The one thing we desperately need more than anything else - wingers with pace x2.

Livermore? Incredible. I'd rather pick a wild card.

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Jonny Evans? Tammy Abraham? Lewis Grabban? Chris Brunt? Bloody hell. It's like playing football manager on acid. Absolutely no chance.

I'd be actively looking to get rid of Dack.

I'm so glad you're back Mercer

You've wasted your money, Sunderlands owners have already agreed their new manager.

Mowbrays got us playing the way we should.

Here's a better option, why not put each other on ignore and stop taking over threads?

Here's an image of the 10,000 fans who where consulted.

Most of the thread has unfortunately been hidden. Mr. Boat is taking a well earned rest. Please talk Mulgrew in this thread only folks. If you have genuine concerns about grammar or spelling open a thread in the non-football section.

Wouldn't it be easier if a referee could 'refer' an incident to three other referees watching live camera only? Majority decision wins? At least that way theres still an element of 'human' involved.

Where does he fit in? How does it effect Dack? Does it effect Dack? How many will he score as we secure the title? 5 points for anyone who can name 5 other Geordies that have been successful at Ewood. Bonus point if you can do it without Shearer.

This thread is totally ridiculous.

Not sure where to put this but it looks like our Xmas do is in Dublin (judging by the photo of a plane previously, lots of Guiness and those Irish hats) Bennett has posted an Instagram singing the Smallwood song with the entire squad.

The King has returned.

If it’s any use after watching the extended highlights, Tomlinson is my current favourite Dingle.

Did we get any money from him?

I’m more concerned about posting links to Facebook groups showing every game on here!

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There’s some sort of ban on any food coming from a cow in India. They’re about to get richer.

Side note, Eddie Chambers has released a video of Anthony Joshua's DMs on Instagram in which AJs account says: "Bitches talk. Real ones move in silence. You done to much talking. U are bum. Disgrace to the superior black race! @#/? u" The twitter rumour is theres a media blackout on it, with reporters told they'll lose their access if they write about it. AJs camp are saying he was hacked. Not sure where I stand just yet. Dillian Whyte said the entire 'stay humble' thing was a farce and AJ was a horrible guy in the build in to their fight. If you hacked AJ why would the only thing you do be private message Eddie Chambers?! Equally... what is that spelling? It's terrible!

I was listening to the Costello & Bunce podcast this morning on the way into work. Quite interesting really, Costello was talking genetics and science in Athletics and bringing it back to Frampton saying the human body reaches its 'absolute' peak for around an 18 month period sometime between 26 and 32. You can be really successful for a longer period of time, but you can only be at your best for a maximum of 18 months. He was suggesting this was the case with Frampton. It would relate back to Haye quite well. His body is clearly absolutely terrible, its falling to pieces. He must have retired first time knowing his body was failing, the performance against Bellew should have confirmed it (like when Hatton came back), theres absolutely no reason to carry on other than he's desperate for money. I feel bad for the fans that have got duped into thinking the fight against Bellew was a one off and he was going to come back stronger. He's falling to pieces! TB is open and has said he wants a final payday then to retire. Hearn said the numbers for Bellew vs Haye 2 outweighed any other fight, including Parker, by 40%. I'm not surprised he's waiting for Haye if thats the case, the current Cruiserweights are monsters and will be unified after the Super 6, AJ and Wilder both smash him all over the place and I don't think Hearn can justifiably give him Parker while Whyte is around. If its one last fight take the biggest money and run.

Falling down the stairs?! The guys a fraud, he's everything I can't stand. He spent all his money trying to look like something he isn't and now he's totally skint - doing anything he can to try and get back to where he was. Like a gambler chasing his debts. Fighting in MMA boots, training on a yacht in Miami... i'm so glad Bellew trained in a stinking gym in Rotherham and ended his career.

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