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Nasty challenge that by Kane, verging a red for me as he clearly went in with malice the cunt. Hopefully Lejeune is okay as he looked solid.

Even if Rafa left we wouldn't end up with a fucking no mark bum like Grayson. Losers.

Exactly, utter shite article. I'm not saying there's no way Rafa is frustrated or that it's all rosy behind the scenes but it's fuck all to do with Stoke rejecting what would be a fairly massive bid for a shite striker.

We'd have mugged them off even at that price. What a totally shit cunt he is, he'll probably end up on the bench there as well.

Aye Euron's teleporting mega fleet is a bit mental. It's also funny that they all seem to know each other's whereabouts most the time but Jaime marched a fucking army right up to the Tyrells home without anyone catching wind of it. I'm also having a hard time with them not believing Jon. Aye it sounds like bollocks but you also have 3 fucking dragons which she gave a big speech about how they defy belief. Also what would he gain from lying about something like a zombie army.

Aye like I was saying I hope they get battered in their opener and the tramps will get right on the teams back. I must admit I thought they'd have changed the team about a bit more than they have but they've really done fuck all. I hope they're fucked, as things stand there's a good chance they are.

They are fucking hopeless like. I hope they lose their opener 3-0, if something like that happened their shit fans will be right on their backs and they could be fighting the drop.

Aye he definitely panicked when it came back to him, as you say he had ample time to pick out an unmarked team mate or place his shot. Shite defending there btw.

Perez man

They'll be telling everyone how they'd easily win the Premiership if they played in it after rinsing perhaps the most embarrassing club in the divisions history. It is nice of their fans to make improvements to town of Sunderland though.

I hope we never sign that goalkeeper

It is a total disaster of a central midfield. The main thing Diame has over Sissoko despite being about as frustrating is he doesn't think he's a world class talent. I know I say it a lot but I genuinely look forward to the day where we don't have to watch Colback play. The lad is absolutely fucking tragic, it's actually impressive he has lasted this long as a professional football player never mind spending his whole career in the top two divisions.

Aye, it's a shame as I do genuinely want the lad to somehow get it together and become a solid defender but it's not happening. I'm not saying we're fucked if he starts the season but it just needs addressed after this many seasons of him being there if we ever want to properly improve.

Nice to see Dummett picking up where he left off , genuinely don't understand how him and Colback still get regular games after 3 or so seasons.

I reckon Krul perhaps made a fuss and forced the loan move last season, that probably made Rafa question his character and commitment so now Rafa just wants rid.

I'd be happy if we signed him. If we do we're having a fairly solid, albeit not flashy, window.

Never seen him play but looks like he's had 2 full seasons in the Spanish 2nd division, so at least he's got a decent amount of games under his belt. He also seems a canny size at 6'2" so might be a presence. It sounds like Dortmund only wanted this to be a loan but were eventually persuaded to sell him, that's another sign he might be canny imo. Fingers crossed.

Aye agreed, people say De Jong has looked ok in the friendlies but I have real trouble trusting a bloke that seems like he is made of paper mache to last the season.

I think Rafa is waiting on some players leaving but I agree it's not ideal. Aye this window hasn't been as exciting as people would have hoped, I'm hoping that this one is just Rafa aiming for survival and once that's accomplished he will try kicking on in future windows.

Colback and Anita were our starting central midfield pairing for the first half of that season. It's also worth remembering that If Rafa had come in earlier we would have likely stayed up, he got 3 wins and 4 draws from 10 games and we only got 6 wins and 6 draws from the prior 28 games under McClaren. I'm not saying I am really happy with the squad as it currently is but I think it's definitely stronger in at least the midfield and front line (fwiw I also think going in with Mbemba, Lascelles, Clark, Lejeune is better than Mbemba, Lascelles, Taylor, Colocinni). It's also going to make a big difference having a capable coaching and management team from the start of the season (with 2 pre-seasons and a full season under their belt with the team).

He's just a little bitch tbh. He's an incredibly untalented bitch. People should just start calling him soft as for some reason he seems to think he's nails, I'm not sure why he thinks it matters even if he was. He's shit at his job and presents himself like he just woke up from under a bus stop bench, if he put half as much effort into those things that he does trying to convince people how nails he is people might not disrespect him as much. He'd still be a bitch though.

Good to see the lad has signed. Fully agree that the top is fucking lifting as well, shame as the home and third strips are canny.

He looked shite for the mackems but tbf the vast majority of players look utter shite for them. I was pretty underwhelmed with Clark last summer and he ended up being solid, hopefully Rafa can coach this lad into something. If not £5m is fuck all.

Aye no doubt it'll be a while before the club finally announce it. Lee will be waiting for his apology from Troops for all the abuse he took in the transfer thread.

Aye his little bit added absolutely fuck all for me as well, a distraction and a waste of 5 minutes. Petty I know but I don't like when shows include someone because they're a fan of the show, or someone on the show likes them. It just pulls you out the show for a minute. Was he uglied up btw? Not a looker is he. Suppose he's got enough cash not to give a fuck, but still he made the boggle eyed lad from This is England look better than he usually does.