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So they let Van Persie leave and Fellaini starts up front on his own? I'm amazed there aren't doubts over Van Gaals sanity.

Do fans of other clubs think Michael Owen is an awful commentator too, or is it just us?

Did Rangers not want him for another year? He scored a few goals for them but whenever I watched them he was a bit meh.

I can actually remember Russell Beardsmore.

The Spanish public survey agency made recently a study of club followings throughout Spain. According to them, in the Barcelona area it was something of a 25:1 ratio. There's actually more Real Madrid fans in Barcelona than Espanyol fans. Comfortably so. 25 to 1 is mental.

It's only workable if you can save them up for stuff, like green shield stamps. Buy a toaster or something.

Oh yeah my bad, how on earth did I forget that?

Aye that's it, he looked decent for a couple of games too. More than light bulb heeds ever done.

Wasn't James Perch "Perchenbauer" or some shit like that? Either way he had a shocker of a nickname. I'd have Perch in the squad ahead of Obertan and Williamson mind you.

When I went to Barcelona a few years ago I only saw one Espanyol shirt the whole time I was there, worn by a lady working in a butchers. Is the ratio of fans the most lop sided in any city in world football?

I honestly couldn't give a monkeys who plays for Sunderland, thank god we don't have them threads.

Gini, Luque whaaaaaaaa? The goal against Sunderland was the sum total of Luques NUFC career, Gini's goal against Southampton topped that so on his full debut he's already eclipsed Luque!

Have Obertan and Willo scored the same amount of goals for us? If not there can't be much in it, and that's a shocker of a stat considering how many times we attempted the long Willy.

I might not be playing with a full deck, but I firmly believe that a team full of Williamsons would beat a team full of Obertans. A team full of dead people could probably get a draw against team Obertan. A team full of Alan Smiths would comfortably beat a team full of Williamsons fwiw.

Fuck me it's not even close. Rob Elliott is Lev Yashin, Gouffran is Giggs in comparison to the utter abortion that is Gabriel Obertan.

Can anyone remember years ago at away games this geezer would hold his false leg in the air during "shoes off"? A yes would do to confirm I haven't imagined it. A picture would be brilliant.

I wouldn't say I'm Robbies biggest fan but to be fair to him he never said what people slate him for. When signing for Liverpool and Celtic he claimed to be a boyhood fan, no big deal for a lad from Ireland. That's it. At Inter it was something like "a dream come true for a lad like me, back streets of Dublin blah blah etc". But the Myth is he's a professional badge kisser who claimed to support 18 different clubs as a kid.

Didn't SOL go bezerk over a Beckham PK? Not sure, I was busy getting mugged that night. Not in Sunderland mind you.

Cracking idea moving England around the country again. That way when they draw the likes of Turkey you can host them in towns like Sunderland, as they did in '03.

That's fucked up.

Ah well, we'll get a trip to wembo at least.

Yep, moving out for 3 years (Wembley seems most likely) Are they flattening the whole thing? Because two sides of it look just like what they have now.

I need to see motd. No doubt theyll back Marriner.

Was Mariner really that bad? I was at the match today and at the time it seemed like the worst refereeing I've seen in 30 years. Surely he can't have been that bad. Anyroad, decent commitment from our boys, if we keep that up the points will come.

Georgia Dome is 23 years old. There's stuff in my fridge older than that!