The Fish

Wykiki, mate, I've no idea who Jack Downer is, I'm guessing you don't either. Don't worry about MOTDx asking some unknown kid for his opinion on the best Premier League team so far.

No idea, to get an in depth biography of the man, an in depth assessment of the 'masterminds' behind 9/11 and what's going on with Yemen, you'd have to log into RTG. Ever since the takeover every news article about Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman, or Yemen is posted, pored over and cast iron positions are taken. Nowt before the takeover, of course. But now, those simpletons are experts on everything.

They're so precious, I've been called everything in the past few days and taken it with a skip in my step and a smile on my face. I come back at them with an ever-so-gentle ribbing and down swings the ban hammer.

The link was to a video of Sunderland fans chanting for Adam Johnson

Ironically, this might work in their favour as Potter is a good coach. Binning him off would be costly and offers no guarantees that the next manager would do better. Give Potter time to work with some young up and comers and they'd soon have a solid base to build upon after they've reduced their FFP debt?

Because there's a video of Ian Cusack arguing with some Tesco worker about cat food. Looks like he's having a tough time in it. So Ready To Go instead of seeing a bloke, clearly having a tough time, they see a target for abuse. Because Cusack is/was prone to lengthy diatribes they think that any other poster that does similar must be him. Also it's a straw to grasp as when they're not winning the argument.

I got as far as "48 virgin Creme eggs" before I turned the gun on myself

It's fun to rile them up, now and then.

Even their wildest dreams are second rate.

Fucking Hell. "If KLD* has deep pockets." Well, guess what Skylon, the murderers that own us do have deep pockets, we are in the conversation for Champions League Football, one of our central midfielders is worth more than your entire squad. In the queue to host a CL Final, you're so far back you can't even see it. I've seen some impressive stadiums, even gone out my way to have a look at them, but they were in Turin, or Amsterdam where I was on holiday. Can't imagine tourism is a big part of Sunderland's economy. I've seen some deluded horseshit on there, but who the fuck is going to go to fucking Sunderland to see the IKEA-quality, litter-filled shithole they call the Stadium of Light? Even with 20k more empty seats and a bit of slipshod render to hide the corrugated iron? * KLD man, after the shit they gave us for calling Benitez 'Rafa'.

What?! Then what are we all doing here? Jesus!

Have you at least tried?

If Harry Kane leave a room it gets more attractive.

They should poach De Zerbi. Would fuck over Brighton, wouldn't it?

It's not just his finishing, which is excellent, it's his movement, touch, intelligence and his technique too. In terms of finishing; he's had 6 seasons in the PL where he's put 20+ goals away, and throughout his career he's averaged about 0.7 goals a game, 0.6 a game without penalties or slightly better than 1 goal every 2 games. Dunno where you stand on xG (and I'm not looking to get into an argument about that) but he consistently exceeds his xG. Which means that he scores even more goals than you'd expect given the chances he's had. His movement is excellent how often do his goals look like an easy chance? It's more often than not because he's chosen the right time to make his run to the back post, or his dart to the near posts forces one defender to block another. You can see the intelligence and technique whenever he drops deeper and propels Spurs up the pitch with sprayed passes or really clever subtle touches. I think while Harry Kane suffers from being interminably dull off the pitch, nothing on the pitch is particularly exciting either. Even his 30 yarders don't, I dunno, feel(?) thrilling. There's something almost pedestrian in their excellence? He's so professional, so practised that it's not impressive. He never beats a player with something unpredictable like Henry did, he's not got tonnes of pace, he's just a little sharper, a little stronger or a little smarter in the moment.

Does it really matter who they replace Conte with? They're like Man Utd, in a way, they can attract the calibre of player and manager that should deliver European finishes most seasons, and that's the priority for their owners.

Nowt will happen with Everton. It should, but it won't. I would crease if they're docked points when Man City haven't been. Even if they do get docked points it won't happen until next season anyway, right?

I won't take the bait.

I've no doubt that in the unlikely event that we become a Premier League behemoth, winning major trophies every season, with world class players warming the bench in our world class stadium, we might become a little jaded about a League Cup win. But how far down the line is that frankly unlikely future? 20 years? 30 years? I don't think anything's going to take the shine off the celebrations that level the city when we win our first trophy, nor our second. And those mackems shouting loudest about how any win is tainted, and anyway there won't be any wins, aren't even kidding themselves.

Sure, maybe, but which clubs? He hasn't done enough to get one of the big clubs in England and they're the ones who'd know most about him. Right now, his job is iron clad safe from above and I'd be amazed if he abandoned the project that's really only just beginning.

You're such an ass.

Plus he's got that Donkey sanctuary, right?

I'm saying on paper, Nagelsmann has achieved more than Howe has. That's not really up for debate is it?

League titles, individual trophies, win %, GD, stuff like that.

Been said before but some lunatic will state something that's bad for us is likely to happen and the rest will convince themselves that not only is it likely, but a certainty. We wouldn't get Benitez He wouldn't stay after relegation He wouldn't get us promoted He wouldn't keep us up Bruce would take us down (to be fair this seemed more likely) There wouldn't be a takeover The Saudis wouldn't pass O&D The PL wouldn't let it happen The Government wouldn't let it happen The Saudis wouldn't spend money Howe would take us down Howe has a terrible record of transfers No Premier League club would do business with us No decent player would want to join us Bruno would flop, Burn is shite, Botman isn't ready for the PL, Isak is too lightweight We'd need to spend half a billion to get close to European football The Saudis would leave after a couple of years to buy Man Utd or Liverpool Shouldn't the giant floating head of Ray Winston be looming above them with the chilling message "When the fun stops, stop"?