NUFCDoog

Couldnt believe it, I went to town to get some bits this morning, I live in Lincolnshire BTW, had to abandon the trip and turn back. Turns out a couple of Sunderland fans were in town and the streets were clogged up with people lining up to give them a guard of honour. Loads of clapping and up the mackems chants.

They've not confirmed that the bloke arrested was the driver have they? Few pictures circulating seem to show the potential driver as a proper young lad

I'm not sure what's funnier, the fact they make the stories up in thr first place, or that everyone on there laps them up and believes it all etc Being clapped into and out of a pub, truckers beeping at them on the motorway; come on man.

This country is on a knife edge politically, with everything that has happened last few weeks with Starmer and Reform etc, something like this could really kick things off again. Hope everyone is OK obviously, as much as it doesn't appear everyone will be. If we thought the aftermath to Southport was bad, this will be a lot worse.

Forest might not even qualify, got to play a play off just to get there to the "main competition". Wouldn't be a surprise to see them go out. They'll be nowhere near top 10 next season.

Yeah; I agree it's too big for games like this in terms of attendances however it's still a great day for those fans of smaller teams. Imagine getting to the final and instead of Wembley because you can't fill it the big day out is at Millwall instead. Wouldn't quite be as much of a spectacle.

Keep seeing all this bollocks about O'Nien being this amazing person off the pitch "he's a prick on it but the loveliest person you'll ever meet off it". Nah fuck that, can tell by looking at him exactly his type, have known many people like him, all absolute arrogant wankers, will be all nice to your face but an arse with his mates in private. One of those where when talking to them you're never quite sure if they're genuine (they're not) or trying to take the piss. But everyone loves the cheeky little scamp. He's a wanker.

That's what i was talking about - even if, after that footage you still think it wasn't a foul (I probably still lean towards it not being) it definitely wasn't a howler and can certainly see why the ref blew up.

Wouldn't be disappointed if he was sold this summer. Also would be happy if he stays, benefit of the doubt given for this season and see how he gets on next season. He absolutely has to improve though, for where we are, and want to be, he needs to be better otherwise he needs replacing.

Stelling and Lineker both being gone does feel like a proper, not just era change, but shift change in terms of how football is presented. Not for the better.

It's nowhere near the howler it's being blown up to be. I think its a mistake, however at one point the keeper does have both hands on it like so can see why the ref blew up, its not that much of an error. I'd say it's a 60/40 in favour of it being a mistake. No problem with him blowing up right away either, if you think you've seen a foul you're not going to wait to let the other team score before blowing.

Rivers stitched me up completely today, every channel on this firestick freezing and not working, having to follow sky sports news which is a joke

Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton have pretty poor fan bases like, these and Leeds have decent ones and the home atmospheres will be good. That will be make a slight difference. Feel like all this Southampton comparison is well off, its a freak season for a team to get a points total that small, it hardly ever happens. Sunderland aren't starting next season with the same 11 as they finished this, theyll get players in, absolutely no guarantee whatsoever theyll go down. Are sides like Forest, Brentford, Bournemouth ( who are going to lose a few big players) really going to have a season as good as this again? West Ham aren't any good, there's evrry chance theyll have a fighting chance. I need to log off like, I'm fuming, already upset the wife as she was saying how good it is that it'll make next sesson interesting with the Derby games as I threw my phone across the room when the second went in.

Fuck that, would much prefer a mundane 1-0 win over Sheffield United than playing these wankers, even us beating them means nothing anymore with where they are. It's just an unnecessary risk.

Yep, even if they do go down it's guaranteed parachute payments now, this will secure them as at worse a top Championship team now.