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We done a goal. But Djenepo was offside.

Is that the same Andrea Leadsom who's been telling us for years that we'll all be better off outside the single market? Amazing 👏

Sunak reckons NI is in a very 'exciting' position in that they will have access to EU markets as well as the UK. So we're going to end up in a situation where one part of the UK can have the best of both worlds but the rest of us can get fucked. Great. I foresee plenty of resistance and potentially some legal challenges to this.

1991. Mr Marsh was his name. He was the only teacher I had in all my time there that seemed to be genuinely enthusiastic about his subject and didn't talk down to the kids in a condescending way.

Just so poor all over the pitch today. A glaring lack of quality throughout the side. In their final years in the PL before they finally went down, I used to think of Sunderland as 'the turd that wouldn't flush'. That's basically us now isn't it 🥺

Have you ever actually played in goal? It was about 2 yards away from him before he saw where it was going. He couldn't come off his line and narrow down the angle because Bednarek was standing right in his way and just turned his back and let the ball roll past him like he always fucking does, because he's a useless sack of shit. If you're looking to scapegoat someone then look no further than Bednarek.

Honestly, I know it's the done thing to slate Bazunu on here but he had no chance with Janny fucking B standing right on front of him and making no effort whatsoever to step out and block the shot.

If Bednarek wasn't standing right in his eyeline, yes. Can't put that one on him though.

Fuck. We're down aren't we.

If we were Leeds fans right now we'd all be saying how shit we've been to not punish Saints for being so crap on the first half, and that they can't possibly be that bad again in the second half and we all know what's going to happen now. There's still hope.

And then he goes and does that! Fuck me!

At least Bednarek occasionally shows some ability as a defender and makes good blocks etc. As for Moi, for a supposed attacking player, when was the last time he made a meaningful contribution to an attacking move?

Christ alive, it's like we're trying to give them a goal lead.

True, but then we know Stu can do much better and he's going to be understandably rusty, whereas they sort of miss is just standard for Moi.

Didn't look like a foul to me. I reckon we'll see this a lot with Tall Paul. He's so big that oppo players will frequently just bounce off him and get a FK for it.

Better spell from Saints there. Leeds look like they can be got at if we keep the pressure up.

Yep. Never any doubt that ball would quickly end up back with a Leeds player.

Surely should be a yellow for deliberate handball?

Yeah I think so. Can't grumble really.

They weren't just random comments on a Twitter thread though, they were in emails sent directly to Potter himself. I agree with you that the 'threats' were probably no more than the rantings of a keyboard warrior and unlikely to have any substance, but it's not so easy to just ignore in this scenario.

Pleasing to know it's still running. I grew up round there and used to love the train rides as a kid. I went to school at Bitterne Park and there was a teacher who taught CDT and tried to be quite pally with the students. He would sometimes give a group of us a lift down to the Triangle chippy at lunch time in his kit car. There was a video hire shop called Solent Video I used to use all the time until Blockbuster opened in Portswood and eventually put all the smaller independent places out of business.

Well now that we've officially appointed a fellow Spaniard as manager, maybe that won't be such an issue.

I changed my username a few years ago, but not out of any desire to make a fresh start and convince other users that I'm not the same person or anything like that. I just had personal reasons for not wanting to use my old username anymore. I don't doubt that certain people have been banned or stopped posting only to pop up again on a different account. Sometimes it's glaringly obvious, and I did find it pretty hilarious that AlexLaw actually tried for a while to pretend he wasn't delldays/batman. I'm sure there have probably been others who have been savvy enough to use a different posting style and evaded detection though. I do find it disagreeable however when some people make up their minds that a relatively new poster must be a certain former board user and relentlessly attacks them as if they are without any evidence to support their assertion. I've seen this many tines over the years. For instance, I don't actually believe that any of the recent newbies are actually an alter ego of MLG. His was such a uniquely rigid style of posting with not the slightest hint of subtlety or humour that I find it hard to believe he has the imagination to conjure up a whole new character to post as. It's not impossible that MLG was himself a fictional character, i guess. But if he was, then to maintain the facade and stop the mask from slipping over so many years and tens of thousands of posts is mighty impressive. There is nothing about any of the more recent posters that suggests to me they could be the same person though.

And yet only a few weeks ago he was clearly our best CB. Something doesn't seem right there.

It's even more puzzling when you consider what JWP actually did get sent off for at Stamford Bridge last season.