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been staring at it for 20 mins and i still can't find the 10 differences

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I love Wykiki. His bitching reminds me of my lass.

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Taylor taking another sentence down to the mat and putting it in a figure 4 leg lock.

3-0 Some cunt with a hat-trick

Having a player called Agbadou and NOT hearing the away fans sing Agadoo for the full 90 is a fucking crime btw.

I love Isak's thumb over the shoulder celebration. I don't know quite what it's meant to signify but all I see is "have you seen the fucking state of this lot?"

Smallbone is on. Didnt know Gemmill was still playing...

I turn 40 today. Having breakfast with the family in Vanuatu. Not as old as most of you lot. Life's good.

Fuck me. The winter nights must fly by…

"Welcome to Mega Thursday! Who will come on top of the fight for premier league survival? Roy, here's the table now, who's the more worried?" Keane: "They're big boys, nobody should be worried, when we we winning titles we weren't worried. Do they want their mammies to blow their nose for them? Honestly.....fully grown men." Narrator: "Keane still thought it was still 1997. The presenter wasn't too sure either what year it was." Neville: "This is Manchester United we're talking about here." Narrator: "This is Gary Neville talking, if he was on mastermind his specialised subject would be Man U." Carragher: "What you have here, is two of the most successful clubs in the country, Manchester United and Liverpool football club, I know Liverpool aren't playing tonight but that's not going to stop me from mentioning them." Narrator: "And don't get me started on this cunt."

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the best money we could spend this month would be to double isak's wages.

A groit awaye dye

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-fc-talks-avoid-points-deduction-transfer-payments-abramovich-b1205196.html Premier League:

I see they’ve ditched their policy of only trying to sign young players by putting a bid in for Tommy Cannon. I think he’s passed it and was never any good in first place.

I couldn't remember the Sunderland manager's name but I'm expected to know who some actor was from Hollyoaks?

Ahh, "the neighbourhood of Cheshire". You can rely on AI reporting for all the nuances.

CB's we have; Botman (just back from an ACL) Burn Schar (currently ill / injured) Lascelles (currently fucked) Kelly We also have; Krafu who can play there, but is a midget. So we have 6 players for two spots. One of the players has just come back from an ACL so his game time needs managing and then we have another who's fucked with an ACL and isn't a starter. Out of them 6 we also have 50% the wrong side of 30 with Krafu edging that way. Whilst this isn't too much of an issue, return from injury / fatigue plays a bigger role. Burn has been immense but he's had little rotation. So whilst I don't think Kelly has been too great this season, selling him now without a player to back him up is fucking madness. On RW we have options that can get us by. Almiron has played 148' of football in the PL this season, avg of 7' a game. So can we do without him? Yes, he's gone. That should be clear to most.

Completely innocent mistake obviously…!

Can you imagine how much spit came out of Gordon's mouth try to utter those words?

Not just the accents but the main lad's voice.

Drop dead, sausagefingers.

Has Claudie Winklemann got jaundice or does she have Trumps tanning machine?

It's........ Daphne from neighbours. (At least you'll have heard of her unlike the kid who died from Hollyoaks). Carry on.

Its like us vs Derby County under Gravyiola

Late to the party but here's my two-penneth on Kelly (and Almiron). Lloyd Kelly was a free transfer that excited not a soul. He is a warm body and, while he's not going to be on the rumoured £150k per week, he is gobbling up wages while providing not a lot. Botman, Schar and Burn are the three first choice Centre Backs. Krafth and Lascelles can provide a similar level of cover that Kelly can and neither of them would attract anything like an £11m fee. Maybe Alex Murphy is good enough to be 4th (FOURTH) choice Centre back? We also have Hall, Burn, Targett as PL proven left backs, plus Livramento and Trippier who can all fill in at Left back to the same standard as Kelly. So, here's a saleable asset, not vital to our short or long term targets, who isn't going to improve much, and who's attracting interest. Fucking sell him now. If a defender of Lloyd Kelly's ability is the difference between getting Champions League football and not, I'd argue our troubles run a lot deeper than even the most pessimistic cunt could imagine. If we can get c£20m in January for Almiron and Kelly we should absolutely fucking do it. We should have wriggle room due to our caution in the summer, add £20m pure profit to the book in January it should mean we've money to spend now AND money to spend in the summer.

