hithere

hithere is the only decent one IMO I'm honoured

Has he been on here when they've lost a derby? Seems to be the acid test for Mackems. Not yet. Be interesting I suppose but I'm sure I'll be fine. I rather like it on here and would rather not make an arse of myself even if it is over the internet

I'm not sure, did he join before or after the club appointed Pardew? After

Been here since October 2012 and I think people are expecting some kind of breakdown from me. Previous Sunderland fans on here must have been a bit mental then?

From my understanding you need a season card number which I currently don't possess

What a load of crap. How come slack knackers? Sounds just about perfect to me. I must say that it concerns me we might let the league form drop to concentrate on this now however to say it's a given that we'll go down is s***. Don't get me wrong we're still right in the thick of it but it's incredibly tight at the bottom and we've only lost two of the last eleven. One of those being last night when we had a goal lead from the first leg. Still a week or so of the window left to bring someone in to strengthen too. I trust Poyet and I've got a cup final to go to now. I'll remember this season for the rest of my life even if we go down as I've never been to one before. Out of interest and not to be taken as a dig but do you normally attend the games? Season ticket holder til this season when I had to give it up for work. I've been to every game I could possibly attend this season and that includes all previous league cup ties. I couldn't get last night off work though. I'm praying I can get a ticket which I'm willing to pay through the nose for. If I can't then I'll be gutted. Shit happens though.

What a load of crap. How come slack knackers? Sounds just about perfect to me. I must say that it concerns me we might let the league form drop to concentrate on this now however to say it's a given that we'll go down is shit. Don't get me wrong we're still right in the thick of it but it's incredibly tight at the bottom and we've only lost two of the last eleven. One of those being last night when we had a goal lead from the first leg. Still a week or so of the window left to bring someone in to strengthen too. I trust Poyet and I've got a cup final to go to now. I'll remember this season for the rest of my life even if we go down as I've never been to one before.

Just finished work and had a look at a gif. Yellow in my opinion. Saying that I watch Cattermole attempt to tackle every weekend so my views may be slightly skewed.

£20 a ticket? I'm sorry, I could f***ing BEG £20 in the street if I really needed to. What you mean is they would quite like to have gone but decided they had other priorities. Which, whilst understandable, is completely different to what you actually posted. Ok if you want to split hairs over what I said then fair enough. You obviously understood what I meant as you posted it yourself.

To be honest I don't really understand why people get the hump over attendances. I was there. I enjoyed myself and wouldn't mind if I was the only one in the ground. That may well be true, but you must admit that Sunderland fans in general do seem to have something of an obsession with attendances. Additionally they love telling everyone how loyal they are, while "mags" they know never go to the games etc etc. Embarrassing attendances like tonight (and be honest it was) just make those claims look ridiculous. I know of two 'Mags' outside of internet land. One is a season ticket holder. The other doesn't go, however as he's on the same shift pattern as I am I don't blame him. Each to their own. I know two lads who would've loved to have been there tonight but just couldn't afford it.

To be honest I don't really understand why people get the hump over attendances. I was there. I enjoyed myself and wouldn't mind if I was the only one in the ground.

So are we. We'd be genuinely interested to see if you can maintain your calm mackem persona in the face of constant high level first person bantering. I reckon I could manage

Reading this I'm genuinely unhappy I can't play

Depends how much more Short wants to put in. Can see a couple out possibly in order to raise funds. Possibly Giaccherini. Can Short afford to put money in without a sale though because of FFP? No idea. I'm not too clued up on how that works

Depends how much more Short wants to put in. Can see a couple out possibly in order to raise funds. Possibly Giaccherini.

I don't think I can play this any more. Very sorry lads but my shifts have been moved around at work after the festive period. I've put a holiday in but it doesn't look likely that it will be accepted. I'll let you know if anything changes but it doesn't look good. Sorry if I've knacked the numbers up...

