TK-421

To be honest, I still don't feel the dislike/hatred that Pardew brought out, and feel a bit sorry for McClaren, in that he wants to do well, but just hasn't got it in him... whereas Pardew was a detestable ****! That said, results aren't goign to improve under McCalren - he clearly cant motivate or organise them into a coherant team, capable of creating/taking chances or even stopping them at the other end (which was what a Boro fan told me he'd bring to our team). If there is a thought of getting rid, we cant wait till after the Bournemouth game, as if he wins that, it'll be like West Brom and we'll most like lose the next 2 matches, and then it'll be... 'he's got till after the next one'. Pretty soon ,we wont have enough matches left to save ourselves. Surely at some point, 'new manager bounce' has to work for us??!!!

Can only see us getting 4 points max out of them 4 games (leicester away being the other)

It might be fun in the Championship again. Gotta win a couple more matches than we do now, at least!

As his footy career is pretty much over, when he gets out, he could take up Basketball.... https://www.sunderlandcitypredators.com/

So SAFC are pleading ignorance, and Byrne will probably not even get the chop!

Has to be a (grudging) Palace win for me tonight, as much as I dislike Pardew. Palace are 8pts ahead of us, whereas the mackems will jump over of us if they win. Don't see us getting much/owt tomorrow night, so would rather they were still behind us going into the weekend, when we can hopefully get something at home to Bournemouth.

Has to be 12 guilty, 0 not guilty. Even if 11 of them think guitly and 1 not guilty, the verdict will be not guilty This is completely wrong btw. If the jury don't come to a unanimous verdict, the judge will often revise it down later to a majority one (majority being 10-2). If they can't come to a majority, then the jury is declared hung and the trial is over. Prosecution will usually seek a retrial unless there's a good reason not to. Hung juries are pretty rare though. Why would the judge say "The only score is 12-0" if that's not what he meant? Surely I wasnt 'completely' wrong..? If it's not 12-0 at this point, it's not guilty. What happens after that comes next Pity its not a 10 man jury, mackems would want a 9-1 verdict.

'Mag in a Wig'

If one charge is 'Digital Penetration', then the 'You felt really turned on' text might swing that one. If the other is a 'BJ', then that might be more difficult. Only thing that could point to that is the text that says 'It was ok, wasn't it?', but that could be anything. However, the jury (or majority) might think if he's done one, he probably did the other. Either way, hope he still goes down for the charges already admitted.

WOW... didn't realise the 'free shirts' thing was actually true, but it is... http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/27/sunderland-free-shirts-west-ham-away An attempt to deflect any fan criticism of the club, with a free shirt? Unreal!

Well, she thought it was a pubic hair... till he pee'd out of it. Hehe

Suspended... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/sunderland/11445702/Sunderland-suspend-Adam-Johnson-after-arrest-dealing-a-huge-blow-to-their-survival-hopes.html Sunderland acted swiftly to the news their £10m signing from Manchester City had been arrested, confirming on their official website that the 27-year-old would not be involved with the club until police have conducted their investigation. Suspension Lifted.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31940379 The club held talks with the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) and Johnson's representatives after his police bail was extended. "We recognise that the player is entitled to re-commence his duties with the club while the legal process continues. He will therefore return to training," a club statement said. "The club's own investigation cannot continue until the conclusion of the legal process."

"Speaking of their first meeting on January 17 last year, Johnson told how he signed two shirts for the girl in a secluded car park. He then said he dropped the girl off at a shop "to buy some sweets or something"." Didn't even take his own sweets when he went nonceing.

So on the two charges that he's pleading not guilty, is his admission of intent now as bad as actually doing it? Cannot believe this 'defence' of his.... and this is still his QC questioning him, not the prosecution.

Would like to think the FA would investigate this now, given they (SAFC) un-suspended him, and he was pivotal in helping them achieve points, all the while they knew what he was accused of. However, much like their repeated and regular pitch invasions at the SoS, it'll probably be ignored by the FA.

More classy headlines for them... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456850/Lapdancer-dumps-husband-Asda-car-park-Premier-League-star-Jermain-Defoe.html

The FA have removed any pictures of him for club and/or country from Wembley Stadium. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/6940331/FA-and-Wembley-erase-Adam-Johnson-from-history-after-child-sex-guilty-plea.html?CMP=spklr-_-Editorial-_-FBPAGE-_-TheSunFootball-TheSunFootball-_-20160218-_-Football-_-370770363-_-Imageandlink

Just reading about the Rix case.... it went further than this one seems to have, i.e. full sex at a hotel - but apparently she lied about her age, whereas Johnson was fully aware this girl was only 15. Shocked that Chelsea made statements on his sentencing that they'd keep his job open for him, as its what all the players and staff (allegedly) wanted. Gotta hope things have moved on sufficiently for Johnson to go down and never be seen/heard of again.

One thing this regime wont be, is pressured into decisions by fans and/or media. So its probably a good thing that the crowd and press aren't calling for his head. Ashley's probably more likely to do it, if he thinks eveyones happy, sorry, content with Schteve.

Ashley: "Charnley... its time... Schteve is taking us down. Make the call. Make sure you tip off that bloke at the Ronnie, first though."

Lee Ryder ‏@lee_ryder 5m5 minutes ago Understand #nufc have no plans on changing head coach at the moment. Like he'd know.

I mean from McClaren as in he can play as badly as he wants yet plays every minute of every game. Fair enough, though I don't really think there's much else he can do. He's got plenty of midfield options but he's got minimal balls to change it. Just checked, and hadn't realised he hasn't scored a competitive goal this season!!

12 "cup finals", surely?

They were seemingly prepared to spend another £21m in the window to try and stay up. See no reason why cant throw some of that at the best available manager. I've never felt short term appointments were right, as players know the manager is going to change again - but even if we could get someone till the summer, to try and give us a lift and get the results we need, I'd take that now. I now just don't feel confident of getting the results and points we need under McClaren. Its Sh*t or bust time.