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Colback's going to give away another costly free kick again.

Some of our fans wearing Rafa masks and holding up bits of paper with a message in Times New Roman on. Oh dear.

Feel similar to the way Karl Pilkington probably did when he got his ZX81 on Christmas morning without the RAM pack.

Just opened a bottle of Goose Island IPA and it's gone arl aawa. Not a good sign.

midfield 3 consisting of 3 DM's? Sit deep, try and soak it up then pump long balls over the top to Defoe and Borini.

jst fkin win plz. x

Davie Provan on GoS. Must mean Niall's off to go and have a drink down in Manchester, or is just in the studio.

Not enough pictures doing the rounds on Twitter of the match programme and an empty SJP for my liking.

Same.

There's a beltas thread on RTG about Steve Harmison's accent. It's probably my second favourite pre-derby thread on there after the one about a mag shagging his sister the night before.

He may well come good one day but he's not what we needed at the start of the season. Signing a 21-year-old lad who cut his teeth in Serbia and then Belgium and expecting him to lead the line was always going to be a massive risk. Like it or not, it's one that hasn't paid off.

yeah, 9.5 I've been at 10 since the Everton game and nothing that's happened since has made me change my mind. Hoping Rafa can work a miracle but giving him only 10 games was typical of Charnley & co.'s ineptitude. This. We're not turning this around.

'Kin 1-0 Norwich. Marvellous.

Just belt this out.

The smog blocks any sunlight etc etc.

Used to have shoes like that! Got them out of Clinkard's when I was about six, like.

Where's that?

Also means that Shelvey will have to be more disciplined as the deeper of the two. True. I just think we can't afford to play someone like Anita beside him. Both will sit too deep. We shouldn't be doing that. Sunderland, like a lot of the teams we're soon to play, are there to be beaten.

Wouldn't be against a 4-4-2, tbh. Blob Janmaat Mbemba* Colo** The bloodless prince Sissoko Shelvey Wijnaldum Townsend Mitrovic Perez *Taylor ** Lascelles Big ask for Wijnaldum, though. Needs to be back helping out without the ball but arriving in the box when we're going forward.

Hahahaha.

Fingers crossed!

Just been on the Nicky's website. Unfortunately it's nothing sordid, but imagine flying half way round the world for this: http://nickysbarpattaya.com/menu/daily-special/