The Fish

Must have missed this, what's the craic?

Tilley's near Stowell Street is a decent pub for a pre-match pint too.

Bit of both. I'm doing well (2nd in the league), but they were without Borini, Ginkel and Pickford thanks to injuries or suspensions. Then Cattermole got sent off early doors and 3 goals followed that in quick succession.

I wasn't aware of the cup or its sponsor, and google... it is brilliant.

I think if they stay up, Moyes will improve them gradually, with or without a substantial investment from Short. If they go down they'll likely sack Moyes, despite him being amongst the best managers they could hope to attract to a second tier sunderland. If they're looking likely for the drop and they get shot of Moyes, I think it'll lengthen the odds of their survival. There's just not that many coaches out there who're good enough to rescue them, that would want to go there. Ditto for hopes of strengthening in January. Should they find themselves in the bottom 2 (or three if they're significantly adrift) they simply won't be able to attract the standard of player needed to drag them to safety, not least because they're broke.

You mean the Ideal Stelrad NFA Minor Cup?

I honestly refrained from giving its full title for fear of raising the hackles of the miserable bumfingerers on here.

Sissoko has been such a poor piece of business that it's made people forget how poor a piece of business Janssen is.

Rafa Benitez's 16/17 squad isn't good enough for the Premier League because Steve McClaren's 15/16 team was relegated from there because of one game and one game only.

If they don't significantly strengthen their centre and add some creativity (either in the middle or down the flanks) in the summer then Short is begging for relegation. Probably could do with a centreback as well. and a striker...

You say that, but that league is absolute tinpot and really hard to get out of, and they'll have to replace all of their best Premier League players with Championship shite so that they can piss the league because they've spent a fortune on players that're too good for that league, oh and Moyes won't cut it in that league because he's never managed at that level apart from the times that he has... fwiw I wouldn't be surprised if they survived, Moyes is an ok manager and teams like Swansea, West Ham and Hull are having terrible starts to the season, by their standards.

My forum name was chosen for a different reason but has become apposite. I find it very difficult to see an ill-informed/inaccurate opinion expressed as fact, and not try to correct it.

It's the same as what you said earlier about the players. They're all too good for the Championship because we spent a fortune, but not good enough for the Premier League because they're in the Championship. Gayle is a shit striker, and the only reason he's got 13 goals is because he's too good for that league. If they do go down, surely they'll smash the 100pts mark record?

Personally I like to hear opinions from fans of other clubs and while the overwhelming majority of Ready to Go can't have a conversation with a Newcastle fan without devolving into a furious dispenser of cliche and nonsense, there are a few times you can actually have a considered conversation. Same is true on a few other message boards, and I'm sure it would be true for an opposing fan on N-O.

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/rafa-to-wist-hem.1300092/ They're fewmin and I don't know why.

Saw that, was it the Northumberland cup or something?

Many good opportunities to slope off unnoticed and go and hang out with your actual mates instead

Thanks for this input Commodore Sarcasmo, but was that not a common criticism of Cisse and other "instinctive strikers"? Oh, wait, yes it fucking was.

Maybe that's the problem? maybe Perez is better when he's working at a faster pace, operating on instincts? The goals that stick in the mind are snap volleys or first time takes.

I also think he benefits from playing with Mitro more so than with Gayle.

Usually when compared to the other top leagues.

Why do you think that is? The physicality? the pace?