Renton

So that's what MF sounds like?

This is the new high end corporate bar opening at the Stadium of Light. Looks about as perfunctory as you could get, like maybe a the entrance to a cafeteria for a sixth form college. What I find amusing is how excited the fans of massive lads are. Main benefit seems to be priority pass for the toilets so you don't have to shit on your seat.

That reminds me, they hate Jordan Henderson now too.

I still laugh at the perfect symmetry of him relegating them to the third tier playing for Burton Albion. It was so ridiculously perfect I almost became convinced of the existence of God and that he was a Geordie. There's hardly any of their former players they haven't turned against. A lot even seem to hate Phillipsy and even Defoe after his second spell. Luke Onion had better be warned. Think they still like Niall Quinn and some player called Michael Ball, or Ballsy, for short. Oh aye, they still like Adam Johnson, of course.

Dear me, they are getting very upset now because our celebrations are planned on a Saturday, the same day they play Millwall in a now meaningless league game. Apparently anticipated crowds of 250,000 show how needy and cringey we are, whilst at the same time are very low for a proper "big" club. If they had won in 2014 they would have been too classy to celebrate as well. Oh, and it's all a ploy by NUFC and Nexus to shaft Sunderland on their match day. I was gonna go but too scared to now in case this hilarious thing happens.

Boro in 2024 tbf, just the mackems letting the side down. Can't believe it was 21 years since Boro won it like, Jesus, seems like a decade ago to me tops.

At the end of the day they are melancholy, they are from Sunderland, and they were born illegitimately. If only I could express this more succinctly.

3?

Good, I'd just booked a deposit for a mother's day meal and was worried they'd do this on the Sunday, can attend now. You know what, I was shitting myself yesterday to the extent I couldn't even look up the result. Now we've got this fucking obese gorilla of our backs no more. This was more important than CL qualification or anything else. This is psychological liberty. This is the start of a new era.

Dubravka has two winning medals despite not appearing in a final.

Listening to Nicky Campbell on R5 now. It's a complete Magedia lovefest. Campbell has just pissed off for a cuppa and handed it over to the fans to say how great it is.

Naah, let's enjoy their misery, drink their salty tears. My favourite part of it is when they turn on their own. Crammy.

It's a fairy story but Isak has established himself amongst the top 5 players in the World imo. Been incredibly consistent and will fire us into the CL. Honourable mention to Tonali too, turned out to be shear class.

Owner holds cup shocker. Could be writing that about the US tbh.

No that was last year. This year we beat the premier league number 1, number 2 (x2), number 3, and number 4. You're number 5 so didn't qualify.

This will be absolutely eating them up. The media I have heard on this morning is overwhelmingly positive, even from Liverpool biased pundits. Also they're running with the local boy turned good line with Dan Burn. "Eeeh marra, heys not even from the toon, he's from Blyth marra. They'll be claiming Penshur monument next". Funny thing is, they are all jealous of fuck. Hats off to the few who admit it.

Of course.

Is that Biffa Bacon all grown up?

Mine both like gin.

Ha, two Schars. Mine, a bit older, both have Gordons.

If anyone's curious, the SMB have parsnipped the match thread already. I think it was on 160 PAGES !

Are they gonna do the open top tomorrow do you think? Might go into the office.

Turns out the only way I can enjoy football is not to watch it! Recorded it all for tonight though. FIFTY FOUR fucking years I've waited for this, nearly half with my fellow Toontasticrs. I love you all!

Emlyn Hughes, Graeme Souness, Kenny Dalglish, Bill Shankley, Bob Paisley, Robbie Fowler, Michael fucking Owen, Mo Salah, Jurgan Klopp, we have beaten them all. Arne Slot, can you hear me? Arne Slot, your boys took one hell of a beating. Your boys took one hell of a beating.

Let's keep doing what we're doing. I'll log off and pretend the match isn't on now.