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6 really, with their goal difference of -18

Were his Decembers at previous clubs balls too? Incredibly we also had poor Decembers before Pardew too 18 December 2001 [the one date I remember uncannily well in respect of football ] Going to assume that was the game we needed to win by 2 to go top and won 3-1 at Arsenal? Great game that, we all had lumped on that score at about 66/1 Funniest thing about that result, was Uri Geller claiming the credit for our win, afterwards.

Bardsley with a goal at each end? 'Shame' they don't play like that against the struggling teams around them.... and hopefully, that will be their downfall this season.

Saving our next good performance for saturday, then?

"Premya Leyg fixcha compyewta is cleyarly a Mag kernt, Marra!!"

Apparently they have a christmas offer on - 2 free tickets for their home match against Southampton when you spend £50 in one of their club shops/outlets. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/2-x-free-sunderland-football-club-tickets-when-spend-50-more-1731590 FTM indeed.... Free Ticket Mackems

On Total Sport last night, Gabbiadini was obviously very defensive of Brown, and both he and Anderson said the red card was a joke. However, there was a text came in (from a Newcastle supporter, I think) saying that yes, it was a mistake, but bad decisions even themselves out over a season, and this was a bad decision that went against them, whereas they got away with the Larsson tackle against Man City. Gabbiadini (and Anderson) reckoned that was wrong becasue there was nothing in the tackle Larsson did. Talk about biased/blinkered??!!

Think there's something in this. If you were a ref who got conned by Larsson & co., I'd remember it and get 'em back next time I got given their fixture.

Aye they did, the 'Cockney Mafia Out' banner was altered to read something like 'North East Top Dogs' or 'Forever In Our Shadow', and like most of their made up sh*te it became a stone-cold fact once the imbeciles on the RTG shortbus started whooping it at one another. Aye - it was supposed to have been held up at the West Brom match when we were 3-0 up... of course we went on to draw 3-3 and they finished one place/point above us.

qftd tbh...ftm. Seems they've probably got half a chance of some results if they can manage to keep 11 men on the field for the 90 minutes. IF!

From FB...

Up to 8th... Mackems back to the bottom. Good day, I'd say.

FFS... thought the mackem reject had nicked it there.

Probably worried Cisse would have moved into an offside position.

Was he booked for it? If so, that'll be it wont it, as ref has seen and dealt with it.

Missed the game today (sons birthday), but just seen a few clips on SSN..... WOW, what a performance by the boy Krul. That save from the deflected freekick is unbelievable, considering he was going the wrong way, and managed to correct his footing ,then saved a follow up too. Consecutive clean sheets against Chelsea and Spurs... Colo might struggle to get back in!

Well apart from at Hull... DOH! Forgot that one... was just thinking of the matches against us, Southampton (albeit in the cup) and today.

I think the key will be how they react to going a goal down - at swansea they collapsed. But since then, they've gone a goal up first.

The guy after 4 years of use appears to have more hair! Bonus!

401 after us. Balls, so that means we'll probably have to endure Niall ****ing Quinn again for our match build up, as he'll no doubt be on there for Sunderl4nd-Man City game.

I think the Liverpool and Chelsea results might have thrown a spanner in the works assuming that's true. We'd normally lose those pretty badly, so Di Canio must be cursing Mourinho right now. Well IF this is true, then it could be similar to the Hughton situation, where he was under pressure, Pardew was lined up (allegedly), and then we beat SunderLOL 5-1, which earns him a short stay of execution. Maybe the last result has done that for Pardew, and the next opportunity he's gone.

They'll be calling him Conor MAGnamara, shortly.

So, despite him not deserving the sending off (according to Poyet), Sunderl4nd wont be appealing 'Catts red card. Well I never.

Gabbiadini is tragic on TS tonight.... trying to defend Catts.... Mohammedy should have got an Oscar for acting, but saying Johnson didn't roll around at that late tackle by Brady.

Not sure how many took them, but the time4change group were giving out copies of the front cover on its own, before the match (seen it on their FB page), on behalf of The Chronicle. https://www.facebook.com/mikeashleyoutcampaign