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I don't think Thomas had a stand-out game today, but has looked assured in recent weeks. Everyone wants McDonald to come good; as good as Platt and Nimely did today, we will nee a lot more of the same in future weeks to start looking up the table with anything but basic professional pride in mind.

I said this on the thought provoking and informative thread the other day... Keep it in mind that this thread is based on a selection of comments on a Sunderland forum. People mouth off on these sites, so we can take their comments with a pinch of salt as they should ours. Wishing a Club out...

I remember there was a character on 606 who used to pretend to be a fan of Coventry on the wind up. You're not even an embarrassment to Sunderland, you are just a loser. Well played, Sir, we are bested.

Very few people think Thorn is 100% blameless.

I was surprised when they let Quirke go, he looked alright from what I had seen of him. But let's be objective. He played 4 games for Coventry (coming on as a substitute in at least 1, maybe 2). He was released in the summer. Since then he has been without a club. Today, he is rumoured to have...

Agreed. He is a 17 year old 'keeper, taken on trial. No harm in having a look and thinking of the future. Just because the signing isn't exciting and doesn't signal the saving of our season, doesn't mean it is a bad move.

I take your point about whether it is an 'improvement' in playing style, I just meant I would rather watch the football under Thorn than I would the football under Boothroyd. And the goals tally is also dictated by SISU's inability to keep hold of players like King and Jutkiewicz. Hindsight is...

Alright, fuck it, I'm gonna play devil's advocate... Thorn improved our playing style and morale in the camp from the previous manager. Impossible to say whether the current playing squad would be in the same position in the league if Boothroyd was still in charge and the same players were...

This is the statement that people objected to. The argument turning round to 'Thorn should be sacked and is useless / should not be sacked, will not be sacked, is not useless' is beside the point. You said that the biggest mistake ever made by SISU was employing Thorn, people called you on it...

Dialogue with Chinese billionaire. * WARNING - believe absolutely nothing 'til it happens or, preferably, several days after it happens. If you are not demoralised and almost bereft of hope, you have further to fall. *

* Show us the Chinese billionaire's money.

Lee Hurst has just decorated my Mum and Dad's lounge and dining room!

I think his performances were of a much higher level when playing alongside McPake at the heart of the defence towards the end of the season before last. I remember when Boothroyd came in and changed this centre back pairing for his very first game (Cameron + ?), I thought he and I may not end...

Keep it in mind that this thread is based on a selection of comments on a Sunderland forum. People mouth off on these sites, so we can take their comments with a pinch of salt as they should ours. Wishing a Club out of existence is fairly low, but if the roles were reversed and I remembered that...

I'm not necessarily in the Richard Keys fan club, but he is someone who can reach the average football fan and champion the 'SISU out, Hoffman in' campaign. If his comments further this, good luck to him. I don't know about the level of responsibility for sacking Black and employing Reid as...

Thorn, a former Chief Scout at the Club, would have seen plenty of players who could play in that position. He waited to find out how much money he would have and spent it as best he thought at the time. McDonald hasn't set the world alight, but Thorn's ability to find players should be not be...

Dick Turpin: 'Are Sisu looking at the Youth team,top of there league and thinking "A year or twos time this team could do well?' Me: No. They are thinking "This is a mess, who can we sell to recoup some of our losses? Probably the likes of Christie, maybe Thomas, perhaps Cameron. That...

Lose 2-1, having deserved at least a point with heads dropping further and a players thinking "hang on, we're going down here, maybe I need to get myself in the shop window...". I knew there was a bit of optimism left in me somewhere, I wonder who will bag what turns out to be our consolation?!

I would be astounded if we are paying anything more than 10% of what are relatively low wages. If true, I think it is more a sign of incompetence / short sightedness / general twattery than an explicit and thought through decision to save on wages.

This is my concern. None of us are shocked about the 'Juke out, untried Premiership loanee in' saga. Clubs throughout the country will be aware of our status and the potential to pick up players on the cheap. The whole of the first team squad will be under scrutiny and, if we are objective...