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Very hopeful. It's a real shame he will be dropped for Diame rather than Colback.

Lens 6 did ok not too much to do. Dummet 5 didn't look too good tonight put the Spaniard in. Lascelles 6 looked ok other than losing his man for the goal. Hanley 5 prefer Mbemba. Think he has mistakes in him. Janmaat 6.5 did ok to be fair. Anita 4 crap. Colback 4 crap. Hayden 7 looked decent. Perez 6 not a good game for him. Gayle 6 didn't get any chances to be fair. Ineffective. Richie 8 played well. We need Mitrovic in that team. Ball doesn't stick up there and we played a few balls in with zero aerial threat. Diame will make a difference.

Most exited by this signing tbh

Unfortunately for Sissoko, one of the impacts of putting himself in the shop window is that his value will go up. Hes cheated us for years.

Leaving tomorrow for 3 nights in Marseille before moving onto Lyon for a week. Got England tickets for next game but just been told they are in Slovakia end!! If anyone has any suggestions i would be grateful. Also my dream is to see some fellow Geordies out there ?! Do we have any?

Paid £160 for England tickets online for game against Slovakia. Tickets arrived and I see they are actually in the Slovakia end.... Not happy. Any suggestions? Also do we not have a thread for anyone travelling ? i would love to bump into a great of Geordies on my travels.!?

Going for 8 nights - 3 nights marseille and rest in Lyon. Anyone else? Cant say I am not worired...

We actually have a young squad. I would like to see the majority of our players under 25 years old start next year. Its pleasing to see the majority of this lineup would also be English. Armstrong, Aarons, Shelvey, Townsend, Colback, Dummet, Lascelles, Darlow etc. If Rafa does stay we have hope and I know he can get the best out of these players. I also trust him to get rid of the deadwood and bring in better players even during our stay in the Championship. If Rafa doesnt stay then next year will be a disaster.

I dont see why this wouldnt happen... and he is more than good enough to start more games than people probably expect. He is pure magic always has been.. This just triggers my anger in letting him go for nothing!! Unbelievable

Sunderland have 3 games left and only need 1 win and 1 draw... They have Watford & Everton still to play... I can see us beating Villa but unless we beat Spurs last game I think we will go down. In that sense it is in our own hands I guess. If we do go down so be it but I really dont want to lose Rafa.

Just had a read through some of the palace forums.... Cant believe how deluded they are. Yes we will probably end up getting beat but surely we are favorites for this. EVERY single one of there posts/predictions had a comfortable Palace win.

They took us down they should be made to stay and bring us up again and like someone else said leave sissoko on bench with couple other regulars. Anyway unless Rafa stays I am just not interested and I won't be following next year.. (who am I kidding)

He played very well tonight. Not a goal scorer but he brought players into play with some great hold up play. It's a hard one because that's important but we need goals.. Doumbia for me probably has to start.

Honestly guys I can not see this happening at all... I am prepared for the dissapointment and expect Rafa to come out today to say hes had no contact and looking to move back to Spain.

I think we will go down.

Would be a great signing always rated him hopefully regular games he can shine. Much rather players like this than spending same money on the likes or Cabella or Thauvin

Mitrovic Aarons De Jong Perez Sissoko Wijnaldum Haidara Mbemba Coloccinia Janmaat Krul

Sorry lads my fault ... I put a £10 on Austin

Happy get rid of Tiote and Cabella. Had weeks off to recover and be ready for pre season. Carrying knocks? Surely they stretch warm up properly etc I have no time for players that are constantly carrying knocks anymore. Gbye

Has there actually been one rumour so far that has any substance at all? I can honestly see us buying a few players but think it will be players we have not even been linked with and probably never heard of.

For the last 2 weeks I have been opening up internet looking at newcastle united news now and closing browser down.. I have been doing this every 5 minutes for the last 2 weeks. Long trip ahead.

The silence is painful. Cant describe how impatient I am I need you to know I am counting the seconds just for something to happen.

The transfer window officially opens tomorrow. I am hoping they have just not announced anything yet until officially able to do so? Wishful thinking I know..

Hope we stay up only because it could be possible he will buy some players to keep us in the league next year and they turn out to be good players and we do ok. Will only be for 1 season as they will be sold the following year but we can dream

Ha totally forgot about Danny Guthrie