I enjoy each win in the 30 mins immediately after it and then return to stressing about the next game the joys of an anxious disposition.

The league has settled down and has started to split into mini-leagues. If we beat Bournemouth we’ll be 7 points clear of them/eighth place, Villa in 7th are at cockney Stoke so we could be 6 ahead of them with a vastly superior goal difference (+15 v -1) a draw would be my result of choice for that one because I think we can catch Lego-head’s boys. We lose Isak we’re screwed but Chelsea lose Palmer they’re same, Liverpool - Salah likewise although they’ve got points in the bag and injury time/VAR on their side. No idea who is the major key for the scabs and City are currently living life without theirs and Stoke have lost Saka. So long as we don’t lose Isak (to injury) we should be locked in top 6 even with a mini wobble. I fancy us to finish above cockney Stoke, and whatever that brings, we really are better than them IMO, just a feeling mind but they don’t look nearly as good as the league table would suggest.

How do you even get invited to talks to avoid a possible point reduction ffs? Can we all pull mad shit and just chat our way out of it?

Fenway are taking the money this month iyam . Let’s hear what the self righteous pricks say after that

We'll have done well getting CL football considering our start, we're on a very good run but have to keep it going and pray nothing happens to Alexander the great. Had we started like this and kept it going more or less we'd have a decent outside shout at the title but there's zero chance we're doing it this season. IF fifth gets you CL football we've still got to be on it as I can't see Man City being shit all season, Chelsea are a team in transition with some talent who are hot and cold in the same match, forest I feel will carry on picking up points but do think they'll start to stumble a bit the nearer the finishing line comes close, (we did, somehow finishing 4th instead of 3rd where we really should've finished that year gifting it to Ten Bob's side who weren't as good as our side). Whether Forest have enough points in the bag to accommodate their inevitable wobble who knows? The current top six are going to be the final top six IMO it's just one team is going to miss out on the CL. I'd be surprised if that team is the blue mancs.

We WERE Friends. WERE

to be honest when i come on here i often confuse those two guys

imo you can never have too many CB's playing 4 CB's works so they provide complete defensive cover ( i remember when we won the war, sorry the CL we often played with 4 CB's pushing Stones into midfield and further ) and it's all too easy for them to get injured given their position. we've had Stones, Akanji, Dias and Ake injured most of the season plus Walker who seems done. so it can happen if you're not careful. last time we had a situation like this we had just let Kompany retire when Laporte got a season long injury and hey presto, Liverpool won the league. my point is, don't be too eager to let quality CBs leave

A bit too nice, but still. Thing is if I had time I would just make some manual edits, as it is, this is ChatGPT's work. Keith, the Legend of the SMB There’s a man named Keith, with a Sunderland scarf, He’s middle-aged, retired—though it makes people laugh. How he earned it, no one’s quite sure, But Keith swears his wisdom is always mature. He moderates the SMB, a forum so grand, Clicking and typing with sausage-like hands. An enemy of Newcastle, he spits at their name, Declaring them doomed to eternal shame. “Oh, Isak’s a waste, just look at the fee! He’s slower than me, and I’m fifty-three!” “Gordon’s a flop, he’s all hair, no skill, And Bruno’s just hype, not worth the bill.” “Joelinton’s a joke, can’t hit a barn door!” Keith said it all with a confident roar. But the Magpies soared, their stars shining bright, While Keith sat fuming on SMB each night. His predictions are bold, his opinions are loud, He’ll preach to the masses, drawing a crowd. “Trust me,” he says, with a confident grin, But his forecasts? They never quite win. Unintelligent, sure, but earnest and proud, Keith's still adored by his Sunderland crowd. He’s a Terry Fuckwit, a fool with a heart, A comedic misstep in football’s grand art. So here’s to Keith, the SMB knight, Wrong about everything, yet still a delight. For what would we do without his bold claim, And his endless devotion to Sunderland’s name?

The Guardian's sub-editors still out on strike?

£11m bid in for Almiron from Atlanta. Can’t see us accepting that unless we get in more cover at CB.

Its a canny day on the forum!