GrahamTaylor5

I don't mind Roy Keane he seems to be just enough of a wind up to get under your skin without lying about whether a challenge was or wasn't a free kick/ penalty when it was blatantly the opposite of what he is saying due to loyalty. I think him calling Sunderland the bigger club is relatively funny.

Interesting the use of the language and the throat slit. I thought that was Mag behaviour?

We all know that feeling- being a teenager and redecorating your room only for the rest of the family to kick off and you have to undo all the hard work. I feel for the kid.

This has been a really disappointing match. Howe has been shown to be lacking. Maybe it is time for Jose. It also shows that Sunderland really are the best team in the North East and would have managed the double over PSG.

How has Ballard gone this long without a card?

Does this depend on how much he will want to use him as our next RB. Sometimes it is better to not muddy the waters.

We need a Lascelles touchline yellow card to calm this game down.

That has to have hurt haha

Only 1 yellow there and it goes to Gordon? Alright.

Why does this still feel stressful?

I have now seen the replay. I now think it was closer to a soft pen. It didn't look it in real time.

I don't think that was a pen.

The short sleeveless were due to the fact that they used Pickfords arms as a guide.

Jobe Bellingham has taken his name off the back of his top for Jobe. He was destined to be a Sunderland player haha.

If Sunderland had semi normal fans, then they could not lose today. 1 They actually win/ draw 2 They lose but they are on the rebuild and we have just played Champions League. Even some deluded fans could claim it is down to blood money. I think we will win this today but they will be raging meanwhile claiming that it is down to blood money.

Do you think the link with PSG is because he came from the French league? It reminds me of when we had Albert Luque and there seemed to be endless links to Real Madrid.

Did they actually manage a protest?

You have it all wrong. It is like a cup final for NUFC. Like a cup final for NUFC!

I agree that the power is with the Saudis. They don't seem to have made any decisions so far that would indicate that they would sack Howe. We lose to Sunderland and that means nothing to them. I would imagine the PSG results would mean more, based on ownership, and we won one, drew one. Didn't it take Howe ages to get the first win against Burnley or did it just feel like a life time?

Not one part of me wants Howe to go, however, if they were going to bin him off, I think that they would give him a while to turn it around. They seem on the ball- they didn't even rush the Steve Bruce sacking. They didn't need to appoint straight away. They could have sacked him, had us all happy and dithered. I just cannot see this happening. They don't even rush into player purchases and that is an easier decision to make in terms of business to do.

He may be performing miracles at Girona. However, I have seen two versions of Joelinton, Murphy, Lascelles. I'll stick.

I think that is what made me end up lurking here instead of Newcastle-Online as I used to visit both places. The humour here was a more on my level. I think the dossier did get some stick but also some weird level of support. I admired the love and desire for the club, but it did come across as a bit unhinged to me.

I have never thought about that. It makes so much sense. Every day, you learn something new. Thank you.

Was that someone on here or Newcastle-Online. I have a vague memory of some section about golf courses.

FFP does nothing but protect the positions at the top of the table. Manchester United have a sponsor for their food vendors etc. Don't they? I think we need to be far pettier than adding to the St James' Park. I cannot see why we cannot have the Sela stairway. A Noon concord with a yellow floor. Saudi Airways floodlights. We could get someone to sponsor those stools that the ball boys sit on. There are loads of them as well. Aramaco could sponsor the tunnel.