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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...

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. Appreciate you'll know more about it and be closer to it than I am, but isn't that comparison somewhat distorted and seen through rose tinted specs ? I know he was credited with brokering ownership deals, but didn't he also recruit and extend the contracts of Bruce and sanction some very dubious spending which may well have been the root cause of the s*** you're now in. Ellis Short certainly wanted rid of him. The Shearer comparison will probably find some sympathy around here but personally I wouldn't want him anywhere near us. Best centre forward in the world at the time but not much good at anything since. A real "legend" though. I agree he made some poor decisions while here you've cited one of them in extending Bruce's contract. However he always had the best interests of the club at heart. He appointed Keane, backed him, got us back and probably gave us one of the best seasons in my time as a ST holder. He gave us Drumaville and then found someone with a lot more cash when he could take us no further. He's also done a lot of good work in the community. The hospital wing paid for with the proceeds of his testimonial being a good example. I'll concede that he is a shit commentator like.

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.

Ours is for Altidore

Aye because he would have absolutely no chance of seeing that overturned as it's a red card in the rule book. He thought it was more harsh as the Hull player got away with a tackle of similar nature late on and got off with it. The game is turning quite s*** when these are red cards and you can only see more and more being given. It was a silly tackle and he dived in needlessly, yellow would have sufficed for me. Had one our players done it, I’d be feeling hard done by too. The Dossena tackle on the other hand was horrid yet they both get the same length of ban. Aye that

Was debatable to be honest. Elmo made the most of it. Late like. Dossena's was fucking atrocious

Was debatable to be honest. Elmo made the most of it. Late like. Dossena's was fucking atrocious

I wouldn't dream of it. I tend to play in a few of these types of games every year and only just saw this. Any team needs a utility man (I'll literally play anywhere) then I'm available

Now top of the three leagues I have money on. Been a productive week. Just made two changes. Team is.. Lloris Shaw Coleman Ivanovic Ramsey Ozil Townsend Oscar Lukaku Rooney Sturridge May have to find a way to fit Suarez in

To be fair we won and even I can't stand this. 'Cabaye was in Colbacks pocket' Was he mate? Tell that to the 15 shots or so he had from distance and the fact he had an age to pick out Ben Arfa for the goal.

Can I play?

The majority of our fans I speak to don't want to see him play again. Aside from the fact he's s**** and probably our fourth best right back at present you can't laugh at the club who pays you a wage well above your ability when they lose. Especially when the reason you're in the stands in the first place is because you turned up to training still p*ssed. Got to say I'm with the majority on this. Can't argue with that. Do you think he'll get battered tomorrow off your fans? I hope he doesn't. People should know better than to boo our own players. However I know that a lot will make their feelings known if he plays. I can't see him being in the squad though. Nowhere near match fit and both Celustka and Gardner can play at right back in his absence.

The majority of our fans I speak to don't want to see him play again. Aside from the fact he's shite and probably our fourth best right back at present you can't laugh at the club who pays you a wage well above your ability when they lose. Especially when the reason you're in the stands in the first place is because you turned up to training still pissed. Got to say I'm with the majority on this.