Billy Pilgrim Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 33 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said: Just had a look on their forum for the first time in about 18 months and oh my God this takeover has completely destroyed them They are all in an absolute state of rage and the bitterness levels even by their standards has gone through the roof. You can actually feel it. Just 100% utter fewm! I know they aren't really going to be our rivals anymore, other than by fate of Geography as we move into a completely different stratosphere to them but for the time being I finally feel I can bask in their complete misery. They are now an established 3rd division club and the nearest team to them is the richest in World football. This will finish a lot of them off. Young kids running around in Sunderland stronghold areas in their black and white strips will be hilarious They’re on about partnering with amnesty international, which is probably a great idea given the political situation in the favelas of seaham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Wallsendmag said: Just had a look on their forum for the first time in about 18 months and oh my God this takeover has completely destroyed them They are all in an absolute state of rage and the bitterness levels even by their standards has gone through the roof. You can actually feel it. Just 100% utter fewm! I know they aren't really going to be our rivals anymore, other than by fate of Geography as we move into a completely different stratosphere to them but for the time being I finally feel I can bask in their complete misery. They are now an established 3rd division club and the nearest team to them is the richest in World football. This will finish a lot of them off. Young kids running around in Sunderland stronghold areas in their black and white strips will be hilarious They will always be our rivals mate , always . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Night shift in, still top of the pops I see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, GWN said: They will always be our rivals mate , always . They're our local derby, they're not our rivals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 They are our rivals and always will be in terms of tribalism and local identity etc. Just because we are now newly owned by an investment firm with hundreds of billions to invest in their assets and they are a few divisions below us, doesn't and never will nor should, relegate them as nothing other than what they are and always will be, our local rivals. We are more their rival in that we are in the ascendancy, of course and it’s been that way for pretty much ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Post in thread 'NUFC Aug/Oct 21 and Sportswashing Takeover Edition all NUFC stuff in here' https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/nufc-aug-oct-21-and-sportswashing-takeover-edition-all-nufc-stuff-in-here.1557357/post-34742793 Very inventive. Chop chop Park, amputation arena and the meccadome. Is it just bairns on that forum? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manorpark Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Wallsendmag said: Just had a look on their forum for the first time in about 18 months and oh my God this takeover has completely destroyed them They are all in an absolute state of rage and the bitterness levels even by their standards has gone through the roof. You can actually feel it. Just 100% utter fewm! I know they aren't really going to be our rivals anymore, other than by fate of Geography as we move into a completely different stratosphere to them but for the time being I finally feel I can bask in their complete misery. They are now an established 3rd division club and the nearest team to them is the richest in World football. This will finish a lot of them off. Young kids running around in Sunderland stronghold areas in their black and white strips will be hilarious I have been attending NUFC matches for nearly ** years !! In all that time, hardly anyone who I knew has ever considered them as 'rivals'. We always said that they were geographically close, but if it hadn't been for that we would never have known anything about them, and we certainly never felt challenged by them, as you would be by a real rival. Towards the end of many seasons a number of us would pop over to Joker Park to watch them be relegated or to fail to be promoted, but that was about the extent of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Brave Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 I do find it a bit strange that they seem so outraged about the takeover and the Saudi's bad human rights and yet jump at the lightest chance to crack a Saudi "one-liner" to get some likes. The latest one being in a thread about the ref James Adcock. Surely if they were so outraged making jokes about it would not be appropriate ? https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/referee-comes-out.1561992/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejeck Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Dancing Brave said: I do find it a bit strange that they seem so outraged about the takeover and the Saudi's bad human rights and yet jump at the lightest chance to crack a Saudi "one-liner" to get some likes. The latest one being in a thread about the ref James Adcock. Surely if they were so outraged making jokes about it would not be appropriate ? https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/referee-comes-out.1561992/ Wow! The car crash that is Hank Williams. Starts off by making a joke cos the guy has cock in his surname, then it just snowballs from there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 What's their attendances been like since being down in league 1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Nobody said: What's their attendances been like since being down in league 1? About 25k average at a rough estimate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, jack j said: About 25k average at a rough estimate Canny decent that Tbf. If we'd have been down there under Ashley, it would probably have been fairly similar. But with a couple of takeovers like they've had, I think we'd have seen closer to 35k. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Linton Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Joey Linton said: 9,000 cleared earlier this morning. Sorry I'm late, can't keep up. 10,000 posts since the tv deal obstacle was cleared Wednesday lunch time. That's some effort, dread to think how many it might be if they were bothered by the news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Nobody said: Canny decent that Tbf. If we'd have been down there under Ashley, it would probably have been fairly similar. But with a couple of takeovers like they've had, I think we'd have seen closer to 35k. Not according to them, which is total shite; as we have always had bigger crowds in the vast majority of seasons (including pre 92). You only have to go to the website English Attendances to see that in plain sight year after year. Edited October 11, 2021 by et tu brute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Nobody said: Canny decent that Tbf. If we'd have been down there under Ashley, it would probably have been fairly similar. But with a couple of takeovers like they've had, I think we'd have seen closer to 35k. Their averages by season have actually been: 32k 30k 0* 30k They probably have about that many core fans who would turn up to watch them at any level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: Their averages by season have actually been: 32k 30k 0* 30k They probably have about that many core fans who would turn up to watch them at any level. Their season in the championship they averaged 27.5k, still very good mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Sounds daft perhaps, but I reckon it’ll be interesting to see their attendances if we end up winning trophies and challenging year on year and they’re in the Championship or even lower half PL. As we are their only thought, our success may end their motivation to attend. Sure that in 2004ish time when they were down they would often get crowds around the 20k mark. Edited October 11, 2021 by Danh1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Danh1 said: Sounds daft perhaps, but I reckon it’ll be interesting to see their attendances if we end up winning trophies and challenging year on year and they’re in the Championship or even lower half PL. Sure that in 2004ish time when they were down they would often get crowds around the 20k mark. Lowest 22,000 - have a look at that website I linked above it's brilliant for attendances of every English cllub Edited October 11, 2021 by et tu brute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 11 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: Their averages by season have actually been: 32k 30k 0* 30k They probably have about that many core fans who would turn up to watch them at any level. That's really good like. Must be new records for league 1 (including the old third division)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 8 hours ago, ponsaelius said: Their averages by season have actually been: 32k 30k 0* 30k They probably have about that many core fans who would turn up to watch them at any level. Except FA Cup games which have seen crowds as low as 8k. I'll not have a pop at their pizza cup crowds as its a joke competition. I'm loving their new "moral high ground" mind. These people unanimously backed a paedophile because he scored against the mags just a few years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Another day ticks by , it’s still up their as number one topic 861 pages and counting All day every day same shite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 14 hours ago, Chris_R said: They're our local derby, they're not our rivals. they are our local rivals howay man who the fuck are our rivals then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Just now, GWN said: they are our local rivals howay man who the fuck are our rivals then? Right now, people around the bottom 6 of the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ9 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) Yeah it’s absolute bollocks to be starting the “they’re not our rivals stuff”. Why the fuck do we talk about them then? They’re our rivals because we have a shared history and hostility towards each other that goes back years and years. It’s utter semantics. We care about the games against them, we want to beat them precisely because they’re our local rivals. It’s pompous to suggest otherwise Edited October 12, 2021 by alijmitchell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Now more than ever it's important for us to remember our roots, especially local and where we've come from. Sunderland is part of that regardless of what comes next. Mind, I don't see them having much to do with us in the near future. They are 5 years away from the PL. Amanda plans to have us competing for the title at that point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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