I've just come back from a trip abroad, where I stayed with an old friend who's a Sunderland supporter. He tells me that the club is employing The Brighton Model these days, with solid planning, targeting of youth prospects and giving them a pathway to playing time. Sounds like better times...
Very jealous of all of you there tonight. Not made it to a single game this season and none lined up yet. The two job thing’s been crazy. Must get a game or two in over the winter.
I was a bit worried about our spending £200m this summer but you can see that the BHAFC club coffers will be getting another too up soon enough. Just going to enjoy this ride.
4th looks lovely. We’ll obviously drop a bit as the weekend fixtures play out, and it’s very tightly congested behind us.
But…
We’ve put ourselves right in the mix for the fun stuff after a quarter of a season, despite bedding in new players and handling more injuries than most. If (the...
That’s not so bad. No need for a bedwetters’ town hall.
We were right up against it early on but have weathered the storm when it looked like they might motor away by half time.
The next big challenge is to keep things tight early in the next half. We’ve got to stay in the match a while...
Dirty great boiled bumbags!
Bart very nearly denied Haaland but he was able to scramble it in on the follow up.
Bad through ball in midfield released them.
Labour's vote share may well have dropped because polling in the last few days made it clear they were going to win at a canter, thereby enabling many to vote with their heart a little. Their vote might hold up a little better than anticipated if tested, as people face a serious Labour/Tory choice.
Just found BBC THREE showing The Shawshank Redemption, so that’s me nicely settled in for the rest of the night.
Warden Norton is a mightily impressive evil bastard.