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57 minutes ago, Chicken Dancer said:

To be fair they do play some attractive football which is easy on the eye, and they’re doing far better than they probably ever expected. Fair play to them for their transfer policy too - new owners seems to have completely overhauled an aging squad of plodders and replaced them with young, hungry players (granted their stand-out is a loanee).

 

However, the problem with that lot is, in my life (and likely beyond) a good run = we’re the best team about. A shit run = sack the manager. They’re always about 5 games away from a crisis or from definitely going up/getting in Europe/staying up. 

 

They have an outside chance of promotion this year, but they’d be better off building for a year or two before going up, as ridiculous as that sounds. 
 

Good luck to Stewart as well. Never nice to see an injury like that and it could well have cost him a decent move. Still think one of the relegated teams or a Norwich (or whoever doesn’t go up) would take a punt on him in the summer, but there’s no doubt his value just significantly dropped. Sounds sly but sort of served them wrongns right for wishing an ACL injury on Bruno. 
 

Edit: fairly certain young Rigg will sign for us in the summer. Can’t find my post from last year, but I’m fairly familiar with the family. Seems set to go to NUFC but nothing is decided yet. If he’s going to play often it may do the kid well to stay put, imo. 

We definitely need to take Rigg off them, but then should loan him back out. But we need to get him now or we will be giving them £30m+ for him in 3 years time.

Just now, Dokko said:

Rigg is ours in the summer. Will go on to be a legend here. 

Aye we need to get him bought. Him and his Dad are NUFC fans but his brother supports Sunlun. Interesting dynamic.

14 hours ago, TeddySAFC said:

The sooner you get it into your head that the SMB doesnt represent the majority of Sunderland fans the better.

It's one of the biggest and most active football forums on the internet. Why would it not be an accurate representation of SAFC's support?

1) Seeing a young Paul Gascoigne run rings around seasoned midfield pros like Paul McGrath - 1987. Gazza in his fearless young pomp was an incredible sight to see.
2) David Kelly SJP goal v Portsmouth - 1992. On of the most important goals scored in NUFC’s entire history.

3) David Kelly away goal v Grimsby - 1993. Sealing promotion to the PL with about 10000 Geordies down there.

4) Andy Cole SJP hat-trick v Leicester -1993. All of SJP singing the Andy Cole song.

5) 3-1 away win v Oldham - 1993. Sky Sports officially crown us as “The Entertainers”.

6) Andy Cole SJP hat-trick v Liverpool - 1993. Running the Scousers ragged and further cementing our new-found status as the team to watch in the PL.

7) 2-0 away win at Liverpool - 1994. The last ever game in front of the old Kop….and humbling them in it.

8) 5-0 away win at Antwerp - 1994. Back in Europe for the first time in decades and doing it in style.

9) Seeing David Ginola terrorize defences in his first half-season of the PL - 1995. Still the most exciting player I have seen at NUFC when at his peak.

10) Phillipe Albert goal in the 5-0 against Man U - 1996. Almost the peak moment of 90s NUFC.

11) Tino Asprilla hat-trick v Barcelona - 1997. THE peak moment of 90s NUFC.

12) 4-3 SJP win v Man U - 2001. Keane sent off and his phoney “punch’ of Shearer.

1 hour ago, Rich said:

When you look back, though, it’s largely the same crowd that thought Howe was a poor appointment, Pope wasn’t any better than Dubs/a “waste” of our transfer budget when RW was much more urgent, Burn was massively underwhelming, that we shouldn’t be signing Villa’s “backup left back” (I definitely underrated Targett myself, mind), and that our summer business was “very disappointing”.

 

Some of them have been wrong to be negative on almost every single signing that wasn’t Bruno or Botman, Wood perhaps excluded (even though that’s up for debate), but it’s a win-win position to take.

 

We’ve got one in our office that is just unhappy about everything. I keep reminding him that we’re breaking records almost every week and now on the verge of Wembley, but he’s still fuming about Gordon and us not signing Perrone, Santos, Fresneda, etc.

 

 

It's numpties like this that we, as a collective fanbase, are going to need to keep in their box. Because these fuckwits are the ones who will call radio shows etc and give us a bad name. It's going to be a real challenge going forward to stop the fuckwit element of our support sullying the club's good name.

32 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

I will be devastated if we win the cup and their meltdown has been stashed away in that secret forum by the time my hangover/comedown has worn off and I’m in a state to enjoy it. 

it’s not a secret forum. Just join up with a login name that doesn’t arouse suspicion and you will be fine.

