if Trafford is coming in then I guess he’d be number 1. Pope is top-class until he has the ball at his feet 

I keep hearing that we're exploring shifting Pope to Leeds. Anything in that? Not sure I'd be up for it tbh.

I remember going to Durham a few years back with a friend I invited up from London - born and bred southern lad, fairly sheltered from the realities of life north of Watford  Anyway I told him Durham was a really nice little city, nice walk around etc. We got there over a bank holiday weekend and it felt like all of Sunderland had emptied itself into the place. Arrived at 1pm to absolute chaos in the main town areas, drunken fistfights, screaming mackem spawn, it was breathtaking in its depravity. I could tell my mate was reeling from this a bit so I said we'd get some money and head into the quieter bits around the Cathedral - stood in line behind a bloke in a Sunderland top. Waited for about 60 seconds before I realised he was pissing on/into the ATM in a drunken haze. The whole scene was like Mordor had emptied and successfully conquered Minas Tirith.   We just got back on the train in the end, and I felt incredibly ashamed of the north for a good few hours... thanks for that Sunderland.