Hovagod

Any change of Wor Flags bringing out the rainbow colours for this? Or would that get them in trouble with Amanda?

They don’t actually ‘go on’ about not being a state. In the documentary they dismiss it as ‘rubbish’. I wouldn’t mind a bit of going on if it meant they could explain decisions like this one in more detail

Hopefully protests and a mass boycott.

Wasn’t there some Jose quote, something like ‘And of course we always wait for Newcastle’ I always loved that, and emblematic of the respect he had for us. I don’t care, I still quite like him.

How seriously are city going to take this game tomorrow night?

Don’t think he said anything particularly unfair, to be honest. He writes for the Sun though so is obviously a cunt

Apparently Haarland had had a go at Silva about not passing to him. It would have been a dangerous pass as Silva was the furthest advanced midfielder or something

2-0?

We should tell our players to take the knee

I’m actually extra nice to Sunderland supporting fans, not to be patronising- though that’s what they always accuse me of. Just because I know how terrible it must be for them and really what’s the point in bragging. Game’s over, we won.

It did become a wanky little event mind. Got a bit tiresome seeing people on social media with no interest in football talking about all day drinking on derby day

You wouldn’t enjoy the build up to the day? I can’t imagine how excited everybody would be

Thing is though, even if they beat us, well so what? They will have their fun but be unable to ignore the ever growing chasm between the clubs. We’ll have to move on quickly anyway as the Champions’ League will be back soon enough. It’s easy to say the small club has nothing to lose, free hit etc, but I think it can work both ways

They always faff on for about a minute showing the team lining up etc as well

Yeah, where were the clocks?

Firstly, he now does the captain’s column in the programme. It’s called something like ‘The Leadership Group’ page. secondly, after our third goal he went over to the players massed in the corner and sternly tapped his wrist, presumably reminding them about the new time keeping rules and urging them to cut short the overlong celebration. That’s incredible attention to detail. I bet no other club has even thought about keeping an eye on that.

Was good fun in the standing bit, but that Tonali chant…no.

Brave and unlucky defeat. Feels like a last minute sickener job.

I’m scared that if I tell Sandro Tonali my feelings it might ruin our friendship and make things weird

That 12/13 opener against spurs was weird. We won, and I did my best to act like it was a continuation, but deep down I think we all knew how unconvincing it was

Where would be a good place in town to watch England?

D.

So that’s what Klopp meant

Exile has went the Graham Linehan route to complete madness. Monomania coupled with crippling dopamine addiction.

I watched a bit of the Burnley one, and are they not, all of these things, just exactly the same. Lingering shots of city, kids on an unkempt field wearing replica shirts and playing an unconvincing game of Three and in. Grey streets and moody acoustic soundtrack. A pub and its weathered, seen it all landlord. A fan in their fifties in their kitchen in front of frosted mirror bought in the club shop filling in the exposition. Behind the scenes bits one bit candid to three bits staged.