Lest we forget He made the second-most number of tackles in the Championship last season

Shame JDT didn’t make Hyam captain in the first place. Would have let Trav focus on his game and feel less of a burden on his shoulders

i still feel that Travis has been laid out to dry. He has gone from captain to also ran at a key moment in his career. He is fiery and volatile and gets stuck in. He gets booked and winds people up. We need that at the moment. Fire in the belly, taking people on, fanning the flames. The biggest mistake was making him captain and giving him extra responsibility rather than let him concentrate on his game. JDT did that. One other thing. He is Bkackburn through and through.

We have given get out of jail cards to all the bottom teams. We are back at Old Kent Road. Many more dropped points and we will be truly in the Klink

I wouldn’t be worried about Wharton. He will probably be off to Newcastle or someone this window. Plenty of room for Travis.

Let’s hope we don’t toss them a get out of jail card like we did Sheffield Wednesday. Their manager will be reminding them of that. Hecwill also remind them we play out from the back in a decidedly wobbly manner. A bit like the Bournemouth goalie today.

The risk of passing out from the back has just been exemplified by the Forest goalie 1-0 up and they gift United an unserved equalizer. The game momentum is changed. I get the possession thing but there is much to be said for getting it out of the danger area and hoping to win a 50/50. Stop press Gibbs White scores for Forest. My point still stands

Two of their goals and one of ours was a long ball 🤔

First thing any new manager would do is change the system to lock up the defence. JDT needs to pretend he is that new manager

When the going gets tough the tough get going. 🕺

Watched the Ipswich v Leicesrer game. Some sublime football played. Leicester are Premier League, and Ipswich have owners with a vision, a good CEO who recruited a future Premier League manager. They have bought three or 4 players for a round a million each. The manager has got a tune out of all them quickly, including Hirst. However frustrated we are with JDT, he has up until recently had us punching above our weight. If we get no incoming players in this window, then we will be lower mid table obscurity. Significant signings will only happen if we sell Wharton. Either way, I think JDT will be off to a club that matches his ambitions. As for Hull, hoping for 1-1

Our two crack summer signings on the bench. 🤔

Be careful what you wish for. He will be off just as soon as he has cocked up their heritage. And probably bled them dry.

Reading the responses from Sunderland fans they loved him. Owners didn’t invest , so he brought the youngsters on. Still a few points off the play offs. Took them to the playoffs with nothing last year. This comment says it all. "As custodians of our great club, we believe in our long-term strategy that we hope will ensure sustainability and success for SAFC. "Central to that approach is a relentless demand for a high performance culture to be implemented throughout the club and the development of a strong playing identity that you, our loyal supporters, can all be proud of." That from a 25 year old playing FIFA with Daddy’s money. Straight out of the consultants book of corporate bollocks Heckingbotty wont fare any better if he goes there.

And they used their get out of jail card on us. Watch them escape now

Little anxious about this one. Wednesday will be all cocky after the draw with Leicester. Big ground and huge support. We are flying high. Hope I am just being a negative nancy. Need to shut Bannon down. 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

A familiar refrain. This time from Birmingham fans. “Conceding too many goals..can’t play out from the back..98% of goals conceded under Rooney tenure have come from blue’s trying to play out from the back..,can’t play that way..we are incompetent and cannot adhere to the you score 3 we’ll score 4 mentality..if that’s how blues owners want us to be then fgs get rid of WR and get keegan in”

🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌. I read the report. They will be all confident now. Barry Bannon is a handful.

They drew with Leicester tonight. Hope they haven’t found their sea legs just yet.

You are talking about his brand not his product 😂

Sammie signed a new contract. Cheeky, committed, hard working, no fancy bolloxs just gets stuck in. And dedicated to the club. Love the guy.

Wonderful result. Congrats to the team, the manager, and our support. Whatever the merits of loans, the model of mixing our brightest with some wonderful young talent from the premier league is pretty smart. Hill and Moran are growing every day in stature and value to us, and their clubs. No wonder Premier League teams are happy to loan us their most promising. .

Funny to see Mowbray justifying Dack signing at length. We dodged a bullet there, and he is more expensive. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/23945814.sunderland-tony-mowbrays-promising-bradley-dack-update/

I think another dig at our crack recruitment team.

My Plymouth mate warned me he was in the treatment room more than on the pitch. Surely to God we checked this stuff out. Not very well methinks.