JonTheMag

Haha ok, maybe praying for relegation was a bit overboard. I was blinded in the moment! Of course I'd rather see us stay up and get sold anyway, or be proven wrong about Ashley and have some massive turn around in the summer, but if relegation is what it takes for us to get back to where we were a decade ago, so be it. I'd rather get relegated this season and be challenging for a spot in Europe in a two-three years than suffer this mediocrity for the next decade

Ok suppose tomorrow Coloccini and Bassong suffer a freak car accident that rules them out for the rest of the season. You then have a backline of: Edgar Taylor (Geremi?) Enrique. Wouldn't you rather have Ben Haim in there somewhere? But its really not even about Ben Haim itself, its the fact that we have no ambition.

Ok, now I know Ben Haim is no John Terry, Carlos Puyol, or even Bassong, but still, how the fuck do we not go for this?! We should have been looking to who we could get on loan/for cheap since January 1st. But no, we sign fucking Kevin Nolan and Peter 'Released by Shalke' Lovenkrands going into the last day of the window, with the likelihood of 2 or less players coming in tomorrow. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO WAKE THIS FUCKING BOARD UP!? It doesn't matter if we sign Alan Shearer or Pele incarnate tomorrow, we're still fucked. I'm praying that we get relegated this season, forces Ashley to sell to an owner with actual ambition who recognizes how far this club can go with the right amount of money based on the diehard support of the fans, and then we start getting real money invested in REAL players and moving up in the league. This was meant to be a thread about Sunderland signing Ben Haim, but I got a little carried away. Sorry.

Probably could've gotten Kaka to play keeper for them...

Don't really seem to remember Sibierski moaning all that much...

dunno, was sort of going for cockney, but i think I lost it. Oh well, you get the idea!

7-0 to the toon. Hattrick from ameobi and carroll each, then a free kick goal from nolan.

What are you talking about? Leeds, Wimbledon, and Nottingham Forest the major teams in England! Oh wait, this is 2009...fuck.

Haha great analogy. Just thought I'd point out, the title of this thread sounds like an innuendo for masturbation.

What Goes on at Mike Ashley HQ Ashley: Ey Dennis! 'Oos footybawl managah sayins good?! Wise: Oiiii Cor fookin bloimey ash, 'ave you 'eard of Kaka? Ashley: Naw, 's 'ee good? Wise: Yeah, fookin class mate! Ashley: Let's soign im den!

Right back, left back, its all the same! haha. And I think Taylor is more versatile than Ebondo, so we could probably get both. And I said IDEAL transfer window, not likely

Note how I said "by some miracle", and then proceeded to wank.

Ah I wasn't aware. I guess put Butt in? Ugh, hope to christ we get another CM!

Ok, assuming Shay leaves, here's a lineup that would make me satisfied with the transfer window. ---------------Harper------------- Ryan Taylor----Coloccini---Bassong---Ebondo Gutierrez--Kevin Nolan--Michael Johnson--Duff ------------Carroll-------Saviola---------- And Martins would get put back in for Carroll. Honestly, the only long shots there are Saviola and Johnson, the rest we've all been linked with to the point of "almost reaching a deal"/transferred in

I honestly don't care who we get in at this point, as long as its someone semi-decent. We need a breath of fresh air to take away from all the doom and gloom thats been hanging round the club. And if by some miracle we could get Stephen Ireland in exchange for Shay , I think we'd have a pretty class midfield, don't you think? I mean even if we only got Michael Johnson that would be pretty solid.

Heres to hoping that Man City doesn't want to offer more than Fat Ash is willing to take, or that Shay has a change of heart!

IDEALLY: -----------------Given------------ R. Taylor--Colo--Bassong--Enrique Gutierrez--Nolan--Guthrie--N'Zogbia -------Carroll--------Duff PROBABLY: ------------Harper--------- S. Taylor--Colo--Bassong--Enrique Gutierrez--Nolan--Butt--Duff ----------Carroll--Smith

Smooth moves JFK, reaaaal smooth

Is it because 'es black?!

Its a pity Martins won't be back for the Blackburn game, I'm sure he'd love more than anyone to shit on Sam's face

..Continuing from the title... Shay Given

Just thought I'd state the obvious

We can basically forget about mounting a real challenge this season, thats been well known for quite some time. But we DO have to worry about getting relegated, and here is how I think they can do it. Sign A LOT of players. I'm talking like maybe 2 defenders, 3 midfielders, and a striker. Now I'm not talking about signing world beaters, but signing decent class players who can fill in and start and maybe, if we're lucky, bring some creativity. Because right now, our biggest problem is our lack of depth. We can't be hoping to survive when we rest our hopes with Strola Ameobi, Guthrie, and Fat Mark Viduka, and the various eight year old subs who they pick off the streets to come in and play for us. If we could just get a bit more depth in January to survive the drop, then hopefully we can get bought out, and if not, start buying young players in the summer and really building a quality squad.

Ok this probably wouldn't work at SJP, but it worked very well at a Russian side whose name escapes me. The coach of this Russian team said that the fans were crap after a game one day, so all the fans in the supporters end show up, and as soon as the whistle blows to start the game, they stand up and turn around and face away from the pitch, then they leave at the half. Lets just say the message was received, lol.

Don't expect any major signings until after Euros. Maybe you'll see a few coming out of the Americas and Asia, but no team is going to buy a player with the possibility of a career ending injury at Euros.