Ketsbaia

Really nice game, this.

It annoys me how good Everton are.

On the same weekend, Ferguson dropped Van Persie, Kagawa, Evra, Valencia and De Gea yet they didn't cause a fuss publicly because they're professionals. I love Demba but there does seem to be a grey cloud following him at the moment. Hope it gets sorted out but I'm not hopeful.

Did he not win the ball there?

Pardew benches Ba and gets two goals from him. Marty just winds Sess up in training

She's quite fit in person too. Very impressed.

Ignoring the performances, getting 5 points from those 4 games is a fantastic return.

Considering the team he put out, I guess 0-0 is a good result but we could have won that. So frustrating. One of the most boring matches I've ever seen too. Hopefully when the injuries clear up we can afford to play some decent players.

James Richardson says that Raheem Sterling is already a father to three kids with three different women. Is this true? He's only 17

He got booked 11 times last season so theres at least one, maybe two. Got loads of cards in his first season too.

Anyone that thinks we'll beat them by 3 or 4 clearly didnt watch us last season. We try not to do those. A horrible, ugly 1-0 home win.

Get in!! More Ba contract stories in the media. He'll either have to sort out his agents or go, imo. Can't see the club tolerating this for much longer.

Does this start Sunderland's friendly alliance with Club Brugge, following on from Villa and Norwich?

that mini one is brilliant

Ridiculous by Brugge there, knowing well in advance how many are going over. The demand for tickets will be insane, so I'm glad I didn't risk it.

Can't see us winning this. Maritimo are better than Atromitos and we were shambolic against those with a similar squad. Hopefully snatch a draw.

Reply #4 I wouldn't expect anything else from those troglodytes.

Neil, whats the latest on Jelavic's injury btw? He made a glittering fantasy league debut for me on Monday.....

You may be right tbh, I can't remember The whole thing is from a while back, so maybe we're both geniuses.

May I remind you all of an ex-avatar of mine.... http://imageshack.us/a/img840/7459/bigsho.png

Shame about Woolnough. I genuinely thought I'd seen him on TV recently. Bit of a shock tbh.

Looking forward to seeing him again. Cant be bothered to make a banner or owt, but its nice that he'll have the touchline to himself whilst Pards serves his ban.

I'm a fan but he was poor tonight. It took so long for Pardew to start him in the league and I fear tonight might've set him back further

Following the Van Persie debacle and the Cuellar substitution, guess who also had Jelavic? Here's a clue: the kid has terrible, terrible luck.

Probably. On the rare occasions he's not injured, he's away in Africa or serving a suspension. Then it takes a couple of games for him to get back into things....