NG32 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 We were lucky and had an epic head start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Don't forget we haven't even played anyone yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Yeah depsite only having one league game left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Cabaye has been the best midfielder in the NE by a fair few miles man Only Tiote could challenge him, but he hasn't played enough games because of injury and ACON. Cabaye is so far ahead of anything the mackems or smoggies got in midfield it's almost embarrassing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Exactly, even Cabaye on his bad days would still be one of the best footballers Sunderland have had in 40 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Aye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkeye Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 The problem here is quite simple - you need to take out about half of our wins because they actually didn't happen - or at least we didn't win we just outscored our opponents - apparently. Taking this new lower points total and compare that to all the games Sunderland dominated and therefore won, on paper (and in their heads). Now the league looks very different. Next, ignore the bad start they had and the worse end of the season, only count the short spell just following the arrival of their new manager, use that as a benchmark for how the entire season would have unfolded and there you have it mackems are Champions League contenders and we stayed up by the skin of our scrotums.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 O' Neill hounded out by christmas you reckon? all it takes is for us to beat them early on next season, which will happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wally_McFool Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=699150 Why are they laughing at Cabaye's inclusion? You have to make allowances for their lack of knowledge. Cabaye's pass to Cisse against Stoke was the type of pass not seen at Sunderland since the days of Raich Carter so they simply do not know about the quality of this sort of thing. Mackems probably see that goal as a Cabaye "hoof" into an empty space and that Cisse was lucky enough to be running in the right direction and mishit his shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Dat pass Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I genuinely think at least half a dozen of our current team would make it into an all-time mackem XI It must be soul destroying for the poor buggers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Being serious for a second, who of the Mackems past and present, do any of you rate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Phillips obvs I enjoyed managing them on CM a decade or so ago. They had a nice squad with Bridges, Phillips and Quinn as strikers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 philips erm err well ehrrr hffff ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=699150 Why are they laughing at Cabaye's inclusion? You have to make allowances for their lack of knowledge. Cabaye's pass to Cisse against Stoke was the type of pass not seen at Sunderland since the days of Raich Carter so they simply do not know about the quality of this sort of thing. Mackems probably see that goal as a Cabaye "hoof" into an empty space and that Cisse was lucky enough to be running in the right direction and mishit his shot. 'Hoof into empty space' like it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkeye Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Chris Waddle, Lee Clark and Paul Bracewell were ok.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Well you have to say Phillips, then there's.....well, I think they had a keeper made a really good save once, Montgomery or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Yeah, Phillips and that's it. Fucking hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Ah, I'd say Bent was an excellent goalscorer for them in the couple of seasons he was there, but that's a bit like saying Bellamy was brilliant in that season at Blackburn or whoever. So what? As in players I rate that you'd predominately associate with Sunderland, I'm struggling after Phillips. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Given wasn't too bad neither. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisd09 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 How can any set of fans look at Cabaye and say he's shit? And they can't seem to get it into their heads that yes Ben Arfa wasn't exactly top notch at the beginning of the season but the past few months his talent has come through. Surely they must also see why Cisse is being picked in front of Ba. They are harping on that he's only played half a season, well Ba has only been excellent for just over half a season. Cisse and HBA are the biggest reasons why we are still in the hunt for a CL spot. Fucking numpties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 How can any set of fans look at Cabaye and say he's shit? And they can't seem to get it into their heads that yes Ben Arfa wasn't exactly top notch at the beginning of the season but the past few months his talent has come through. Surely they must also see why Cisse is being picked in front of Ba. They are harping on that he's only played half a season, well Ba has only been excellent for just over half a season. Cisse and HBA are the biggest reasons why we are still in the hunt for a CL spot. Fucking numpties. With Ben Arfa, you have to remember that he was injured for the first few games of the season, and then he had to work really hard to get his fitness back after being out for that long. It's not like Pardew kept him out of the team for the first half of the season just because he was shite or owt like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 So Cabaye is shit now? Ok i am never visiting that forum ever again it just hurts my brain at how stupid/bitter/delusional they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnson293 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Potato heed has done an interview with the Belfast Telegraph, which I doubt is gonna go down well... However, he repeated his strong views on his international allegiance, claiming that any Catholic who played for Northern Ireland couldn't possibly feel comfortable lining out at Windsor Park. "I think any Catholic would be lying if they said they did feel at home, seeing all those flags (Union Jacks) and hearing the songs and chants. For me, I didn't feel a part of it (when he played for Northern Ireland at underage level). "It's probably the wrong thing to say, but it was just a stepping stone in my career. When I signed for Sunderland, my dream of playing for Ireland became realistic." Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/james-mcclean-determined-to-be-in-republics-starting-xi-at-euro-2012-16157328.html#ixzz1uYyKT2Pk Apparently O'Neill isn't happy about him doing this interview, either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Wow. What a 'tard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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