We were absolutely terrible. Elliot man of the match by far. We couldn't pass water. Very pleased we won though. We'll not be out the bottom 3 for long playing like that.

Scored twice for the reserves tonight thanks to two assists from Ivan Toney.

NUFC.com said: - That doesn't sound like a groin injury.

At NUFC he was "a villain to his own fans and a hero to rival supporters".

To anyone with eyes we were much the better team and would have won if it wasn't for a man of the match performance from Butland. It's still a frustrating result mind.

He's one of our French players I think.

I wonder if there is a Sunderland fan who now has a tattoo of Sam Allardyce to go with their tattoos of Dick Advocaat, Gus Poyet and Paolo Di Canio? http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/resources/images/2546533.jpg?type=articleLandscape

The FA rules are a bit like the old sink or float witch trial test. When dunked in the water, if you float you are a witch so you'll be burned to death. If you drown you weren't a witch after all. Cheers for explaining how those witch trials worked. Always wondered. :lol: I detect sarcasm. I wasn't sure if everyone would be up to date on 17th century witch trial practices. Anyway, the point was the FA damn NUFC either way.