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Huge if they lost this today, although I'm sure they'll fluke a win just like at Bournemouth.

Thought not. If it happens a second time then maybe.

I'd play Mbemba, Diame and Lazaar instead of Lascelles, Perez and Gouffran. But we know that won't happen. I have no confidence in this team at all, so let's go with a Derby 2-1 win.

At what point is it ok to blame Rafa? Or at least partly? We're underachieving and quickly getting worse.

We're just not very good. It'll be a choke to rival '96.

N'Diaye will always love you

7.5 If we never go behind and get lucky with Shelvey, Ritchie & Gayle we should be ok.

Sigurdsson, thank god. 28. Got Zlatan ©, Lukaku and Baines tomorrow.

If it stays like this, it's completely unforgivable from the board. Not strengthening is such a needless risk to take. And if it had Rafa consequences....

Swansea, Watford and Palace winning take the shine off their draw. Isn't it Palace away next too?

Probably give Rodwell away just to remove his curse

Use the loan fee to push through the Townsend loan

One must be Leeds, otherwise he'd not say 'top four'. Makes sense that we'd be the other.

Sounds like Bournemouth want to loan out Max Gradel. I'd be up for that.

Great way to spend the Van Aanholt money :lol:

Hmm. I really like Mbemba and still see Townsend's 5 months here as a purple patch. But I agree that Mbemba will probably be gone in the summer as Rafa doesn't seem convinced.

Just when Hull find a pulse, beat Bournemouth and play well against Chelsea, they sell their best player to a relegation rival. Very strange. I'd have thought he'd be as unsellable as Defoe is to Sunderland.

Linked with Nedum Onuoha now :lol:

Hope it doesn't affect Eddie Howe at Bournville.

Every year they're simply bad and find a way out of it, but now there's no money to spend, shocking luck with injuries, no derbies to win, a manager who practically admits they're going down, Joleon Lescott etc. There's other forces at hand this time.

Few good signings for Villa. Surprised Bjarnason is going there too.

Think it's Tw-irly to say if they'll be named sponsors.

It's gonna be a melt.

Sounds like they need to get rid of wages before buying, so part of Van Aanholt's pay is going on Lescott What a waste of time

Would've liked Hourihane here, so that's a shame. Van Aanholt will be a miss for Sunderland, but that fee is excessive.