Wolfcastle

Just like Cappello (the first time)

Malcolm and my (background circled) reaction to that clincher. Had everything really didn't it. Quite edgy because they were a good team and we were new to the level. Noise is so loud when Mathie scores that the audio maxes out.

In Pavs defence Tommy Wright in nets that night. Great atmosphere, their manager Trevor Francis "well they've got the best fans in England" Got Mathie 14 on my away shirt the next day on a high off that. Think that was really the game we came into our own in the PL.

Cool and interesting thread. With us, had favourite players as we all do and loved Peacock, Kelly, and Albert but probably only classed Keegan as a hero and that was as a manager. Generally it was Stoykovic and/or Mancini, partial towards style, fine if eratic, over substance. Waching the Champions League QF and SF in 95 I liked the look of this bloke with an array of skilled ways (not stepovers) to beat a man or get a shotaway, going near post instead of crossing to the commentators disliking only sweetened the deal. Would be great if he played for us, like I fantasised, knowing it was a fantasy about Stojkovic and Mancini and others. Two month later we signed him. David Ginola.

I heard he was the origin of the inflatable craze in the late 80s for similar reasons. Sounded something similar to 'banana' the way some Man City fans said it, hence the banana inflatables there first, followed by fish, canaries and sex dolls and the like

PSG did that with us and Milan over George Weah in 95. Our owner threatened to report them and I think that's why we got Ginola for so cheap. Hi and welcome by the way. Another Football Italia fan from the 90s. Inter v Samp 90/91 my first game, a cracker and basically support the Italian national team (Italian in the family but this happened naturally), got more engaged in them than us under Ashley.

Think having a foothold in parts of the world like Asia and Scandinavia and the Anglosphere advantages even when the Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga were miles ahead and Le Championat competitive helped when the league started growing. Arguably the Premier League/football league was always popular globally, maybe even the most popular and it just went mainstream when football did. Just thoughts.

Wouldn't be the first club Storey's owned

Doesn't appear to be any rule that signing an injured player or pulling out from a signing of injured player is stupid one way or the other. At least now we know that those assessing it are far better equipped to do so than the previous lot. Will just have to delegate I guess. As good as Wilson is, I wouldn't sign another Wilson if I knew we were in for patchy fitness.

Hi and welcome, That's understandable. Its like the George Weah situation in 95, was a bit of a long shot we'd tempt somebody over Milan at that point much as it is now. Thanks for the advice but I also enjoyed the less reliable links from the Italian press. Gazzetta had us coming for Chiesa, Kessie and Brozovic in October.

Quinn said Short would subsidise them if they got the 40k gates he sold Short on, when his push to clamp down on screenings and put on free transport to the game came from. They still couldn't be arsed to go so Short opted against pissing his fortunes up the wall. Also peaking at 10th wasn't to their liking. They deserved better, for some unknown reason not related to their recent history or income. What a terrible owner.

Just on this page alone - Zinchenko, Pacquetta and Pellegrini. Its luscious this. Even if its just eye candy, its plausible now and that alone is bliss

If they were bad owners for us a lot of neutrals and pundits would say they felt sorry for us. The very same owners being good for us and the same neutrals and pundits hate us. If i didn't know better I'd swear it was about the £ and its effect on them personally rather than anything virtuous.

Wont lie. I'm getting wet now. Whoever we'll end up with will be an improvement but if they get people that are obviously their first choices, knowing how thorough our staff are now, it will be very gratifiying.

First one in was the one that already had a foot in the door and an effective, sensible signing of an effecftive sensible player. Along with adding the infrastructure, its quite unnerving Chuffed for him

I'd love Sunderland fans to own Sunderland. They'd finally realise why that don't have money and are rarely good. Someone's on there on about why do they never get rich owners. They were subsidised by Drumville and Short for nearly 10years and every time they seem on the brink somehow, someone is talked into helping out.

As many have said, its a good move for all parties. He was decent for us and good enough to hold his own in the lower half of the PL -that were moving being 'decent' and good enough for a lower half squad being not being good enough here again is most satisfying

Zero compunction and as endearing as ever. History and facts under the Bruce preservation bus with the rest of them

Not true. I've just recently watched a Bobby Charlton's football scrapbook where he says we were his team and he used to go to the games. Don't think the other bits true either for what its worth

I prefer that aesthetically over the Owen's and Miggy's that are way more pace over ability. Suggests to me that he'll be a good footballer if he can get this far without noticeable pace. *whilst accepting its useful, it always felt like kind of a cheat to me.

"See Naples and buy"

The bigger their boundaries and the more fans they have in these areas the shitter it suggests their support is considering they fill their stadium 1% of the time surely, and.... oh no wait, yeah, mackematics. My bad.

I think all that's changed is the internet. Just amongst my mates I remember conversations pro and con about the grandad collar 95 shirts and how the beige one on the away strip looked like it was dirty. Then we all loved it. We'd have been kicking off on their instead of having a bit of craic if that was now.

That's exactly my thinking. He was signed as a stop-gap but it was a happy accident and worked out really well, so you roll with the punches and focus elsewhere. It would really be in keeping with the build we expect. Better than what we've got from Targett feels a bit ahead of ourselves anyway, that's pretty elite. Its the bittersweet of moving forward as a club we experienced with Kelly, Peacock, Sellars and co.