TheBrownBottle

Christ, he’s phenomenal at statements like that. Do you think Edwards and his other media pals just hear the first part of the sentence - all the way up to ‘but’ - and everyone else hears the rest?

I’m going to go for a third draw in a row; 1-1 for me. I think we’re better than Wolves these days, but it’s still a tricky place to go. Also, I suspect Wood might start with Isak coming off the bench, which will make us a bit toothless at the start.

I’m not upset - I realise that this isn’t always the best medium to show what my actual emotions are! - I’m mildly annoyed by Dubravka, and frankly Man Utd can GTF. Is that the same club which wanted £15m to loan out Lingard for six months? They should stump up what we’re asking for or bugger off. And if Dubravka is happy warming benches, I understand the ones at SJP have heaters.

Man Utd are apparently baulking at paying a fee, but Dubravka wants to be let go anyway. Man Utd should pay a fee every time we end up with Darlow in nets as far as I’m concerned

Then Man Utd should pay a fee, and Dubravka should keep his yap shut until they do. We don’t owe him or Man Utd any favours.

So he’s earned the right to break his contract then? ‘Boo hoo I’m not good enough to get a start - let me go to Man Utd for nowt and sit on their bench?’ Bollocks to that

Dubravka can, quite frankly, get fucked on that one. I’d rather let him rot in the reserves than force a free transfer. His colours has well and truly been shown for all to see here.

I think ‘Vaux rage’ is what happens when Mackem fewm is exacerbated by eight pints of their local fizzy chemical pish

This is of course precisely what they should do - but they can’t; they are psychologically incapable of it. Everything is viewed through a B&W prism for them.

Yeah, Keegan had him here on trial

Yep. It also took me 5 mins online to prove that the BZG ‘takeover’ wasn’t by a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family. Edwards and his pals kept banging that drum for months. Edwards is an interesting man. He still goes on like a tabloid journalist - desperately trying to get ‘scoop’ on transfer news, instead of remembering he’s a broadsheet football writer. So he should do what Telegraph writer normally do - write longwinded opinion pieces bemoaning the lack of morality in football, in particularly when compared to rugby or cricket.

Jon Driscoll is an absolute nobody - I wouldn’t pay any more notice to him than any other call-in gobshite. No-one was buying Isak for €15m. He’s just being a contrarian dickhead. I can’t imagine anyone talking as if it is a toss-up between Wood and Isak as to who is better. Edit: in case some are confused, Driscoll isn’t a BBC pundit - he’s a tiresome twat who has a la liga podcast with a small following. He’s as authoritative as any other podcast gobshite.

Man City vs Chelsea puts one of them out anyway

Should be a canny tie that, assuming we’re taking this seriously - and we should

Geed up

I’ve not seen much of that - more comments on how shit our lot are. I don’t think many thought that XI would smash anyone.

Bit harsh on Anderson …

The moment when several of these players make their final appearance cannot come soon enough

That’s been our argument in the past, too.

Long way to go, but the line up worried me. Regardless of positivity elsewhere, annoyed at not taking the cups seriously.

I wonder if there is anyone outside of Sunderland - I.e. a ‘neutral’ fan - who seriously thinks they’re a bigger club than us? I did meet a (genuine) flat earther once, so there is a chance that there is - but like flat Earthers, they’ll be small in number. And fucking loony-crackers

Yeah, something like £120k pw

Yep. Also, the lad appears to be signing on (for PL standards) reasonable wages - also, the length of the contract is almost as important as the size of the fee. If Isak signs with a lengthy deal (say 5-6 years) then the FFP impact is reduced considerably

Also, I can’t understand the caring about the fee thing. The transfer market went mental years ago - it’s just that we had Ashley and it wasn’t our concern

Delighted we’re getting a top rated young centre forward, and loving the fact that the press knew nowt until the minute. Again, it shows the new professionalism at the club - and that we should basically ignore the rumour mill hacks. They knaa nowt.