I read a thread on here a while back about Colback being a Newcastle fan and would he bottle it in the derby game.I work with a lad who went to school with Jack in Killingworth,and when most of the class had skunk strips on for games lessons Jack had his beloved SAFC shirt on.He has always suported Sunderland along with his brother who plays for Whitly Bay.Just thought I would mention this befor the derby match to silence any doubters.
Your mate is talking utter guff. The lad gave an interview admitting he was a Newcastle fan as a kid. Louis Laing is the same. Begs the question why they've ended up at Sunderland and says plenty about our previous attitude to youth development!
Sorry Pouch ain't seen this anywhere and considering how long the lad has been with us find it hard to believe.
Interview while with Ipswich: http://www.greenun24.co.uk/ipswich-...n_party_1_215605?id=19.4297&level=2&rate=true
First time I've actually seen some evidence that Colback has said he is/was a Newcastle fan. Always thought people had just made it up.
I just remember him gushing about playing at our place. Natural as a boyhood fan. I doubt it matters now, he'll consider himself Sunderland through and through. People make too much of it. Chops didn't miss because he's a geordie, he missed because he is not that good, particularly under pressure
It is not a myth he deliberately missed. Nosworthy certainly thought so had him by the throat in the dressing room after the game.
Colback, gone throw the game...ffs, give a heed a shake.. Jack Colback felt Sunderland "didn't turn up" against West Brom - and says a derby response is needed this weekend. The midfielder was replaced at half time as Sunderland went down 4-0 in the Midlands last time out, suffering their heaviest defeat of the season. Martin O'Neill's men head to the Sports Direct Arena next for the eagerly-awaited Tyne-Wear derby clash against Newcastle United. And Colback is hoping his side can put the memories of defeat at the Hawthorns behind them with a bounce-back showing on Tyneside. "It was a disappointing one at West Brom, especially as we went down there with a lot of confidence and hoping to get another win," he said. "West Brom set themselves up well and for all that we didn't play well, they put in a good performance and definitely deserved the win. "The early goal was key, as it always is when playing at home. The fans got right behind them and we didn't recover. We didn't turn up, really. "The nature of this league is that you're not going to win every game. "We've turned teams over before and they have bounced back; now that's something we need to do."
This is key in my opinion. It seems clear now that very loud crowds not only spur on the players much more, but it can really intimidate the opposition. I think a lot of people underestimate just how important the crowd is when it comes to the teams performances. I really bloody hope we're loud during the derby.
Colback has just been on local radio saying "I hope we beat those black and white scumbags on Sunday, as I hate the bastards". Does this clarify the situation at all?
Yep... But seen something about your lot elsewhere, from the mecca of NUFC known as True Faith.....so checked it out... Derby week and they are having a pop at the legend G Rowell... ............................................................................... MACKEM MYTHS & LEGENDS! Gary Rowell “We all live in a Gary Rowell world” chirrup the Mackems on occasion. “Lord Rowell” or “God” apparently! Try not to laugh. In truth, but for a black day at SJP in the late 70s, he’d be little celebrated and as ever with this mob, the facts don’t quite match the rhetoric. Rowell was at Sunderland for ten years from ’74 to ’84 where he made 293 appearances and scored a not unreasonable 102 goals. However, you’d imagine with “legend” status attached to him he’d have scored these goals at the top level. You’d be wrong. The majority of his goals came in Division Two. Legend? Hmm, maybe not eh? Rowell is another second rate, second division player the Mackems hang their hats on and big up to disguise their woeful modern history. Of the ten years Rowell spent on Sunderland’s books, five seasons were spent as a Second Division player. Rowell was part of the Sunderland team relegated in hilarious fashion in the 76/77 season. When Rowell was with Sunderland in the First Division, they were perennial strugglers. In 80/81 they finished 17th, in 81/82 they finished 19th, in 82/83 they finished 16th and in 83/84 as Rowell bade his farewells to bounce around a few other **** clubs, Sunderland excelled themselves and finished 13th. He was given one U-21 international cap at a time when England couldn’t qualify for major tournaments. Try not to laugh if you ever hear Rowell opining on football matters for Real Radio from his vaunted reputation as a provincial nobody, unknown outside Chicken Town. In terms of quality, I’d probably bracket him with Imre Varadi but again, that may do a disservice to “Ray” who scored goals wherever he went and having played for us, Everton, Man City, Sheff Wed, his career highlights are significantly greater than the kid from Seaham. I’m told the Sunderland fanzine, A Love Supreme voted him their player of the 1980s. Dear me! LOW TEAMS SWINGING CLUB ......................................................................... Let's get this ****er on....... "the lads are of to the SDA"...........sounds like a trip to the clap clinic.....................be careful lads.
why would my mate talk utter guff, he has nothing to gain by saying he was an SAFC fan when he wasnt.maybe the interview was utter guff.
I honestly do not have a clue why your mate chose to spout such ****e. Perhaps he is sick of people making the ridiculous suggestion that he'll throw the game? Either he didn't ever go to school with Jack or he is colour blind. Haha. Sorry mate I'd say Jacks own interview is pretty conclusive. Why would an Ipswich newspaper make something like that up back in 2010. Do the right thing Jack..........
