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Until you're doing it in the multiplayer when it becomes brutal

Oh dear...

The thing that amazes me is that they've had this issue for almost a decade, they've had different people in charge of recruitment, but they still buy shit. You'd think it would have been identified as 'something to address' by now.

You didn't say erroneously though, you just said conflate. Hence you can just switch that word for 'combine' and get 'they've combined being good at football with being good at management'. Granted your meaning was implied, but apparently we're giving you no quarter at the moment.

Decent result IMO, and the Fish has restored some of his credibility with his analysis beforehand in concluding that Wigan wouldn't let loads through. I'm wondering if Brighton applying this constant pressure is just what we need tbf - when we either get clear of them or fall behind, whichever way it goes, we'll look over our shoulders and find that we're about 20 points away from 3rd place.

It does seem unlikely but then again Short was quite happy to sell off a number of their 'key' players for buttons over the summer and then fail to adequately replace them. £10m for Defoe would be an amazing deal for a 35 year old and Short may well conclude that they can reinvest that. Ultimately I think ewerk has the right of it, but Sunderland are a fantastically unpredictable club in this respect.

... I'm seriously not just saying this to be in on the joke here, but I think MF is right Otherwise you'd be paying Zola a compliment by saying that in him, they've combined being good at football with being good at management... wouldn't you?

Your job sounds grim

Really? I've not had a single issue with mine...

Same, would be good to get all of us on getting shot at together.

Well played.

Classic Fish...

I thought Payet had been playing ok? All the noises seem to be that they're going to struggle to keep him. Sounds like the issue is everything else - maybe the stadium move was more unsettling than anticipated.

I've just spent the last 3 minutes trying to edit that post so that the is beneath the image but for some reason my computer just isn't having it so fuck it.

Fair enough I guess. If you guys are satisfied that there's nothing in it then I'll bow to the wisdom of the crowd.

Fist hurt his feelings. That actually does seem to be why.

Brum fans are none the wider about Rowett's sacking than we are. They seem stunned actually and are complaining quite a bit about foreign ownership..

Yeah let's be honest here that's a lot closer to 'yes I'd consider it' than we'd probably all like it to be. A lot of that could come from the fact that he doesn't want to burn any bridges of course, but I'm a little surprised to read that.

Happy birthday mate

Thanks that's an interesting analysis - I agree on your view concerning her regime change narrative, I can't think why anyone in the media would be overly concerned with such a thing.

@Dr Gloom I'm not posting this to bait you or anything but I'd appreciate your view on her arguments. Its only 5 mins long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IIrzJcEWAU