I personally don’t think we’d have finished comfortably in the top 2 this time in League 1. We had a very small club having a season of a lifetime and that was it in way of competition for us and Wigan. This season has seen a much stronger Charlton and Portsmouth, Barnsley spending decent money, plus a club the size of Sunderland. Luton were the Shrewsbury of this season and they lasted the course. Though, of course, we could only beat what was put in front of us, but I’m just glad we didn’t have to test that theory.

He is.. and that’s with a wage cut! Rovers-esque shambles up there.

This story summed up Berahino... https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/saido-berahino-arrives-stokes-premier-11850901.amp

4 million for a lad that’s never scored goals outside the third division was a classic January panic buy

I cheered almost as loudly as if Rovers had scored and then went straight on Sunderland’s forum like a vulture. I obviously have issues.

What about the bitter, Schadenfreude demographic (like me! )

Netflix will be delighted, surely?

Different expectations when you are the main man, long way to go to be as prolific as Dack for me.

Harvey: It’s the fans fault

Sunderland had about 5,000 tickets left unsold, Sky will gloss over that, of course.

Cattermole has taken a wage cut and is STILL on 40k a week! Plus the final year of parachute payments next season have already been spent. You can imagine it ain’t just Waggott that is desperate for a Sunderland win!

Hardly any sub-editors these days.

Sharpe is the best correspondent we’ve had for a long time.

Rothwell needs to work on that final product, be it pass or shot, before he’s ready to be the talisman of the side.

And Griezmann...

Could do a job back in Scotland...

I’m not saying anything about top 6, I’m saying 60 points obviously wasn’t a pre season target or we’d have heard about it before April.

We hadn’t heard this 60 point target all year until the back end of that horrendous run. So I thought it was fairly obvious that he set the target then to try and encourage a strong end to the season?

Dack to Man Utd? Kinell silly season has begun in earnest on here!

Nothing more needs to be added from me about the great man. However, looking through those photos upsets me as much as anything. What a great club they purchased and what an act of disgusting arrogance to just throw it all away.

It looks more like Pat Jennings who unveiled it than Best.

Plus Hoilett who was on fire that season. 'They were badly advised', should be the title of any club history of this decade.

No surprise, potentially libellous that.

The Sakal Times were tagged in the photo. I just checked their website, nothing published as yet...

Cracking player, saved Kean's arse in that first season.