Geordie Ahmed

I think it's a smart enough appointment BUT it all depends on how much he can adjust the squad, if he can shift the deadwood and get some younger players in, also needs to use the loan market well.

They'll only be happy with being a mid-table championship club as long we are a lower table championship club or below. Their happiness is based on our unhappiness.

Considering Fulham rejected £20mill for Cairney we should not accept less than that. Mitro has more Premier League experience than Cairney and strikers tend to go for a premium.

He did Seemed off all game though. Whatever this announcement is was clearly playing on his mind. Last game for Real? Retirement after world cup? He's not leaving Real, just him angling for a bumper contract, it's his new tactic and it works

They compare everything to us, we are their benchmark so when someone comes along and "dislikes" us then they lap it up, even though it's obvious pandering they still can't help themselves, it's tragic like These are the same lot that pretend to be fans from other teams that love them and inevitably dislike us.

Not their new manager... their new Managing Director! Oh shit aye, totally misread that Still, not any less amusing. That's so Sunderland that

Hang on, their new manager was actually a mascot for them? That can't be legit, surely not?

Not even close, the loan fees wouldn't have amounted to much and I'm sure it was about £11-12m net in the summer

Not a fan of the loan system whereby Chelsea can just stockpile players, something should be done about that BUT it worked out really well for us last season (or rather from January). In an ideal world you buy the players you need however with our owner we know that isn't likely so using the loan market can help massively, it's something I expect us to use again BUT in the summer rather than in January.

He's saying the right things to get them excited and it appears to be working. The reality might just end up being that these two guys are very much part of a piss take party as they appear to be a couple of chances way out of their depth. Having said that League 1 isn't great, wouldn't take a lot to get out of it. If they get off to a good start then the fans will come back and they'll probably have 30 thousand watching them BUT hopefully a bad start will occur and then they will be well and truly in the shitter.

Coutinho pulls one back, unlucky deflection for Levante

Unbeaten season under serious threat, no Messi to save them

City get 100 points, amazing

Did the commentator just say Massimo Haidara?

Very good from Lejuene, difficult to get that pass right

Perez again, get in

That attempt to bring down Barkley from Lascelles was pathetic Good save Dubravka

Perez has been class today

Get in

Would have been a sublime goal that

Joselu coming on, ffs

Ouch, must have knacked that

Superb first half, plenty of chances and denied a penalty. Also Dubravka hasn't had a single save to make.

Now losing

That should be a pen, Perez naive by staying on his feet