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That's pretty harsh, he does make runs. The one 'pass' directed to him today was a punt for him to chase down. Generally, we want to get the ball to his feet and find him the box and don't really do either. These kind of issues stem from the midfield, imo - and with reinforcements in that area I...

I've read the reports from Sky and the Telegraph and note the description of the first goal:

That stems from Allen, Sheaf and even Eccles passing range. The passes out wide are safer bets for them - it's a good job we have MVE, Saka, Wright and Bidwell in those wide spaces.

I feel sorry for Godden and Simms - we just don't create any chances for them. We find a lot of joy down the flanks which is good, but we're finding joy down the middle.

If you've watched the replay, you would've seen Sheaf was never in control of the ball so a pass to either of those CBs would be risky. Allen controlled the ball, took another touch before losing control before his third touch in the box. I like Allen, but he's undoubtedly the guilty party here...

It's his fault - 100%. He clearly loses control of the ball and Sheaf's interception was fine.

We don't create chances down the middle at all which is why both Godden and Simms don't look great. It's no surprise Wright suddenly looks like twice the player when playing down the left. Today's result, like 4-5 times this season, is that we couldn't maintain control in midfield and we're...

20 goals and 10 assists for a striker, as we know, can fetch a £20-25 million fee. In the end, Wright will be worth his fee and some.

When Leicester went down, players like Maddison and Tielmans have gone on to make impacts at teams at the top end of the Prem. Yet, they were relegated.

The players we signed from them were in their team when they finished 5th in Championship. Collins, Kitching and Styles were all starters for them.

Love the idea, but it’s not the WWE! Question: what do we reckon COH’s theme song would be?

We were likely interested in Whittaker in the summer but doubt that we desperately wanted him as we’re a more attractive destination than Plymouth. Form comes and goes and the job of the recruitment team is to decide who they think will have the higher upside. Simms has been finding his groove...

To clarify, I think they’ll finish top 6 and lose to their opponent in the playoffs.

I’m still convinced Ipswich will drop off and don’t think they’ll make the playoff finals.

Remember when Sunderland fans were on about signing Gyokeres in the summer? How the tables have turned.

On the balance of things, Sunderland had chances to score and they’ll be disappointed they were wasteful. We missed a big chance at 0-0 ourselves and that’s just football. Overall, we created the better chances and it was a pretty comfortable game for us. We weren’t ‘poor’ at all. We’re a...

I didn’t hear any songs about Bradley Lowry.

… and managers

At 3-0 all I could think about is how close the game was and that we were lucky to get the 3 points. In the end, we won the game comfortably and we’re the better team who created the better chances. It was by no means the perfect performance but Sunderland didn’t offer much despite a couple of...

I don’t think the players signed are of a high enough profile to make a difference to be honest. The single biggest thing that would widen our global audience is promotion to the Premiership.