Altamullan

Happy days.

Well, I hope you enjoy it if he does; though comes across like you might also enjoy it if he doesn't. Personally, I can see that formation working and at least it looks fresh/may not have been what they were expecting. Reality is though, however well that formation (two holding players at least three players who can run at players, or down the wing and cross) could play together, it is unlikely to just 'click' immediately.

Two wingers, a heed th' bal to head the ball, and a fast cool cat. Happy days!

1870s...

Gompertz: That's funny as Wish I could remember how to post a pic on here! This Grayson comparison made me chuckle: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1216375/BBC-Newss-150-000-star-arts-editor-reported-presented-needs-months-training.html

Hull and Sunderland are nailed on for relegation, IMO.

A few people are making similar comments about Bobby Charlton. Has he said anything disrespectful to the region? Or is it the absence of saying positive things? Genuinely curious.

"gallows humour noun: gallows humour; grim and ironical humour in a desperate or hopeless situation." I'd give the previous poster 4 out of 5 five from the above description; shame about the one that's (always) missing.

:lol: that's wonderful bhoy.

Just remembered a funny (and nearly tragic) one while posting on another thread. A lass from work, who also worked in corporate hospitality at Roker Park got me a ticket in their clock stand for the derby game. I remember thinking it'll be fine full of sensible types. But I was just along from the lunatic fringe all screaming vileness at our fans who were in the end to my left (can't recall which way around it was and whether the Fulwell End wasn't full of 'shits, puffs and wankers' that day (the old ones are the best, ish...) or whether it was the Roker end). Anyway I was sitting on my hands and doing fine (no reaction to our first goal; politely clapped when they scored) until Liam O'Brien slotted in a beautiful free-kick. I forgot where I was for a second and leaped to my feet, punching the air... Thankfully sanity returned in time to yell: "Ye fuckin' Geordie bastard!" (Albeit in an obvious Tyneside accent). I just about got away with it, initially drew nothing more than a few angry/enquiring looks and then a bit of nodding and movement up the aisles. Hung around for a while longer and then left before the end. Got out of the ground unscathed, walked through loads of the buggers (who were clearly up for a bit of Magpie-ing) trying desperately to mask my internal chuckling!

I'd always advise against going in the home end. Been in the wrong end a few times (Spurs, Derby, and twice at Joker Park, spring to mind). But will have to give this one a miss.

Our tickets are sold out, but I am thinking of heading over and trying to get in Barnsley end. Anybody got any experience of Barnsley? Can you pay on the night?

This referee...

Great goal!

Wonder if we'll ever get to see Ritchie, Shelvey, Hayden, and Atsu start together? Potential to be the strongest midfield we can field, IMO.

What a thread title! Well done Rolando, 'get into them...'

That headline and the justification for it in the first paragraph... the English press/red tops is a fucking embarrassment.

Cat, sorry Yedlin's purrfectly beautiful though Cat is actually played by Rolando Aarons in that photo, you massive racist Yedlin is clearly Cat, miscasting not my fault; nothing is in fact just as I said to the Reichsführer.

I'll have you know I was there when Hughie Milburn banged in a hat-trick at the Leagate end; he was freaking mint!

Well...(hang on, while I firmly strap on my tin hat..) when we're not actually playing them, and my inner Neanderthal gets a good run-out, I actually quite like to see the club doing ok. I am conscious of friends and family who are as affected by the soap-opera of SAFC as we are/at least have been by 'Barrack Roaders'. Their club have some knobheads as supporters; message boards/social media allow their views to enter the full glare of awareness and often meet the ridicule of more right-minded people. But let's face it we're not short of knobheads also, and the idea that everyone in Wearside/red&white stripes is *insert preferred derogatory term* is as ridiculous to me as making such a statement about any heterogeneous group of people. This comes from someone, who as a somewhat feral young man, was involved in quite a bit of letting my fists do the talking re local and more distant disagreements about who supports the best football team/has the hardest fans. I grew-up. Which, if you're lucky, involves putting aside over general bigotry born of ignorance and spite.

Cat, sorry Yedlin's purrfectly beautiful though

Sure that was 74 mate, i think I've got a magazine (or whatever) somewhere with a photo from the directors box with the caption, "We lost, but what if had won?"

State of Mitro Rimmer (... didn't mean to make him sound like a Serbian anal torturer btw)

Yep. Though not as much as Yedlin looks like Cat!

Fuck I have been outed. My three children's names all start with K too... my unconscious bigotry runs deep. P.S. Keegan, Kevin, and Keiran in case you're wondering.