The Fish

Told you so.

Specifically a bloke in a nice suit throwing up on his shoes in a bus stop with a flickering strip light and a broken advertising frame, in October at around 03:30.

This is honestly like an episode of Family Guy.

He will never, ever, give a real answer to this simple question. "I don't pretend to have all the answers", "I'm just theorising", because he hasn't got a fucking clue.

Oh good. This Guy. I guess one my biggest issues with Conspiracy theorists is that there are real, honesty to goodness groups of machiavellian powerbrokers and schemers who who genuinely don't have anything but the acquisition and retention of power, and rather than uncovering and exposing these corrupting influences, thousands of people put their collective resources into trying to "prove" the world isn't a globe. What a collossal waste of time and effort

What's the avg finish for Champions, 2nd and Play off from the Championship in their 1st season back though?

it's not the worst we've had and it's certainly not the best. I honestly think I'd have preferred a square of indecipherable Chinese characters, like Swansea's.

Maguire from Hull, Clayton from Boro maybe? They've certainly got a couple of players each that are better than their league position Can't think of many from Sunderland. Defoe is quality but won't come here when West Ham are interested and isn't mobile enough for Rafa's style, Pickford similarly wouldn't join us, 'keeper isn't really a priority and he'll be grossly over-priced.

Meth. Not even once.

I imagine Benitez will simply have said I want this standard of player and league finish won't be explicitly spoken about. He'll want the right players to improve the chances of successfully carrying out his instructions. So replacing Gouffran in the first team with a left sided Ritchie, Lascelles with an experienced centre half capable of playing in the English top flight.

I don't think we need to spend anything like £100m to guarantee survival, but as in in the Championship if we've got the money available we shouldn't hold off to make it "fair" on the others.

What about that blotchy bald mess made you think of him?

How much money will they both have available to them? They'll both need to spend a fair amount as I don't think either are particularly strong.

You're fucking joking?! Bet the cunt wears Stone Island and fancies himself a Top Boy

His stock is high at the moment, and this recent form could be indicative of his true level, or he could revert to single figure tallies for the foreseeable. Thing is, if we do pursue him, I trust Benitez to have seen something in him that suggests it's the former, rather than the latter. Under Pardew or McClaren I'd not have that confidence. The paper talk is just that though, how many of the players we signed were known about well before the transfer happened?

Good. Fucker is a pariah now and it's notable that the only people thinking it was a good idea are the same type of twats who apparently share "Britain First" nonsense on facebook. Surely once public opinion turned the commonsense thing would have been to cancel the flyover, give the money to the charities and stick to humourless banners tied to their stadium and shit?

Aye, the Sunderland fans predicting anything but midtable next season must surely only be basing it on hope and bravado?

Apparently the mackems left in the stadium beeewwwwed their team back on after half time Oh and nee fucker seems to have seen that embarrassing banner

Llorente puts Swansea 1-0 up. Now trying to work out the permutation required to see Allardyce experience his second relegation. No real change it turns out, Hull need to win both their games and Palace lose both theirs. Shame like, I'd like to see the fat pudding lose this daft myth.

DALEWDED JAWDEES

He's recieved praise in previous season too though, right?

To be fair there's some decent conversations to be had on there, I've learned to ignore the few who are incapable of that. Have to say I do enjoy how furious one user gets with anyone who either is a Newcastle fan, or isn't the type of Sunderland fan he likes.

Championship was a bit of a spa day to be honest.

We do. Just maybe not a player who's not consistently performed for his home club. Frankly we'd be better off chasing Sigurdsson, who's far better than our lot, at a club we could lure him from, has performed consistently and seems a model pro.

Aye, just meant without the clause he'd be one of their few saleable assets. A few seem to think Ndong, Pickford will stay. The latter out of loyalty, the former because if they don't get a stupid offer they should just not sell. French midfielders are famously professional if they don't get their desired move, so they may have a point...