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Didn't they cringe and mock us for the 'Keep Rafa' stuff?

Tough they will have to cope. It's a great rule and will improve the atmosphere as it will engage the two sets of fans at all home games hopefully if we get promoted. Applies to league only but could easily have the away fans behind the Leazes & East corner. Bemused by the negativity something like this brings out in fans. We should be able to create an atmosphere ourselves rather than needing the away fans to chirp in. In my opinion this move would break up the home support at SJP and create less of an atmosphere. It'd totally seperate the two tiers, at the moment you have some noise from the upper tier due to the away fans being up there and the fans who sit directly next to them. Move the away fans and the upper tier would be totally disconnected from the rest of the ground. Add in the logistics and extra cost to the club of having to deal with the mackems sitting there when we play them and this rule serves no purpose (for us anyway).

Would be a nightmare at SJP for policing and be crap for home fans imo. A totally ridiculous rule if it comes in, why do away fans need to be near to the pitch? There is no reasonable thought process behind it. Where would they put 5,000 away fans in the lower tier at SJP for cup games?

The state of that bench

Aye, completely agree. All you need to do is look at who has been top scorer in this league for the past 10 years to realise the quality is actually quite naff.

These are going to struggle big time next year, fantastic. What totally uninspiring signings

If the option to buy piece is true, this is a very good signing. If not, it's still an upgrade on Dummett for a season which will do us good. Mbabu out on loan for his development will be good too. A winger and a striker and we've had an outstanding summer.

Didn't realise Pogba was only 23 Incredible, seems like he has been around for ages.

mackems really trying their hardest to go down this year

Love it how Ryder posts the story as if it was his own, straight after another journalist breaks it; such a creep. He does it all the time.

Great news, praying it has an option to buy though.

I'd have Colback in for Ritchie to be honest, for a bit of creativity.

http://www.cityam.com/247010/consolidation-name-game-mike-ashley-he-see-revenues

This is my understanding of it.

Someone find Wallsendmag and hold him down, dont let him see this.

Absolutely this.

Rashford coming on the score the winner.

Aye he was a Sunderland fan until we discovered he was a nonce. Now he's definitely a Mag Actually, you discovered he was a nonce and continued to celebrate him and his crimes by continuing to play him and chant his name at matches.

Aye, returned £1125.00. First few weeks the bookies panic and have no idea what odds to give so there is some great value around. Figures 1-0 Football 1-0 Bookies Have no idea what will happen in any of the games today so stayed away from all of them. Villa @ 3/1 seemed like good value, but I just have no idea how they'll go this season. A betless day.

Aye, returned £1125.00. First few weeks the bookies panic and have no idea what odds to give so there is some great value around.

Next one is end of August/start of September, isn't it? Seems further away this year like because our season started a week earlier than normal.

I give it until November until he is in prison for murdering a referee/opposition player on the pitch and eating their remains.

This. Sadly we'll have a few more days like yesterday.

Not watched Soccer AM in years, didn't even realise it was still going to be honest.