Chez

thought he played well. Not as well as at Brum.

Thanks. You have made my point for me. Conceding goals is not necessarily down to who is playing at CB. Protection in front matters, along with a host of other things. Anyho, KWP will be back soon, THB will move back to CB and everyone will be happy. In the meantime, I'm very happy to get the win.

again, you've got a point, although I'm pretty sure we've only conceded 9 in the last four games. And he didn't play against Hull. He did start in the WBA game though, five games ago (at left back) and we didn't concede in that one. We conceded three against Bristol before that and he didn't play that game. Maybe there have been other factors for us conceding goals in the last four games other than simply Stephens playing? We've not had KWP in the last two for example. Flynn Downes missed the two games before that.

he's a little more mobile...that's perhaps RMs thinking. We need KWP back ASAP and to tighten up forwhen we play the better sides. The break we have is timely.

Agree, I worry how we will fair against the four or five teams around us in the run in and play offs, but he/we ain't changing now.

It sure won't, and if teams press us, I worry whether we have it in us to win those games, but the goals today weren't terribly soft (compare them to our first) and I am not sure they were even down to our style of overplaying and passing in dangerous areas to keep possession at al costs. Manning and Sulemena possibly could have hoofed for the first, not sure who or what to blame for the second?

You have a point, but Stephens is really not good at right back.

Fuck me does a narrative grow legs in here. Bristol City took us to the cleaners a few weeks ago. Centre back pairing that night? Bednarek and THB.

I don't really worry what the `majority' think. I like him. I like watching him beat men for fun.

I can think of worse skills for a winger to have.

prefer it to a winger that is slow and never even tries to take his man on. Maybe you should cut him some slack. You are slating him on here after only having coming on for five minutes.

The way he beats a man all ends up is amazing. I could watch it all day.

if you say so.

He didn't gift them a goal.

we break a lot, sometimes with men over and just don't take advantage - its all just two slow and obvious.

Manning and Sulemena both trying to carry the ball out of danger, but both failed to clear the lines.

Straight away Sulemena makes something happen beating two men and getting a corner. Or, if you don't fancy him, Sulemana shows his pace but no end product.

what the hell has happened t Sunderland since they thumped us. They looked a very good side that day. Pressed us, didn't give us a second on the ball and Tore us apart. Their approach today is the polar opposite. Perfect for us.

AA should be burying that. He's looked sharp, but a striker should be scoring those. It's hard to criticise a guy with so many goals, but in the Prem that might be your best/only chance and he's just not clinical enough. Sunderland are literally handing us these chances on a plate.

my word, that is a terrible bit of defending by Sunderland. A gift. Lovely.

it's showing. They can't get out of their own half. Leicester still look like the best side in the league to me. Leeds pummellig Stoke too.

the rules relating to ffp for a relegated side, such as us, is that we can make a maximum of £83m total losses for the three seasons (2 in the prem and 1 in the championship). That means, with losses of 2022 £15.4m loss before tax 2023 £87m loss before tax we need to make a profit of about £19.4m in the 2024 accounts. Fuck knows how we can do that. I suspect there are lots of factors/clauses, like covid loan interest/payments etc that are exempt.

those four years of accounts are all for the Premier league.

Leicester winning. No idea how they lost the last couple of games as they look incredibly dangerous with every attack.

Not sure, but our losses over the last three years are £116.1m from what I can see. I guess 2021 was covid affected, so there will be leeway there. I wonder if interest on the loan taken out to cover covid losses would not be counted too? That is £10m on 2023 accounts for example. Makes a big difference. 2020 £73.3m loss before tax 2021 £13.7m loss before tax 2022 £15.4m loss before tax 2023 £87m loss before tax