The number 1 bitter cunt on there now is undoubtedly Keith S30S…he’s absolutely seething and also the mod who defended all of the racist stuff and ensured the NUFC thread went to Parsnip. Oh aye, and according to him SAFC play “sharp, incisive, clever and attacking football” whilst NUFC are “turgid to watch” 

Oozes class. Simply has to start games now.

Just now, 54 said:

Thats not likely to happen though, the club don't mess around, we'll have a value for a player, and thats what we'll pay, look at Botman as an example. 

 

£25m + £15m in add-ons, which is what it looks like would get him, is probably average to a 21 year old English Premier League winger.

Well let's hope so, cos anything over the £25m upfront and we are definitely getting our eyes pulled out.

Just now, 54 said:

Can I ask, who cares? Transfer fee's are hyper inflated these days. Leeds just signed a striker for £30m from Hoffenheim wo has a 1 in 6 goal return. Transfer fee's are meaningless.

Tell that to Everton fans.

Just now, 54 said:

We just ignoring literally every other thing that the club has done since the owners came in then? As well as the track record that Dan Ashworth had at Brighton? 

So you'd be comfortable paying £40m+ upfront for him?

2 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

It says that a deal of £25 million, plus £15 million in add-ons could be done a line later.

That's more like it.

Just now, Dokko said:

 

Very different players. Gordon is hard working and will fit well in the press. Maddison is highly technical and could be classed as a luxury player. Which do we need more right now? I'd probably say maddison on paper, but howe knows best and I'm wrong. 

Its not the buying of him that's the main worry...I am confident that Eddie would get a decent tune out of him......it's the fee that is the issue. 

Just now, 54 said:

No bait. If we are genuinely willing to pay the sums rumoured then that is a major concern. Wasting £25m on Wood when we were boxed into a corner is one thing. This is something else.

Buying Gordon would be worrying enough, but if we pay a penny over £25m then I'm all of a sudden fearful for the future. To piss about & refusing to pay £50m for Maddison is one thing but to actually be willing to pay even half that for Gordon is frightening tbh.

If you think that's bad about fake moon landings, I bumped into an old school friend a few weeks ago....hadn't seen him for decades and back then he was a clever enough lad. This time though he spent 20 minutes trying to convince me that not only were the moon landings fake, but so were the Shuttle Missions. He casually explained that it was all fake, and when I asked him what happened to the astronauts who perished in the Challenger & Columbia accidents he calmly told me that the astronauts weren't there and they all ended on the Bermuda Triangle. 

Needless to say he was also a Covid denier. Honestly man, the pandemic has fucked up so many people's heads that we won't really discover the psychological damage that 2020 did to people for another decade or so. I've started socialising with people again who I hadn't seen since pre-2020 and they all just seem very jaded.

With 1st and 2nd already secured in that league, it really is a lottery who will grab the final place. There are about 8 teams in contention and it could be any one of them as none of them can get any consistency. I can easily see this lot sneaking in through the back door.

12 minutes ago, Menace said:

 

Eh?  

 

I go regularly, no it’s not.

Really? Every time I have watched them there on TV this season it sounds noisy.

Dunno what has happened to Arsenal fans but the Emirates is impressively loud these days. Got to be one of the best home atmospheres in the country at the moment.

8 minutes ago, Anon said:

On SSN shortly

Just watched that. I trust that he is really loving being in the job but he’s only been in it for 15 months and it has definitely aged him. Fresh faced & boyish Eddie has gone.  

16 minutes ago, La Parka said:

I loved Joey Barton here.

 

This is a decent shout. 

Barton was wildly overrated and was able to blag his way through his time at NUFC through his “personality”. The fact the club was a shambles also masked his deficiencies. We aren’t a shambles anymore and don’t need “characters” like Joey Barton.

5 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

He’s a young lad aswell a lot us are fucking radge at that age. A lot the top players have needle about them, he’s quick, direct, has great delivery and a thunderbastard shot on him. This lad is nee David Bentley he looks like he wants to play football and compete.

 

If people think about it he’s perfect on the left for Howe and ticks all the boxes, might not be as exciting as Moussa Diaby but the fact Chelsea we’re willing to pay 50 million for him in the summer shows he must have something.

No doubt that Eddie would get a tune out of him but personality-wise he seems to think he is better than he is. That could cause trouble in our camp, where team morale and unity is everything.

Evertonians on Grand Old Team are absolutely scathing about Gordon and are begging for us to come in for him.

Dear God, please not Gordon. He’s absolute pony.

Trossard to Arsenal for £21m is an absolute steal that might just seal the title for them. Surely we could have been in for him too at that price?