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And it's obviously working. I was forced to sit through a Jeremy Vine radio phone-in while waiting at the docs the other day where they were discussing this, and with a depressing inevitability some knuckle dragging moron came on and said he will definitely vote Tory at the next election if they bring in this policy.

The problem here is that we've burned ourselves out usually by the 55-60 min mark, and the drop off in quality on the bench is horrendous. Any team that is forced to bring on players like AA and Moi due to lack of other options is always going to show a huge dip in performance as a result. I look at the other teams in the PL and I can't think of a single one where those two players would ever get game time, let alone regularly. Thank goodness today we managed to get a lead to hold onto before needing to make those changes.

His name is Alcaraz, not Alvarez.

It was a simple mis-kick from a horribly bouncing back pass. It happens to all keepers at some point. True, it seems to happen to Bazunu more frequently than others, but I've seen far better keepers than him do far worse than that before and been punished for it.

Is it really too much to ask that a group of obscenely well paid professional athletes could - just for once - manage to actually win a game they are expected to win? We can somehow turn it on against City and Chelsea, but when it comes to actual 'winnable' games we just consistently shit the bed and hand it to the opposition on a plate. It's quite bizarre.

I missed the 0-9 cos I was out at a gig that night. Still never seen a single clip of it. Think I might check the live music listings for this weekend and give this one a miss as well.

Had one shot from a turn inside that went just wide but probably wouldn't have beaten the keeper anyway. Aside from that he did nothing of any note.

I thought the 79 at the end of your username might have denoted the year you were born, but there's no way that someone in their mid-40s could possibly be this immature so I'm guessing it must actually be your IQ.

He also said he was surprised that Aribo hasn't started more games for us. I usually like him as a co-com but he showed his ignorance tonight.

And if you don't think he's decent, considering he's only 18 and in gis first season of senior football, then you clearly know nothing about football.

This is the sad reality of it. Sunderland were for a few years the turd that wouldn't flush. We're just the steaming pile of faeces that makes you want to buy a whole new toilet.

My god. What a total fucking shambles. Grimsby created the grand total of NOTHING but we've still gifted them a win. Where do you even start to unpack that? I can't even bring myself to be angry about it. I'm just numb to it all now. Can't even put into words the contempt I have for this pathetic bunch of bottlers. All that money spent since the summer and Lavia is the only one that looks like an actual footballer. Who the fuck thought signing Aribo was a good idea? He's an absolute fraud of a player. Armstrong was supposed to be our Ings replacement but he can't even lay a glove on the defence of a team 16th in L2. I'm just watching Grimsby celebrating with their fans and I'm actually pleased for them. Saints? You can just fuck off.

That went out FFS.

He really is crap isn't he. Total waste of space.

Now the goalie apparently has cramp.

We had this debate over and over in the first season of VAR and they still haven't addressed it. If they can't find a frame that shows the exact moment the ball is played they should rewind to the last frame before the contact and if the receiving player is onside in that one then the goal should stand. I am baffled why they don't do this. It's so simple.

Here we go. Ballard on.

Gonna be disallowed isn't it.

Fucking hell Perraud!

The ref finally decides to punish one of their fouls on one of our wingers.

Armstrong coming off. I genuinely hope I never have to watch him do a feeble impression of a PL striker ever again. He makes Shane long look like fucking Sergio Aguero.

Yay!

WTF was that pass Lyanco?

Lavia off. Yeah cos he was by far our worst player and needed to be subbed. Fucking hell.