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Spend nothing = You are almost certainly doomed Spend big = at least you are giving yourself a chance

Interesting article in today's ST, which said, if I have this right:- 1. Sunderland are way out performing previous promoted teams 2. They spent £160m in the summer 3. That may seem a stupendous amount of money, but their parachute payments would be £200m or so were they to go down. 4. So they...

At the risk of being bludgeoned by Fatso, on the basis of the last few games, we are marginally better than the rest in what is a poor year where the parachute payment clubs are massively under-performing and there are no big city clubs like Leeds and Sunderland with large supporter bases. The...

...oh, and Rudi to play. Eccles and Torp are just too similar (and not just the appearance thing I posted about elsewhere). I suspect BTA would have been better than Eccles yesterday

Fear a loss: FL should consider something new on the left (KKH and/or Wright?). But suspect he won't. The more I think about it deffo 3 at back. I think we will play it cagey like at Stoke and challenge Boro to come and get it. Is Wright available by the way? Side note: Without financial...

I have been in the padded seats on a match by match basis as I have a lot of commitments in the year that mean I am going to miss a number of games. A padded seat for WBA was only £5 more than somewhere in the middle of the East Stand I am going to guess many in the padded seats have purchased...

...in your dreams

I have recently reached the conclusion that if closely marked, he lacks the speed over 5 - 6 yards which Tats (and also Wright) have to get away. The other clubs are not mugs, they will have done their homework. Blackburn let their guard slip, EMC put in two good crosses, but that was the...

I think the fitness thing was just an added complication. grimes is a major upgrade not just a replacement.

We need to sort out our left wing. EMC always has a spectacular in his locker and JDS's footwork is fantastic but over the game as a whole we are vulnerable there and it's quite easy for opponents to nullify the threat. The comparison with Tats & MVE is stark. Even if he tends to blast his...

FL Identified that Sheaf was not good enough and midfield needed a a better controlling influence, a better continuity player. Then they went and paid for him never mind his age. Probably one of the best managerial decisions in the recent history of the club. I love watching him.

And certainly not in the same team as Torp. One is no 29 the other 28. They are the same height and similar build. I am sure I could be thinking torp is having a mare when it could be Eccles. I tend to assume torp is doing the good stuff and Eccles making the mistakes but who knows?

Two bang average teams who could neither of them string 3 passes together. Basic errors all over the place. How many times did Tats blast his cross across to the other side of the pitch. Simms worked hard but a woeful first touch. EMC has negligible faith to take his man on, plays like a utility...

A rare moment of universal accord on SBT. We all hate the international break. All we get for it is a jet lagged and knackered centre forward

Grimes was a player purely bought for the present, with little conceivable sell on potential, in fact he may only decline in value. Nor was he purchased from the payout from a major sale. It was a strategic purchase but with probably no more than 2 years in mind. The Rushworth loan is very...

..and what seems obvious to me is that DK takes a much more considered, strategic approach to ins and outs. In the Summer a primary effort was on clearing out temporarily or permanently the deadwood even if it meant risking leaving us short in key areas like central midfield. And then the...

Not sure I understand this comment. Didn't Grimes come in 2025? I don't think anyone can dispute the business model has changed with the appointment of Lampard - coincidentally or not. I remember Saddlebrains had inside info on the bid for Grimes and without naming him came on here expressing...

I am astounded how radically the business model has changed. Grimes was a major break - 29 and over £3m. We used to suffer vertigo if it went as high as £1m. Since then we have spent more than we spent on Grimes on two players who are essentially back ups - KKH and Woolfie. We will never know...

... do you really think they are good enough for the next level, really? Particularly Thomas.

Always thought this would be a tough fixture. It's going to be a cagy one niller either way imho. Just hope we can nick it EMC back in the starting line up, I assume at the expense of Eccles as BTA is undropable Cameo from Rudi