xavier

I know it's early days still, but erm £70m (ish) spent and they are still no better off than they were under Jol last year. Wonder how long it'll be until the Spurs fans start calling for his head.

They already are.

Some are making noises to get Jol back.

Fagan's hardly a 'clean' player himself.

Ridiculous tackle from Guthrie though which looks even worse at high speed. Has his ban been extended?

He had a poor term last season, but this year he's been brilliant so far.

To tell you the truth, i dont understand why footballers would want to make autobiographies before they retire. Can't they wait a few more years. Its rubbish.

He's not for sale.

The Ambani's have always looked to be a profit making organisation as opposed to being a public darling or a show off like Vijay Mallya or Richard Branson or the Emirati sheiks. Hence, if they decide to buy out a club i cant see any reason for it to happen unless they're looking for a profit. So i dont see them looking to make the club, a rich man's plaything.

That said, they're quite trustworthy as employers and wont be looking to just make a quick buck by selling off the club as soon as the new stadium is made and its market value explodes.

There's absolutely nothing about an Ambani takeover in the papers here either, so i have no idea where your media got the sniff of this from.

Could someone tell these bunch of losers that the said Shankley spent his retirement not at Mellwood but Belefield, he wasn't welcome at Liverpool, fact, but he enjoyed talking football with Evertonians

And your point is?

I think Liverpool still have just enough financial clout to stay in contention at the moment.

Hardly. Think its either us or Arsenal who'll lose out if City come through.

Sorry. My bad.

If anything SAFC, maybe you should use just one thread and fill it with regular reports or if you find something interesting to say as opposed to making a thread for every sunderland game.

No one here wants to see Rafa lose his job, honest, he's doing great

He is doing great considering the circumstances.

....an open goal from Jimmy there Xav, tucked away nicely so you can have that one <_< .

 

Don't do it again!

Haha!

Well you should be able to beat this lot, IMO. It wasnt their quality that rattled us but the fact that they were physical and played at a high tempo for 90 mins. We just couldnt handle it as we had no width, the fact that Gerrard was injured and the others bar Reina and Torres were just rubbish.

Mbokani is a good player though and he might trouble you.

Dear Standard Liege

In a few nights from now you play the vermin in their cesspit, the not so famous Woodinson. In times gone by teams have...

ah fuck it. Its too tedious.

Hope we can defeat Villareal which I can't see why we shoulden't they've only got Pires whereas we have McDonald, Venegoor, Maloney, Boruc, McManus.

Villarreal coasted to 2nd in the league last season and Pires wasnt even a regular.

Matias Fernandez, Rossi, Senna, Nihat, Capdevilla, Cazorla, Franco and Cani are all very good players.

And he's done well enough alongside Rooney and Tevez so why should he change his style alongside Yakubu? I think he would work well next to Yak and can't wait to see them in action!

Because Rooney and Tevez dropped deep while Saha (when fit and playing) led the line and held the ball up, for runners to come onto it. Yakubu is clearly the best striker at your club and he needs someone to play 2nd fiddle to him or a poacher kind of player. McFadden would have been a quality partner if he had the consistency and IMO Derbyshire or someone like him would work best with Yakubu. (Osman did well supporting Yakubu as well)

But fair enough anyway.

No surprises there!

Hopefully him and Yak will be a good strike force for 2008/09.

IMO, both Yakubu and Saha work best playing on their own with midfielders supporting them as opposed to having a partner.

You think they'd work well together?

Won the Romanian League, i think.

Fantastic to see a side from Cyprus and Belarus as well.

If he gave such a bad performance and still managed to be the MOTM, i dont want to know how worse the others were.

From what i've heard and he's usually spot on, Milner is having talks with us right now at this moment. Wierd.

I'm pretty sure we are seeded.

 

In regards to Babel, i understand he has only just got back from china, but even last year i thought he was under used. Maybe i have the wrong view of him but I have always been really impressed with him. I can see him going from strenght to strenght (unfortunatly )

 

What do you think about this Riera chap?

Babel's worked best against a tired defense as a super sub for us last year. I dont remember one single game in which he did really well when he started. To tell you the truth, IMO, he could go either way.. be a really good player or end up a bit like Cisse who had all the talent in the world when he was a teen but never made the jump up. He improved a lot though towards the end of last season and it would be interesting to see how he performs this year.

I only got to see Riera for Espanyol and he seems a tricky player who actually provides width. Likes to take on players and can go both ways..come inside or go outside and put in a cross. His crossing is a bit hit and miss but he usually provides an attacking option in the opposition area. Didnt see him help out a lot defensively and it would be interesting to see what Rafa (Moyes?) makes of that. Atleast he's a winger..both teams are crying out for one right now. Not outright quick but not slow either and he's fucking huge for a wide player. 6 foot 3 yeah?

Was a bit of a stuipd letter was it not?

 

How did you feel about the performance Xav? Hardly convincing! I still don't understand why Babel is not started at every oppertunity.

Every opportunity? He only came back from the Olympics about four (five??) days back. Seemed knackered against Boro and was absolutely pants for the whole of his time on the pitch today except for the cross. But to be fair the whole team bar Reina, Skrtel and Torres were shambolic and neither team deserved to go out i guess. El Zhar did well though, good on him.

They had a legitimate goal not given in Belgium and we should have had a peno today ourselves.

We're missing Mascherano and possibly Crouch. All credit to Liege though. Those oversized bastards put in a fair shift, something we never could match. Need to buck up.

Are ya'll seeded for the UEFA Cup?

Tonight you play the vermin in their cesspit, the famous Analfield. In times gone by teams have gone there and froze, scared rigid by the fearsome reputation of 50,000 baying scousers booing every move you make no matter how good your football was. These days few scousers go there and most booing has a Scandinavian accent. Having seen how unfortunate you were two weeks ago at home, having played them off the park, quite simply bring that same brand of football with you tonight and beat them. This present side of overrated Ponce's believes its own publicity and that is their weakness, a factor you should exploit. I might be wrong but I don't think either of the Chuckle Bros up front have scored when both have been on the park and their league position is false as they fluked two wins.

 

Your club is hungry for success and tonights game gives you the opportunity to scalp one of the biggest names in Europe, you win and their season will go belly up before the end of August as they are simply incapable of winning the Premiership and will find it difficult to survive without making huge cut backs because of the loss in revenue. As a life long blue I wish you well and will cheer any success you have tonight.

 

An admirer

Shame. You had put some effort into it as well.

We play Aston Villa next. You should write them a letter too.

There is something to this rumour from what i've heard as well.

Dirk Kuyt

Robbie Keane looks a total waste of money

After 1 game?

nah i quite like sunderland, your manager is top class, real assest ou have there

I like Roy Keane as a manager too. Only time will prove if he's a good one but he seems like an honest bloke from what i;ve seen.

Should probably wash my mouth with soap after this.

think this is a great idea! have one fan from each other prem club give us a quick match report as above per week - insightful and more interesting than the usual newspaper reports.

Are you sure?