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FML. That would mean he has not inconsiderate stakes in Sports Direct, JJB AND JD?? Do we not have a monopolies and mergers commission to look into shit like this? Surely some anti-competition laws are being broken?

I can see the tide starting to turn now. With fans openly abusing the players at Southampton and then again at the end of the last home game it can't be long before that abuse is transferred to the clown in charge himself.

'shop at JD sports' probably gonna hurt Ashley more than owt related to the football

The challenge as I see it is with our fanbase being so fragmented it's hard to get agreement on anything. The problem is further compounded by certain egos who seem to see protests as a legitimate opportunity for shameless self-promotion. It's ok in theory everyone agreeing to follow every protest but then Wraith pipes up with 'lets have a mock funeral for the stadium. And I will be the priest.' And everyone goes no thanks mate think I'll leave that and the disagreements start again. Fwiw I think the open-top bus was a good idea and would have looked a lot better with just a few more bodies involved. On the other hand others found it cringey and you can't force people to join in. So in short I don't know what the answer is.

Good. They don't deserve an incentive.

I've got to say I've watched Newcastle about 15 times this season, and apart from Man U away, Fulham away (I think), and Man City at home in the cup, I've not been impressed at all. But Pardew must be doing something right your league position is something we Sunderland fans would kill for. I'd be careful coming out with pro-Pardew stuff like that, some folk on here (not me) take real offence. As said above Remy and to a lesser extent Cabaye dragged the rest through by the scruffs of their necks. And it really really really wouldn't have been Fulham away. Our best 2 performances Imo have been Liverpool and Chelsea at home. Guess which away game was sandwiched between those two...

Yeah, if it's about time why let Arsenal attack? If he wants to be consistent blow when time is over then, don't wait until De Guzman receives the pass to blow. Could've easily blown 4-5 seconds earlier without problem. I didn't know he let Arsenal attack, I only saw the highlight of the counter. Who knows, maybe he decided to add another 30 seconds for some reason, but not 50. I don't believe it was a deliberate attempt to stop Swansea winning. Monk was saying there was 30 seconds left of the minimum when i saw it on SSN this morning. In fairness, Monk was applying the sort of 'white van man' logic that always pisses me off with 'there should be a full minute added onto extra time because we scored during it' which as far as I know is horseshit. Whichever way you look at it though it is dodgy as owt, wouldn't have happened the other way round and Swansea have been denied the chance of a crucial win by a referee who has in the past displayed shall we say a pro-Sunderland outlook on matters. Did anyone else think Osman was lucky to stay on after a bit of a two-footed lunge last night? Don't get the best view of that part of the pitch from my seat but looked a lot like what the same referee correctly sent Debuchy off for at West Brom.

Sundo Relegato, Mr Poyoto? They should nickname Bardo 'Brigitte'

They'd be up for it as long as it is played on paper. Imagine how personally they'd take the inevitable 'combined XI' thread! Its bad enough when they're discussing players who aren't themselves.

This is very true!!

To be fair, they did win the Southampton Cup game

bit of an odd thing for the Journal to publish. Thought it was supposed to be a reasonably 'neutral' / pro-all north east teams paper?

Lovely stuff said without a hint of irony. in the same vein: That's us he's on about by the way. In their shadow. One leygue cup final and an FA Cup quarter and these lot think they're the Real Madrid of the north or summat...

Egypo. they're just being silly now aren't they :lol: :lol:

That's sad. I hope if Newcastle ever get to a final we have a little more class than that. Anyway, I'm off to the pub today, I've got tomorrow off work, the sun is shining, and I'm going to have a party. I'll be back tomorrow, win or lose, and hopefully my hangover won't be too bad To the fans on here who have wished us the best, I salute your honesty. To the ones who want us to get hammered......Well, I understand that emotion too, as I know some Sunderland fans can be right arseholes. To be fair in the 90s we did and no the vast majority of you didnt. Hope you enjoy your afternoon stray win or lose.

blue ballons?? Really?!? That the corner house in Heaton I'm assuming? the worst thing about these cup runs is what its brought out in some of our fans. Behaving like, well, mackems.

Did anyone else see the very old outrageously gay man dressed in a monkey onesie outside a chippy on the way back to the town from the KC. kept asking the chippy staff if they were out the night when they understandably said no he countered with 'you poor dear you cant afford it can you you work in a chip shop' would love to think he does the same thing every week winding them up more and more every time

Could go either way Imo. Difference is if we win we will scrape it by the odd goal in potentially 1. If they win it'll be 4-0

Looked yesterday - think some of their threadstarters are bragging they have tickets tbh, asking the dumbest questions "So, erm, are we allowed to wear trainers inside the ground?" load of pink and white plastics at the station today, all wearing suspiciously new-looking scarves. Gawping at the big metal snake they get on to take them to the mystical city of London. Imagine what the ones flying down will feel like stepping onto a big metal bird.

looks like pyjamas you'd get in the official club shop someone actually made that?? Surely there must be better things to do in sunder... Ah, fair enough.

How does that work? Was referring to the theory that Ashley wants his money back (ie purchase price and loan) then he'll disappear. Probably fanciful, but if he's not prepared to even run his ambitionless club at a profit, even that scenario is just a pipe dream. Yeah so in short, I probably meant to write 'pay back' rather than 'pay off.'

So, if I understand this right, the club is being held back from fulfilling its potential commercially so that SD can have shitloads of undiluted advertising space all to itself. The owner is awarding himself this space for free, in lieu of interest on a loan that used to cost £8million a year to service. Whilst this is going on we are just about breaking even (player amortisation doesn't count) and are no closer to paying off the fat bastard and ergo getting rid of him. Frankly I'd rather we pay him £8m and operate properly commercially as this would more than cover the 8 mill. On top of everything he still holds the loan over us and reading between the lines could threaten to pull the loan at any time. So basically we are his bitch until he chokes on a half time pie or one jellied eel too many. Even then the likelihood is his children or whoever inherits everything will just pull this loan anyway. Frankly I'd rather be shot of him and do a Leeds. We're selling our best players without replacing them anyway (which is what Leeds had to do once they were fucked) and at least they appear to be bouncing back, on the up and have a light at the end of the tunnel.

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If only this last bit was true, and it would make the slightest bit of difference to how our club was run, I'd say pass me a red and white scarf for Sunday. As it is a sunderland win would make no difference to how Ashley operates, and would just be something they would taunt us with at every single derby for a very very long time. For many, I imagine the pleasure involved in a trophy win would be derived purely from the sense of one-upmanship over NUFC. For that reason, it's Man City as the better of two evils for me, but if they win it'll be relief more than anything. Even if the game ends 14-0 I don't understand how anyone could get genuine whole-hearted pleasure from laughing at sunderland in our position. We'd love to be going to Wembley, we won't be going for a long time and that is just depressing as fuck.