The Sunderland thread

May 17, 2026 -- 10:04PM, grayhawk wrote:

Canny day to look forward too next weekend ..forecast sun to be out with a bank holiday the day after ....be a few sorry states on the Monday ( Nap )M2...with you being a local will all them closed roads next week for the RADIO 1 weekend

Think be A183 be the problem as passes Herrington Country Park, A690 should be ok would have thought, as goes straight into city centre. Would leave early for match just to make sure though.
I'm not there as in Mallorca from Tuesday

Cheers...part timer

May 17, 2026 -- 11:52PM, grayhawk wrote:

Cheers...part timer

scouting Real Mallorca just in case ( actually just checked, they are on verge of relegation )

Surprised we're as big as 13-5 for Sunday...thought we'd be around the 2-1 mark

May 18, 2026 -- 11:28AM, grayhawk wrote:

Surprised we're as big as 13-5 for Sunday...thought we'd be around the 2-1 mark

just back us after we go 1 nil down

...season finishing just after we've found a way to score in away games....

A paltry 6 goals in the first 13 away games ( failed to score in eight of them ) and 11 goals in the last 6 games on the road ( scored in all six )

May 18, 2026 -- 4:45PM, grayhawk wrote:

...season finishing just after we've found a way to score in away games....A paltry 6 goals in the first 13 away games ( failed to score in eight of them ) and 11 goals in the last 6 games on the road ( scored in all six )

think handbrakes come off a little too since we were safe.

Aye mebbes...

Better get saving.

Well done,... Cracking season.

gobsmacked

Poppydog. - Date Joined: 07 Sep 01

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Been saying for (unfortunately) decades, that I want to actually go and see Sunderland officialy play away in Europe.

Came close at the turn of the millenium, but the last time was 7th Nov 1973

Please give us a chance this time. 


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If it means far flung trips to Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan, then so be it.

probably not get a ticket but wtf, mught be only chance we get.

Some big teams in it

AC Milan
Juventus
Benfica
Marseille

Though Sunderland & Bournemouth must have a decent shot at winning the thing If Tottenham could and Forest made semis

best story of the PL season - Sunderland..

61 year old.....look about 45  .....over 50 years service and didn't think i'd ever see my team in europe....what's happened to our club this past 4 years has been tremendous and hats off to a young lad from Switzerland who has never courted the limelight but been brilliant for us.

Any supporter of an unfashionable club knows what it means to us ....all them years watching tosh to have a TEAM full of lads not from the area give everything for the badge is brilliant....we know it won't last long but by god we'll enjoy it as long as it lasts 

Wish i had tenner for every time i bumped into a lad tonight who had just as many years supporting the lads as i had....all with a smile on their face..all of them knowing we're going through the good ole days

Haway the lads....

May 25, 2026 -- 1:05AM, grayhawk wrote:

61 year old.....look about 45

hear hear

congratulations on a wonderful season for you guys > i hope you have a wonderful journey in Europe. Very well done -delighted for you

Cheers Dragon....

Probably doing mesell a disservice there M2...should have said fotty

Next seasons relegation odds.

Hull 3-10

Coventry 8-13

Ipswich  4-6

Sunderland 2-1

C Palace   11-2

Leeds      11-2

Fulham     11-2

N Forest    6-1

Brentford  7-1

Bournemouth 9-1

Everton    9-1

Man City  14-1

Brighton  25-1

Newcastle 40-1

Tottenham 40-1


Where's the value there.

Sunderland not a typo ???

No ...underlying data rules innit...that and second season syndrome and playing a competition in EUROPE

its as though we never played in the prem in last 9 months or so .

Yep...obviously injuries could also have a massive effect ( crosses fingers tightly ) but thought we'd deffo be bigger

to answer original question re value, got to be Palace, Leeds and Mags- 40-1 is massive given an implosion is never faraway.

got to be a lay at that price. hull and cov more than likely to go straight back so that leaves just 1 place. im defo laying your guys to go down  at that price

no relegation prices up on here yet

Possible reasons why we are so low-priced to get relegated next season:-  


a) Europe and Thursdays exhausting a smallish squad   
b) Agents urging our better players, to possibly leave to 'bigger' clubs (Le Fee, Roefs, Brobbey, Mukiele)   
c) God forbid, RLB is poached by a 'bigger' club here, or in Europe    
d) 2nd season syndrome - teams have now worked out our formation and style  
e) Despite the brilliant last games 6 points, there are only 15 points to West Ham  
f) Board and Executive shoot themselves in the foot, with decisions or appointments   
g) Minus 6 Goal difference this season
h) Although it doesn't mean much to most people, our Season XG would have seen us relegated with Wolves and Burnley
i) Sheer bad luck  

Any others???

