Ayatollah Hermione

Settled into it and look a bit more fluid atm. Longstaff is having a tidy little game in the “Bruno” role

It won’t happen this month but we’re crying out for another right footer at the back. Lascelles is good for nowt but being a cunt on the touchline these days

Getting everything off this ref, here

What the FUCK is Anderson playing at there?!

Lewis looks petrified every time he sets foot on the pitch.

Botman pulling the strings from the back, obviously

Will be a tough evening for Isak. Not because he’s unfit or because they’ll target him but because he’s up top with Murphy and Ritchie Good luck, son

If someone is offering silly money for ASM, I’d take it if we have someone lined up with no complications.

Not sure it’ll be that rigid tbh. All our midfielders have the legs to run beyond and I’d think he’d fit in with that. Tielemans, Bruno, Trippier and Almiron on that right hand side is genuinely fearsome. Especially if ASM gets back up to speed on the left

I even watch English stuff with the subtitles on because I’m corned beef and sound balancing in modern TVs is fucking shite

Tielemans would also help us keep the ball which can be a bit of an issue sometimes. He’d be able to sit behind Bruno, get the ball on the turn and feed it into him when Bruno finds the space between the lines. Then Longstaff becomes the option you use to see games out. He comes on, presses and covers their passing lanes like a mad man for 15 minutes

Shit news, that mate. Very sorry to hear it, especially with such young kids involved. In a weird coincidence, was going to post something similar. My mother rang me before to tell me that my best mate throughout primary school (I kna but stick with it) has died. Had a terrible upbringing and my mother used to always look out for him and his siblings by giving out some hand me downs, things like that. Anyway, that struck me in a similar way as, obviously, we’re the same age and by no means old but it does make the brain tick over in uncomfortable ways.

I love the idea that they’ve concocted in which people are travelling to see Sunderland off the back of that documentary Because when I watched Tiger King, the first thing I did was book up for the Joe Exotic Memorial Tour

Get some kebab grease in you to loosen the joints. Too much fucking quinoa, that’s your problem

My dad has always said that when the goal went in, he was in Row L and by the time we’d stopped celebrating, he was in Row D

Worth thinking about Dubravka being potentially cup tied if we want to flog him on to a Premier League side. Also, I’d play Pope because he’s untouchable atm

“You only avoided relegation because you signed players in the month where you’re explicitly allowed to sign players” What an argument

Go strong and have the momentum carry us through, I say. Treat this month like a Championship schedule; if we’re still winning and playing well, they’ll hardly feel it. Would help to reintroduce Fraser and hopefully he puts himself in the shop window

I think it’s inevitable that our form will dip a little bit but so will Man United and Spurs are up and down like your ma’s kegs. our goal difference is ridiculous as well, if it’s as tight as it seems, that’s an extra point

Saying that, Bobby beat Juventus with Andy Griffin at right back so have at it, Edward

Mind, it’ll probably require a decent squad revival in the summer. Can’t be going away to Inter Milan with Murphy, Wood and Lascelles still about

He’s better than Longstaff like but hardly the upgrade we need. Actually, now that Longstaff can run all day, he might not be better than him

Now they just have to ignore a few more to make up for that Willock decision against Palace

Tbf, games like tonight make you see why Willock is/was highly rated. Was great on the break as well and only stopped working when his legs literally gave out

Any half-decent academy would have a young prospect more deserving of the minutes than Murphy atm. Another fine example of the mess Ashley left behind