Chicken Dancer

To be honest, I'm glad we sold him when we did. If we had held on till the summer we wouldnt have got near £35million, and in hindsight his injury was a lot worse than everyone thought, so we wouldn't have had him available much regardless.

This. Their fans were complete bellends last season, arrogant as fuck.

Originally Posted by albert dali Anyone who obssesses about finishing above Newcastle is an idiot. It's nice to do but means fuck all in reality. They're a shitty club with delusions of grandeur who only exist because of Sunderland. Read more: http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=592569&page=13#ixzz1MY0Gp3NZ

Just about to post this, good player.

Doubt Short will give them much tbh. Reason why Quinn's shitting his pants about the attendances, Short must be looking thinking 'I've done my bit and I'm losing a lot of money'. Can't see us getting much money either mind.

Krul-750k Simpson- 500k Taylor -Free Colo-£10mil Jose -£6mil Barton- £6 mil R Taylor -p/ex Jonas-£4mil Ferguson-Free Loven-Free Shola-Free Soderberg-free Smith- £6mil Ameobi mk II- Free Ranger-Free Lua Lua-Free Kuqi-Free Tavernier-Free We more or less are.

So finishing above a promoted team to prove 'youre better than them' despite hearing all season you were going to yewrup constitutes progress? Sunderland

Nope. Uh oh.

Have we won consecutive home games all season?

Finally we have someone telling it exactly how it is. Plenty people on here are saying "they are not bothered" but I can only presume the people saying this don't live/work/socialise in the North East,it matters to both sets of fans and no idea why some people find the need to deny this.Whoever finishes higher the other team won't hear the last of it all summer long and that's the way it should be,it's local rivalry,banter,bragging rights all summer. So if Sunderland squeeze ahead of us on the last day, it can be seen as an achievement for you lot? Despite us pissing all over you which culminated in a 5-1 win, as well as you spending fortunes, claiming to be destined for Europe whereas we have competed with a team deemed not good enough, the team that won the Championship + Tiote? I think not. Its fair to say the bragging rights will remain on Tyneside, whatever happens Sunday.

Can anyone access the league table at several points over the season? Would be interesting to see what the points difference was at it's largest.

Yannick Djalo? Linked alot last summer, always looked decent when I've seen him. Players in that league are famously payed low as well, so wouldn't cost the earth.

I'd prefer Clark tbh. At the minute anyway. Although, I think the tinkering with formations/systems was a lot to do with Dowie really.

Overall reflections Done really well considering the inevitable soap opera every season. A real sense of determanation in the side, something we havn't had for years. Really happen with this current crop, think the club has genuinely gotten under their skin. The icing would be put on the cake if we could finish in the top half. High moment Nolan scoring his third against the Mackems to make it 5. After the abuse they had hoyed at us for 18 month, that felt so, so sweet. The noise in the stadium is something that will live with me forever. Low moment Hughton getting sacked, me convinced we were going to get Kinnear back. Really feared relegation then. Fair play to Pardew though Best player Coloccini by a million miles. As I said yesterday, our most important player bar none. Best individual performance Carroll v Villa. The game when we all knew he was going to be a special player. The big greasy bastard. Best buy Perch obviously. Most improved Tough one, between Simpson and Barton.

Out of contract in June IIRC?

Want.

Must keep: Enrique, Colo, Barton, Nolan, Tiote, Jonas, Ben Arfa, Forster. Squad players/First Teamers: Harper,Saylor,Williamson,Simpson,Raylor,Guthrie,Best,Shola,Lovenkrands,Lua Lua,Gosling, Kadar. Add five players to them and we're laughing. Don't rate Loven, Raylor and Shola as top players but they are good to add depth to the squad, especially as it's something we lack at the minute. Loan out: Ranger, Vuckic, Ferguson, Krul, Airey. This lot, particularly Ranger and Ferguson, need a spell we're they are consistently starting games. Would do Ranger the world of good IMO.

Have they really only beat us 3 times in 20 years then

If we were to buy him back, what would happen in relation to the sell on clause? Say we buy him for £20million, would he only cost £15million in reality? . Scam the bastards!

Would rather not spunk a high chunk of a reported budget on Bridge. Probably cheaper and better in the Championship.

Not being funny but I would definately have him back. Imagine him and Ben Arfa in the same side man!

He's here , he's there , he's every f***ing where, Spiderman, Spiderman. : It's coz I was confused where he played today! Raylor in the middle then

Krul Simpson Saylor Colo Jose Jonas Barton Jonas Fergie Shola Loven Soderberg, Gosling, Tavernier, LuaLua, Ameobi, Ranger, Best. 2-2, Shola and Jonas.

All I got out of Mackems after the 5-1 was 'the league table never lies' for months and months. I would love to fucking finish above them, just to shut them up. Even if we don't, we still smashed the bastards 5-1.

I fucking love Coloccini. Our most important player, bar none. Including Tiote in that. Love of my life!