Holden McGroin

my fav post in that thread: ”I've had a couple of texts today, one from a Liverpool fan and one from a Man City fan. Both of them said Ballard looked good.”

he hasn’t played that well this season (mainly due to injury) but still has 13 goals in 18 or 19 starts.

I think they all hope for a giant killing. There wasn’t much chance of that happening.

I did enjoy the game much more without VAR. I’d much rather on field officials got it wrong and we just carry on with life.

yeah I agree with that. We would have just controlled the game. Longstaff and Miley swapping helped but I’d give the young lad a rest. He is going to be quality. One for the future.

I think they are safe from any PL bids.

I reckon Sunderland’s goalkeeper can’t read yet.

As soon as Joe goes off we’ve left the midfield wide open.

How is that not a pen? Defender knew exactly what he was doing.

Who to?

what the fuck is his accent?

Back in my day when we were at school he’d be known as crater face.

who the fuck is this ?

I don’t think he can play as a 9 by himself and we don’t play 10s so i suspect we’d go nowhere near him. loans are a bit of gamble with Howe as it normally takes them ages to grips with how we play.

I wouldn’t sell him at all but he has requested this clause and the club have accepted it. It’s also been made public. It looks like the absolute best we can do is europa/conference (might end up with none as well) so when a CL club comes calling and pays up I think he’ll be gone.

having said I think we would just accept the £100m now anyway, especially if we go out the FA Cup in Jan.

I thought it couldn’t be activated until the summer?

Yep. Similar vibe for me. If we lose these 3 THEN fail to beat Luton at home then i feel like that will be curtains.

I had a look over his X feed last night. He reckons KP is a done deal. That wasn’t the most shocking thing though. He charges £300 for a podcast appearance.

Pretty much spot on from McGroins naked eye. When will they be fully recharged though?

I think they are emotionally detached so wouldn't be bothered about a local derby defeat but (eg) when they look at 10 defeats out of 11 (which there is a big chance could actually happen) then they will start asking questions. This won't be the direction they want the club going in.

Didn't Tony Cottee get a hat-trick that day?

They'll still want a progress report. There will be a manager of a manager somewhere. I hope Amanda can sell the extenuating circumstances and over-performing from last season but from statistical, black-or-white point of view we've gone backwards. In terms of local support, the Sunderland game is huge to keep the mongs on board. If we get a drubbing then the momentum will start.

“any hole is a goal love. Oi, oiiii”

orrrr….we might not just sign anyone at all.