An awful lot of mackems seem to enjoy saying it.
Anyway, it's down to pure pot luck this season. One point ahead, we have -1GD, you guys have -11 and so on. On different days there would have been different results for both teams and the positions would have been different. For example, you guys have gained 7 points ONLY from either own goals or penalties this season. So for those 7 points, you can credit other teams for ****ing their own match up. We've also had good luck and bad luck in similar situations.
I know if I was a mackem and I thought Sunderland would go above, I'd wait until there's a clear undisputed difference in the table. A big gap. No excuses. No luck. Just purely a better team. That has yet to happen though and I don't think that any sensible mackem can say it has. On our return, we were pipped to the post by the last 45 mins of the entire season. Next season should be a lot better in-terms of competing, and I'm looking forward to it.