I know this may seem like a doom-laden post, during such a joyous time,
but just trying to understand why we are lumped in, odds-wise, with Hull, Ipswich and Coventry to get relegated

Because spurs nearly went down.

It's a tough league, there will be near misses next
season too, bookies won't offer inverse of those prices
so they are inaccurate, and geared to volumes they did
this time last season.

May 26, 2026 -- 1:22PM, Poppydog. wrote:

Possible reasons why we are so low-priced to get relegated next season:-

some of the points ( obviously not all ) could apply to other clubs that finished close by
Also injures not included or is that encapsulated in point  i ) ?

Don't get to witness many days like that..the perfect storm really

Last game of the season with something on the line....played on a glorious sunny Sunday with a bank holiday following

Sure beats sitting there nithered on a bleak January afternoon ....as me mate always says we should be playing football in the summer.

Plenty of Sundays to come next season

May 29, 2026 -- 5:47PM, grayhawk wrote:

Plenty of Sundays to come next season

means be less Mondays and Fridays, tbf think only had one of each

And Saturday early Ko's ...did we have many of them last year

May 30, 2026 -- 2:10PM, grayhawk wrote:

And Saturday early Ko's ...did we have many of them last year

wham and Bmouth away only ones can think of.

dont fill in rfo wc wallchart, its incorrect.

Enjoy the World Cup, lads

Apparently we have 11 (maybe up to 12) players at the World Cup,
but here's a quiz

There are another 7 former players there, too.

It's actually not too difficult to get the 7..... ???

gordon, henderson, diallo, pickford ,

Ross Stewart,,,do Kiwis Michael Woud and Tommy Smith count with them not starting a first team game.

Jun 12, 2026 -- 8:09PM, grayhawk wrote:

Ross Stewart,,,do Kiwis Michael Woud and Tommy Smith count with them not starting a first team game.

not sure  ,Smith was signed on loan just before covid but never played

Got most of them, can't remember the 7th, but the 6th is an absolute African star,
who played a few games for us, but only started one of them.

???

Semenyo

Yep, well done

To think, before us in League 1, he was at Bath City and Newport County.
A few years later he scores the winner in the FA Cup Final with a backheel.

Yep..just goes to show how much a player can develop given time.

Geertruida is a past player (possibly) , and present player (probably) , and (probably) future player.

Mark him under Schrödinger

Jun 13, 2026 -- 4:48PM, ----you-have-to-laugh--- wrote:

Geertruida is a past player (possibly) , and present player (probably) , and (probably) future player.Mark him under Schrödinger

Mixed feelings, when your striker, who you're really going to need next season, becomes a global superstar

Some strike by Isidor last night ... you can't hit a ball better than that for a standing start, seemed to be increasing in speed the further it travelled - similar to this one https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2CqDXycTyXg

* from a standing

brobbster back in action tonight and he's had nee tea.

Getting monotonous now....every time you turn the telly on one of ours hits the back of the net

Jun 25, 2026 -- 9:16PM, grayhawk wrote:

Getting monotonous now....every time you turn the telly on one of ours hits the back of the net

Diarra scores for Senegal.....you would think it's only a matter of time before Roefs scores now.

Jun 26, 2026 -- 8:32PM, grayhawk wrote:

Diarra scores for Senegal.....you would think it's only a matter of time before Roefs scores now.

need adsingra, tailbi and alderete to notch

If you had some Englishmen, England would be odds on for the cup

Jun 26, 2026 -- 10:24PM, Trackman wrote:

If you had some Englishmen, England would be odds on for the cup

be lucky to get to 1/4s, worst squad since 2012

Looks like Southampton may be signing Dan Neil, what happened at Sunderland I know he had an injury?

Few fans saying sorry to see him go but assuming he just wasnt good enough.

