Benitez clearly had a masterplan to buy Joselu so that Stoke were short of strikers... so went down... so actually Rafa sent Stoke down and that meant we only had two relegation places to fear.
Rafa clearly engineered the whole 'fall out with Mitro' story so that he would leave to Fulham and then be in a position to score 3 against them on Friday to put the final nails in their sorry coffin. It's a kind of 'insurance transfer'.
Magic logic - allow Netflix to make a fly-on-the-wall documentary of your season as you leave the Championship...via the wrong exit.
Rafa was once driving through Burton and Clough was at the side of the road with a flat tyre. Rafa stopped to help and as he did he shared some tactical experience with Nigel... on the understanding he only used it against the mackems. Fast forward and with Burton beating the mackems... because of that chance encounter on the A38..... Rafa clearly sent the mackems down.
Albert put insurance bets on Sunderland getting promoted, thus it was Albert who relegated the mackems. #mackemlogic
I actually quite like Fredor to be honest. I didn't respond as I also couldn't quite decipher what he meant. I assume he was saying they got relegated after only 44 games whilst it took us 46 to get promoted (so a tongue in cheek dig at his own team) but firstly I'm pretty sure that's not true - weren't we promoted after 44/45 games, I could check but to what avail? - and secondly he could have meant something else and then I'd be left holding my cock in my hand.
I agree - he does provide an amusing distraction Sadly I did bother to check - we were promoted with two games to go (win v Preston) so Game 44, but obviously didn't guarantee the title until the last day. But yes, he could have meant something entirely different...
You can tell the TSB call centre is in Sunderland. Useless ****s!!! https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/25/tsb_online_banking_broken/ TSB boss: We know everything's working, you just can't see that Web banking still down for half of customers please log in to view this image In the latest update from TSB about its continued web wobbles, the British bank has told us that while it knows everything is working, punters might not realise that fact because... internet banking still isn't entirely working. Paul Pester, chief exec, said in a statement: The challenge we are facing at the moment is that while we know everything is working, one of the main ways that our customers see everything is working – through our internet banking and mobile app – isn’t functioning as well as it should be, and for this I’m truly sorry. I can appreciate how frustrating this must be for our customers. Currently, internet banking is operating at around 50 per cent capacity and mobile banking is at over 90 per cent capacity, TSB claimed. A major IT meltdown occurred at the bank following a scheduled upgrade between 4pm on Friday 20 April and 6pm on Sunday 22 April, as TSB migrated from former parent Lloyds Banking Group's systems. TSB initially warned customers that online services may not be available during that window. However, as of today many TSB account holders are still complaining they cannot access their online banking services. The government this week came to the rescue of TSB customers by demanding answers as to why the digital blackout persisted at the bank and why some customers could access the accounts of other customers. Amid the chaos, TSB's Spanish owner Sabadell yesterday boasted about the success of its IT integration. In his statement today, Pester added: “Our teams continue to work around the clock to fix the problems that some of our customers are having in accessing their TSB accounts. “I want to reassure our customers that the engine room of the bank is working as it should. This means that for the vast majority of our five million customers, everything is running smoothly. "They can do their day-to-day banking, such as using their cards to get money out of cash machines and paying for goods with their debit or credit card in shops both on the high street and online. All of the services that happen every day such as direct debits, standing orders, payments including salary credits, and transfers going in and out of accounts are working as normal.” TSB said that its call centres and branches may be busier than usual helping customers. “Of course, customers can rest assured that no one will be left out of pocket as a result of these access issues,” said Pester. So there you have it. Nothing to worry about and nothing to see here. #mackemlogic
It took us 44 games too https://www.statbunker.com/competit...&end_date=24-04-2017&start_time=0&end_time=90
