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Just gonna drop a few of these in here for folk who don’t use Tik.
Been grinning for chop to chop watching them.
Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Chelsea FC – Sunday 24th May 2026 - KO 16:00
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Just gonna drop a few of these in here for folk who don’t use Tik.
Been grinning for chop to chop watching them.
Right about some these ex pros mind.
They judge everything through a lazy prism of what has sometimes happened before.
You go up? You'll be coming down.
You go up in the play offs? No point in coming, down by Christmas.
You sign a dozen players? Can't be done, never works.
You get a manager who has never been in England before last year? He has no chance.
You have a young man as an owner? His callow youth is a liability.
You start a season with only one player with real Prem experience? Borderline stupidity, asking to go down.
And more. Just lazy, cliche ridden unthinking telly babble.
If any of them had looked a bit closer and thought a bit more deeply, they would not look so stupid now.
That's one for next season..
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This one is ****ing fantastic.
This is all of us.
You have to wonder, the way he went on, how he’s feeling now!! Probably sat in a dark room somewhere as there’s no negativity!!!
don't agree with the blueprint comment, any promoted team needs to "to do a Leeds". You simply can't bottle or recreate what we have accomplished. Everything fell into place. Teams could end up I'm serious financial **** if they copy us.
noticed it at the end of the game, sat here with my son having a laugh at them looking for a screen to watch, then the realisation hit them...now, the bench could easily have kept them up to date or the lads could have asked the fans but i am pleased they wanted to be kept 'out of it' until our game was over, we were not the only ones with 10+ minutes added on so keeping the concentration was vital.
nah, you forget about summit and it is gone, we may have 'stuck it to one side' for a while but we never forgot about it.
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The BBC has had accusations of nepotism and cronyism for decades, it's often been said it's not what you know but who you know that gets you on at certain levels in the BBC. Keith Chegwin was inflicted on the world because he was Maggie Philbin's boyfriend at the time. Zoe Ball was long accused of getting her career started because she was Johnny Ball's daughter, Ed "Stewpot" Stewart was alleged to have gotten his job on BBC radio because his girlfriend (later wife) was the daughter of a BBC executive. Noel Edmonds, Gloria Hunniford, Bruce Forsyth among others have been accused over the years of pulling strings for friends or family to get jobs at the BBC, Nepo babies like Claudia Winkleman. Then you consider the cover ups for Saville, Stewart Hall, Rolf Harris and others under Yewtree showed how the cronyism to protect their own went on and almost certainly still does.
Shearer fits into this well, cronyism from networking to get the job and the same thing to make sure no one upsets him (he'll use the cronyism networking to get you sidelined if you do). The old boys network, all pals together, "get my mate a job, please, as a favour", "I got you a job so you owe me one". You'd not be surprised if it came out that half of the senior BBC presenters and executives are Freemasons, there so much nepotism and cronyism going on.
That would about right. Rumours were rife at the time he was playing for those lot that it was written into his contract that he would be the highest earner at the club so anyone who came in on more than he got, he got a pay rise. Can't upset the poor little bairn
Just catching up with videos and everything and just keep bursting out crying, it’s unbelievable how far we’ve come.
Can’t wait for next season.
Can’t wait for next season.
i honestly stopped watching MotD many years ago but decided to give it a try this season, pretty much just to see if things had changed.
about half way through the season i stopped watching again then decided to watch the last one...the complete and total bias was fully evident right through then our game finally got a mention, a forced 'well done sunderland' from anal then much talk of chelsea.
now i know we are rarely flavour of the month on such programmes but ffs, just be 'proper growed up adults' and give teams the due they have earned and deserve, i dont even feel that arsenal managed a good build up to the title with most more bothered about man city taking the title away from them, they did get a wee bit of coverage at the end.
about half way through the season i stopped watching again then decided to watch the last one...the complete and total bias was fully evident right through then our game finally got a mention, a forced 'well done sunderland' from anal then much talk of chelsea.
now i know we are rarely flavour of the month on such programmes but ffs, just be 'proper growed up adults' and give teams the due they have earned and deserve, i dont even feel that arsenal managed a good build up to the title with most more bothered about man city taking the title away from them, they did get a wee bit of coverage at the end.
This one made me chuckle 
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Did an 'internal chat' help Black Cats secure Europe?
Luke O'Nien spoke to BBC Radio Newcastle after Sunderland qualified for the Europa League: "What these boys have achieved, I am unbelievably proud.
"Six weeks or so ago, we had a chat among us. We knew we were safe but we wanted more. We had an internal chat. We are quietly confident lads and we were looking at Europe. We put our neck on the line and said that out loud in the group to have our standards higher.
"We are a good team, but the way we turned in to a top team was from the standards and training intensity. We set ourselves a goal and we trained like we were in Europe.
"Am I surprised at where we are? Yes - but also no because of the level the boys showed all season, especially in the past six weeks when we knew what was at stake."
Did an 'internal chat' help Black Cats secure Europe?
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Luke O'Nien spoke to BBC Radio Newcastle after Sunderland qualified for the Europa League: "What these boys have achieved, I am unbelievably proud.
"Six weeks or so ago, we had a chat among us. We knew we were safe but we wanted more. We had an internal chat. We are quietly confident lads and we were looking at Europe. We put our neck on the line and said that out loud in the group to have our standards higher.
"We are a good team, but the way we turned in to a top team was from the standards and training intensity. We set ourselves a goal and we trained like we were in Europe.
"Am I surprised at where we are? Yes - but also no because of the level the boys showed all season, especially in the past six weeks when we knew what was at stake."
Yes I heard his interview on the pitch earlier. He was so impressed with the professionalism of the players we brought in and their desire to succeed and get us into Europe.
Keep this team together with a few extra star players and we can push for Champions League in 2026/7. Or maybe just win the Europa League instead!!
One thing is certain, the only players leaving will be the ones the club want to leave. Hopefully Geetruida is not one of them, Ghisolfi had a long chat and embrace with him at the end of game.
Asking for a friend ...
... does winning the Europa League trophy count higher than the League Cup?
... does winning the Europa League trophy count higher than the League Cup?
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