Jun 27, 2026 -- 11:36AM, GLASGOWCALLING wrote:

Looks like Southampton may be signing Dan Neil, what happened at Sunderland I know he had an injury? Few fans saying sorry to see him go but assuming he just wasnt good enough.

would say not good enough at prem level, can make silly mistakes at times especially been caught in possession, overall neat and tidy player though, will chip in with a few goals.

Xhaka going ?

Just seen the news ....biggest loss of a player in our history for me...he sets the whole culture in the squad.

Jun 27, 2026 -- 7:36PM, grayhawk wrote:

Just seen the news ....biggest loss of a player in our history for me...he sets the whole culture in the squad.

aye, bad news

Just when things are going so well it wouldn't be Sunlun without a kick in the knackers

Jun 27, 2026 -- 8:09PM, grayhawk wrote:

Just when things are going so well it wouldn't be Sunlun without a kick in the knackers

needs sorting asap

Cheers MM.

Glasgowcalling...whatever you do don't judge Dan Neil on his Ipswich stay...I watched the majority of Ipswich games last year due to financial reasons and i fully understand why they would be underwhelmed with him but that wasn't the real Dan Neil...he went there after no football for five months and for me he never fit right in, could never get any run of games to establish himself - he's way better than he showed there. 

He's a good Championship player ..a good passer of the ball but after watching our midfield last season in the Premier League i can see why they never gave him a chance there - his athleticism wouldn't have been up to standard.

Personally i'm a big Dan Neil fan...loved watching him play football but hasn't kicked on as much as what i expected.

Wish him all the best and hope he does well for yous.

... Thanks for the reply.

Is he won of yours inarl ?

Jul 1, 2026 -- 9:29PM, Trackman wrote:

Is he won of yours inarl ?

certainly is

Chelsea will be after him too

Jul 1, 2026 -- 9:37PM, Trackman wrote:

Chelsea will be after him too

can have him for 200 million

Best i've seen Diarra play...bar that one he's just shinned.

How bad are Belgium

Jul 1, 2026 -- 10:17PM, grayhawk wrote:

Best i've seen Diarra play...bar that one he's just shinned.How bad are Belgium

very

Be a canny few idiots currently deleting social media posts you would think ...

Jul 3, 2026 -- 5:26PM, grayhawk wrote:

Be a canny few idiots currently deleting social media posts you would think ...

about a lot of things...

Jul 3, 2026 -- 6:49PM, grayhawk wrote:

more importantly can only be good news would have thought- can start eating toblerone again.

I see there's only three Weatherspoon pubs in the whole of the country staying open for tonights game....Bishops Mill in Durham and Cooper Rose in Sunderland - both must be good earners

Jul 5, 2026 -- 9:10PM, grayhawk wrote:

I see there's only three Weatherspoon pubs in the whole of the country staying open for tonights game....Bishops Mill in Durham and Cooper Rose in Sunderland - both must be good earners

cooper rose is alway chocca on matchday

Aye yet has no SKY in ...ok for the World Cup with it being on council telly.

Been told Bishops Mill is one of the highest earners.

Jul 5, 2026 -- 9:24PM, grayhawk wrote:

Aye yet has no SKY in ...ok for the World Cup with it being on council telly.Been told Bishops Mill is one of the highest earners.

is it in city centre ?

Gala theatre area.... down the steps next door to the champagne bar

Jul 5, 2026 -- 9:29PM, grayhawk wrote:

Gala theatre area.... down the steps next door to the champagne bar

aha I know where you mean

Ere M2 get on rtg and tell them who think there's no touch for the penalty decision to rewind to 10:23 and watch Vinicius touch the ball, it travels about 4-6 inches, the defender then gets a nick and it clearly changes direction....doing my napper in that so many couldn't see it

Cunha i mean

Jul 5, 2026 -- 9:49PM, grayhawk wrote:

Cunha i mean

aye , thought the same

Canny game so far

Jul 6, 2026 -- 3:25AM, grayhawk wrote:

Canny game so far

classic game. Some great performances last night .

Aye...you can see why they have a good record at home....mind i think they played into our hands late on, there was no variety in their play when they could see we were defending our box excellently from wide areas.

Jul 6, 2026 -- 12:36PM, grayhawk wrote:

Aye...you can see why they have a good record at home....mind i think they played into our hands late on, there was no variety in their play when they could see we were defending our box excellently from wide areas.

aye, was horseshoe football , as long as could handle crosses ( which England did admirably )  we were ok.