Renton 21606 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Divn't forget the sky hooks and nail holes marra! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42412 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Three jars of elbow grease, too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33166 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 "Tell the gullible Wearsider the Stadium of Light lift is out action again, there'll be no repairs until the Sunderland board can agree a cheap loan with Gorilla for a few bottles of some super glue." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9399 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Monkeys Fist said: Three jars of elbow grease, too. and a long stand while you’re at it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30598 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Remember the bubbles for the spirit levels! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33166 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, Toonpack said: and a long stand while you’re at it I'm talking to myself here, like. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9399 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said: I'm talking to myself here, like. Didn’t read last page 🤭 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42412 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 13 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said: I'm talking to myself here, like. When you’re finished your chat, go and get tartan paint and a bag of nail holes. Cheers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21606 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 There now follows an advert for the match day experience at the Stadium of Light. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2964 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Prepare the cans - Sunderland must go all out to bring Yann M’Vila home "Yann M’Vila is a 33-year-old free agent who has not kicked a football since May, who has not played in England since before the Brexit referendum, and who in no way, shape, or form fits Sunderland’s current recruitment model. Evocations of his majesty are, at least in part, clouded by the rose-tinted hues of nostalgia, and any expectation that he could return to Wearside and replicate the kind of form that made him such a beloved, albeit temporary, adoptive Mackem is, in diplomatic terms, wildly optimistic. Taking all of that into account, yes, of course I want Sunderland to re-sign him. Trying to determine the worst decision made during the slow unravelling that culminated in the Black Cats suffering successive relegations and staggering through the doldrums of League One - a penniless aristocrat exiled to the gutter - is not an easy thing to do. It’s a little like picking the most damaging Prime Minister of the past decade, or the most excrutiating episode of James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke; there are plenty to choose from, and they’re all crap. But certainly, when it comes to Sunderland’s various howlers, few can compare with the voluntary snubbing of a permanent deal for M’Vila in favour of a club record swoop for Didier Ndong. In retrospect, that’s like being offered a taster menu from a Michelin star chef, and instead requesting that somebody kick you in the nether regions. Why Sunderland opted against signing the Frenchman seven years ago remains something of an aching mystery; by all accounts, the player was keen, and if you need concrete evidence of just how eager supporters were, look no further than the rabid response to RMC Sport’s report that the Black Cats, alongside West Brom and Atletico Madrid, have enquired about his availability following a departure from Olympiacos earlier this summer. It is testament to M’Vila’s impact in the North East that, after just a single season on loan there, he is still so fervently lusted over the best part of a decade later. Of course, if recent history has taught us anything, it’s that homecomings are something to be wary of. Who could forget Jermain Defoe’s infamous last dance, for instance - less Torville and Dean’s Bolero, more Cha Cha Slide at a nursing home disco? Sunderland fans were expecting Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls, and instead were left cradling Michael Jordan at the Scottsdale Scorpions. But despite the foreboding nature of past experiements, and the facetiousness with which I sauntered into this article, there is genuinely a strong argument to be made for M’Vila representing a canny acquisition. This is a player who boasts 22 caps for France and who, just last season, was playing in the Europa League. He might not be the irresistible force he was for large swathes of his previous loan stint, but then again, he doesn’t have to be. He just needs to be good enough for the Championship. And then there is the question of his age. At 33, M’Vila would be at least a decade older than the vast majority of Sunderland’s freakishly young squad. Tony Mowbray’s is the only side in the second tier who arrive at away matches looking like they’ve just turned up to compete in a regional Spelling Bee. In that respect, M’Vila is by no means a typical Sunderland signing. But it is sensible - wise, even - to temper such precocious youth with a dash of experience here and there. The ballast provided by the likes of Luke O’Nien and Cory Evans, when fit, has been as significant in the Black Cats’ recent ascension as the kindergarten wizardry of Jack Clarke, Trai Hume, Dan Neil, et al. M’Vila, were he to join, would be another greying feather in the Mackem’s figurative cap." https://www.3addedminutes.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/prepare-the-cans-sunderland-must-go-all-out-to-bring-yann-mvila-home-4373060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30598 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) TBF you can understand their nostalgia for the heady days with M’Vila when they finished *checks notes* 17th in the Premier League. Edited October 17, 2023 by ewerk 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3329 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Half of that was too much for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Reads like a Louise Taylor piece. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9742 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Mackem logic: Sign a player eight years after he spent one season on loan there, and barely did enough to keep them in the league. He was in his prime then too, what are they hoping he can do eight years on - having spent 6 months not playing football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11374 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Dazzler said: Mackem logic: Sign a player eight years after he spent one season on loan there, and barely did enough to keep them in the league. He was in his prime then too, what are they hoping he can do eight years on - having spent 6 months not playing football? Ah, but you forget he was named MOTM in one of their Derbies with us. That's automatic Icon status on wearyside. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21606 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 So apparently Real Madrid are scouting Jobe Bellingham, and considering putting a bid in for £50 million. Source: "Andy", SAFC fan. They are frapping themselves silly at the prospect of getting twice as much for him as their previous record sale (Pickford), and some are suggesting they can use this to fund their stadium expansion so they can fit more empty seats in. What is it with the mackems and this weird hyperbolic opinions on their players. I don't watch then play, but a quick scan shows that he has played 10 games in a number 8/10 role (I think), scored twice, 1 assist, average rating 6.8, MotM once (I think). In the second tier. And now he's worth £50 million? Blimey, with them unmasking gems like this then surely they will be the next Brighton.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 First thing they should do with the nonexistent £50m is have a nonexistent plan to expand the stadium so they can attract nonexistent extra fans to a ground they are several thousand nonexistent fans from being able to fill 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9742 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, Renton said: So apparently Real Madrid are scouting Jobe Bellingham, and considering putting a bid in for £50 million. Source: "Andy", SAFC fan. They are frapping themselves silly at the prospect of getting twice as much for him as their previous record sale (Pickford), and some are suggesting they can use this to fund their stadium expansion so they can fit more empty seats in. What is it with the mackems and this weird hyperbolic opinions on their players. I don't watch then play, but a quick scan shows that he has played 10 games in a number 8/10 role (I think), scored twice, 1 assist, average rating 6.8, MotM once (I think). In the second tier. And now he's worth £50 million? Blimey, with them unmasking gems like this then surely they will be the next Brighton.... Plot to sign Jobe but show a picture of Jude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13863 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Having watched them a couple of times, their Bellingham looks like he might have a half-decent career ahead of him but to say Real Madrid want him is classic Mackem delusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21606 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Having watched them a couple of times, their Bellingham looks like he might have a half-decent career ahead of him but to say Real Madrid want him is classic Mackem delusion Only game I've seen them play this year was the Boro game, I don't recall seeing him do anything but they were down to 10 men most the match. But what I seriously don't get, is they don't seem to account for much lower standard of the Championship, despite the promoted teams filling 4 of the bottom places having barely won a match. Burnley got 101 points last year. Thinking Jobe is going to follow his brother to Real Madrid is surely fanciful at best, based on 10 games in that league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30598 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t00nraider2 41 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 " if it wasn't for the ref we would have won. Handball goal and a penalty as well as at least 2 of there players should have been off." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 23 minutes ago, t00nraider2 said: " if it wasn't for the ref we would have won. Handball goal and a penalty as well as at least 2 of there players should have been off." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartaFC 324 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Imagine the new lift they could get at the academy with that £50m... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11263 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 28 minutes ago, t00nraider2 said: " if it wasn't for the ref we would have won. Handball goal and a penalty as well as at least 2 of there players should have been off." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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