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Commentators mentioning how quiet the crowd is. The " model" seems to be broken.

RTGs latest thread on us re the ticket ballots, at last for the first time in ages they have something genuine to have a bit of a dig at us. Some of the first posts claimed it was being used as a cover to excuse empty seats. It defies belief that they could propagate such bollocks but it was repeated by a few and with zero distention. However much they might loathe us, these sort of posts just make them look unhinged. I honestly thought they might leave it to grow to try and needle us, clearly things haven't gone to plan. Parsnipped now. Probably busier than the thread about their own game against Hartlepool, but I will never know.

A Scouser has joined in on their latest Henderson thread, getting roundly hammered by some high falutin holier than thou mackem logic. It is amusing that what little success they have had in the last decade is mainly from living vicariously through his (and Pickford's) achievements and now they have painted themselves into a corner they have to turn on him. For 2 sets of fans who seem to care massively what other people think of them they have remarkably little insight. Was Henderson pencilled in to be a character witness for the trial of their most famous player of recent times? It's tempting to used the 2 bald men fighting over a comb analogy, or in this case 2 self appointed guardians of public decency who look like they would struggle if they needed a DBS check fighting over an imaginary moral compass. I am always a bit dubious of those who feel need to tell me how much they care.

That's the thing, it's a small time wind up, the best way to reply is ambivalence. The latest non parsnipped Henderson thread actually contains some sense, anyone going off the holier than thou reservation gets accused of being a mag.

" Holiday season" mentioned in a thread about their ticket sales for the Mallorca friendly. Wedding season not mentioned. Yet.

He was often in the bookies opposite the Blacksmiths arms, this was a few years ago when I worked in Gosforth.

Parsnipped now, but I saw this post, football dinosaur I think he was called. Almost certainly a lie, how tragic to make this up? Or worse still, true, how tragic is that? Zero self awareness. The thread is gone now to parsnip and no way I would sign up the their casually racist forum, it puts you on a list. Over 1000 posts in just over a week in that thread. Never mind, another version of the mag tops thread has appeared.

I think Gipetto might be a mag winding them up, the post about mags going to Sunderland because Newcastle is boring,then loads agreeing with him, surely he is taking the piss? There was a thread on there recently ( parsnipped?) about mag top wearers should have their hard drives checked. It might be buried somewhere in their latest, yet another mag tops topic. Given the behaviour of their most (in)famous player in recent times, and a local lad to boot, should they really be finger pointing innocent people like this? I went to a Sunderland match at the start of the season, most of my family are from county Durham. No hate for them here. It was like a trip back to the 1970s, the was a "Britain First" clapped out old van driving round inside the coned off area near the ground playing what I assume is meant to be patriotic music. No one seemed to think there was anything unusual about this. Great atmosphere inside but they started fighting amongst themselves when the equaliser went in. The people I was with spent a fortune at the club shop, wore most of it at the match and on the way home on the metro through Newcastle. They wanted to cover it up as we neared Newcastle as they were concerned there might be bother, not one word was said nor was there any unpleasantness. I don't think RTG represents the average Sunderland fan at all, is there a sane Sunderland forum I have missed?

Newbie here, long time lurker but it's taken ages for me to sign up. Arsenal bossed us like we have bossed so many teams this season, that little bit sharper to the ball, passing sharper too. We can hardly complain about their time wasting. I thought it was a hand ball and a penalty to us early on, but my missus( who knows way more about football than me) says no. Still been a great season, not so long since we were " doomed" to relegation. Happy days.