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By what logic would paying refs more money automatically improve their performance levels?

I always think these fly on the wall documentaries are much more interesting when a season goes pair shaped!

Eccles is also under rated. He suffers as others have done before him from always being judged by first impressions, as is often the case when homegrown young players make it through the youth team, with 'some' fans constantly viewing him as still being that same youth player as when he first...

I empathise with that viewpoint, but what do you expect to happen if we do meet the 'promised land'?

You seem a bit blinkered on this issue! Some of your points have value, but they lose their effect by your exaggeration of other points you make. If come Saturday Sunderland do only bring 2.5k or so then your viewpoint will be backed up to a degree. However, combining that with the viewpoint...

Swansea had plainly struggled at defending set pieces before our game, and had obviously decided to test how far they could push the ref with blatant blocking and shirt tugging to counter that. Once it became obvious he wasn't going to penalise them their tactics became more and more blatant. I...

I happen to agree with you on the kids/ young adult pricing, but I don't believe that is the sole reason for Sunderland not selling 5k this time round.

Point I'm trying to make is if they had won their first 3 games they would sell out the whole 5k or whatever they were allocated. Its easy to use a boycott as an excuse for not supporting your team if you're disatisfied with their on field performances.

Sunderland fans are as fickle as any other fans. Now they have won a game I expect a few more might be tempted to go, and I would expect there to be at least 2.5k of them. Those that don't come will be put off as much by their poor record at Cov and an expectation that they won't win, as well as...

...... but it is meaningful because if we have possession the opposition don't, meaning they can't build up a head of steam. Controlling the ball also keeps the home crowd quiet, particularly at a place like Swansea where they have been used to dominating possession.

I understand having a beer as part of the day out, and have been happy to do so on many occasions before and after a game, but never really got the need to urgently drink more during the game at the expense of watching the match you've centred your day around. Each to their own I suppose! Same...

Yates made a really good near post run so very unfair to blame Fadz in my opinion. Da Silva was caught napping though by a long ball behind him, and even when their wide player slowed up allowing him to put a challenge in he failed to do so. Apart from that I thought Da Silva played ok so no...

I see Barnsley got stuffed again :unsure:

We already have Binks on loan, so think we might bring 2 more in, therefore leaving us with the option to bring in 2 more loans in January. Given that I presume the intention is to also bring in another 2 permanent signings before the transfer window shuts.

I agree that that their league will struggle to muster much in terms of viewing figures in the UK and Europe, where our League structures and club loyalties are long established, other than maybe an initial morbid curiosity. Further afield though it might gain more interest in the wider Arab...

I remember Slowpoke being convinced they didn't have a pot to piss in, despite all the players they were bringing in!

Couldn't have made it without Happy Martian's contribution ;)

If an ex player bad mouths us then they are fair game for stick. When Dublin refused to play for us or so it seemed, then he appeared to deserve some stick too. However, Dublin is a good example of why we shouldn't jump to conclusions. Booing him for going to Villa was one thing but some of the...

There would have to be a Hall of Fame, with new inductees every year just to give us extra reason to argue over what constitutes a legend.