Does one of the board not negotiate contracts? Seems strange but I guess this is Sunderland, where everything is a previous manager's fault. Yes I suppose you're right. Whatever he's on will be too much though

Overhaul ahoy! I reckon Colback will get a new deal if we stay up. Celustka may be signed permanently as well. Gardner possibly be kept if we go down. Bruce will no doubt take a punt on Larsson. The rest I couldn't give a s*** about bar Ki who we have no chance of getting permanently. If we go down and they all go then O'Shea, Cattermole, Fletcher and Mannone could be a decent enough base to build from in that league and just pray that the likes of Mavrias and Ba can fill the gaps Colback is wanted by a few clubs, Hull and Crystal Palace being two of them. With him being out of contract at the end of the season and spending large amount of time being played out of position I can see him wanting to leave, and I could see Sunderland cashing in on him in January if a decent offer comes in from him. I doubt Fletcher and Cattermole will want to stay in the Championship if you go down, O'Shea would probably have to stay because no one would be willing to match his wages. And someone would match Cattermole's wage? How much are you paying the useless b******!? I'd surmise that O'Neill offered him circa 35k pw

Overhaul ahoy! I reckon Colback will get a new deal if we stay up. Celustka may be signed permanently as well. Gardner possibly be kept if we go down. Bruce will no doubt take a punt on Larsson. The rest I couldn't give a s*** about bar Ki who we have no chance of getting permanently. If we go down and they all go then O'Shea, Cattermole, Fletcher and Mannone could be a decent enough base to build from in that league and just pray that the likes of Mavrias and Ba can fill the gaps Colback is wanted by a few clubs, Hull and Crystal Palace being two of them. With him being out of contract at the end of the season and spending large amount of time being played out of position I can see him wanting to leave, and I could see Sunderland cashing in on him in January if a decent offer comes in from him. I doubt Fletcher and Cattermole will want to stay in the Championship if you go down, O'Shea would probably have to stay because no one would be willing to match his wages. And someone would match Cattermole's wage?

Overhaul ahoy! I reckon Colback will get a new deal if we stay up. Celustka may be signed permanently as well. Gardner possibly be kept if we go down. Bruce will no doubt take a punt on Larsson. The rest I couldn't give a s*** about bar Ki who we have no chance of getting permanently. If we go down and they all go then O'Shea, Cattermole, Fletcher and Mannone could be a decent enough base to build from in that league and just pray that the likes of Mavrias and Ba can fill the gaps Do you think you are likely to go down? Has Poyet impressed you? Not winding you up. Just would be interested to hear your take on things. Yes, on paper we should have enough to survive but it looks bleak at the minute. And yes, he's trying, he's got a couple of canny results and the performances have picked up. I'll admit discipline is shit in terms of red cards and that could be a problem but at least he's having a go at getting us to play football rather than just hoofing it. He should be stuck with regardless of what division we're in next season.

Overhaul ahoy! I reckon Colback will get a new deal if we stay up. Celustka may be signed permanently as well. Gardner possibly be kept if we go down. Bruce will no doubt take a punt on Larsson. The rest I couldn't give a shit about bar Ki who we have no chance of getting permanently. If we go down and they all go then O'Shea, Cattermole, Fletcher and Mannone could be a decent enough base to build from in that league and just pray that the likes of Mavrias and Ba can fill the gaps

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I have both. However I've been forewarned that a mackem shirt will not be tolerated

As I haven't specified a position yet I'll let it be known that left wing is my preferred position

Without Niall Quinn we'd probably be somewhere near league one. Your equivalent would be Newcastle sinking without a trace and Shearer managing to buy the club from Ashley and taking you back up. Shearer was a good footballer. Would be more like Paul Kitson buying us and bringing us to the blessed ground of mediocrity. Niall Quinn was also a good footballer. Albeit nowhere near Shearer but he did manage to form one half of the best front two I've seen at Sunderland. Not saying much as we've won nowt for ages but I'm only 23. Hopefully there's still time...