Mattoon

Aye, it's about time he got a taste of his own medicine, it's been a long time coming, hopefully the first of many! He's too brass neck to realise that on this occasion he's reaping what he has sowed, everyone else is a cunt and he's just trying to be a saviour. It won't even cross his tiny little mind that it's testament to his unethical bullshit that a company would rather go under and lose everything than put its fate in his greedy little hands.

I could see the club going for another foreign manager, but while that manager may be nice and play good football they won't have the same vision Benitez has for the club and will be happy to impress for 2 years and then leave for somewhere better like Yovil and Crawley Town

https://www.countdownrafa.com

Look at the form difference, can't see anything but a slender loss here again I'm afraid.

Eh - WTF?!? Does metro man live in Sunderland?! "I can't speak for all mags - but all those I do know say 'Haway'." Saying he remembers "Hawaii 5 oh" not "Howaii 5 oh" when even a quick Google search of the DVD cover shows it's "Howay 5 oh" ffs. Just had a quick browse and one thing I notice, they argue with their lies and history rewriting until they're blue in the face, but as soon as actual undesputable facts are laid down in front of them the immediate response is "Why are you on a rivals message board 24/7 It's sad, you're obsessed, fuck off mag"

1-0 Almiron to score his first

I thought defensively and team shape wise we held up well against the Premier League’s joint 2nd most formidable team at home To limit Arsenal to just 7 attempts at home must have been their lowest shot totals at home all season. Thought Shelvey should have came on at 1 v 0 late on though to offer us some good forward passes. I was thinking this too, we were clearly pegged back and our best chance to get anything would have been a ball over the top to Almiron, surprised Shelvey didn't make an appearance tbh.

Arsenal, as expected, the much better team but we haven't put up much of a fight tbh. Definitely one of our poorer performances this season, Rafa won't be happy with this at all.

And off goes the tv ?

If I was an opposition manager I wouldn't bother marking Almiron half the fooking time, waste if a player when Richie is on the ball ffs

Arsenal making us look poor tbh, they're cutting us open freely but that last ditch defending is keeping us in it. They're first to pretty much everything at the moment, ball hasn't really fallen for us in the first half. Richie to Almiron is beyond a joke now!

More bothered about being a fucking "baller", what a bell end, he'll be tumbling down the league's faster than his beloved mackems at this rate. Overrated charva prick.

We've said it for 12 years but all it would take for Ashley to get left alone would be to give Rafa what he needs and stop meddling, just disappear into the background and let the club be run by people who know what they're doing. He could have his tatty advertising, his sponsorships and deals, so long as Rafa has the tools to compete. It'll never happen, but it would be so easy!

Self professed classy fans

MasterCard don't do Mickey Mouse cups, but if they did...

that is all.

I sure hope we can get relegated twice so we can win the checkforaids trophy, Halcyon days indeed.

Have they started a petition to rename their city Suderlad yet?

I'm going to go for Dubravka red card and penalty when mis-timing a block just for the additional non-event in the Everton game rage.

International breaks always bring the best out in here

Players do and will influence a game, if a ref is 50/50 a mass appeal is bound to help him make his mind up. Unfortunately it is part and parcel of the modern game.

Even without black and white tinted specs you've got to admit Bobby is one of if not the greatest English manager there has been.

Keep them going IC, love them. Arsenal always seem to have our number at their place, can't see anything but a home win. Prove me wrong Rafa

Pelanty

It was no secret he was motm in the reverse fixture so why wouldn't you do your best to keep him quiet? Probably the same supporters that turn on our own team when an opposing manager changes tact/formation and we're under the cosh, it's like there can only ever be one side to the story and there are no mitigating factors.