It must be truly horrible watching Sunderland. Like watching us the last five years, except for much, much longer than that, and with the added "bonus" of actually managing to climb into bed with relegation, rather than just occasionally pinching its arse like we've done.Their fans seem to love that "LOOK AT ME! I'M SO ANGRY I AM LEAVING AT HALF TIME!" thing, though.I used to go to a few of their games with my Mackem best mate at university, when they were in the third division. There's a sort of depressing fug of misery about that club that has been there for decades, which is a shame, as there's really nothing not to like about them.Actually, thinking about it, there is. The fact they named their new stadium after another, famous stadium elsewhere, and that they adopted that shitty "black cats" nickname, which is meaningless.Two uncharacteristic outbreaks of nu-football from a normally traditional club, there.EDIT downscale that to one, the black cats thing has a historical connection, albeit a bit tenuous.
I'd go a win for us against these, 3-1. Rudy, Gil & Sinclair. Defoe to get one for them.GuzanAmaviClarkRichardsHuttonGanasanchezWestwoodSinclairGilGestede
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on August 27, 2015, 03:59:09 PMIt must be truly horrible watching Sunderland. Like watching us the last five years, except for much, much longer than that, and with the added "bonus" of actually managing to climb into bed with relegation, rather than just occasionally pinching its arse like we've done.Their fans seem to love that "LOOK AT ME! I'M SO ANGRY I AM LEAVING AT HALF TIME!" thing, though.I used to go to a few of their games with my Mackem best mate at university, when they were in the third division. There's a sort of depressing fug of misery about that club that has been there for decades, which is a shame, as there's really nothing not to like about them.Actually, thinking about it, there is. The fact they named their new stadium after another, famous stadium elsewhere, and that they adopted that shitty "black cats" nickname, which is meaningless.Two uncharacteristic outbreaks of nu-football from a normally traditional club, there.EDIT downscale that to one, the black cats thing has a historical connection, albeit a bit tenuous.Wasn't there a vote where the fans had to decide what their nickname was going to be?
I would like to see a line up of: GuzanBacuna Richards Clark Amavi Sanchez GueyeGil Grealish Sinclair GestedeSubs - Bunn, Baker, Hutton, Westwood, Veretout, Ayew, AgbonlahorI'd be a bit worried about Gil tracking back in that position, but I'd have him in over Ayew.
I'm not expecting an avalanche of goals. Not that one ever does as a Villa fan.The last five home matches against Sunderland. It is relatively easy to spot the "outlier" in this list.14/15: 0-013/14: 0-012/13: 6-111/12: 0-010/11: 0-1That one in the Houllier year was particularly horrific, I recall. It was midweek, freezing fucking cold, and we were absolute awful.Wasn't the fixture last year also truly horrible? The Prince William match, I think?
Quote from: curiousorange on August 27, 2015, 04:37:11 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on August 27, 2015, 03:59:09 PMIt must be truly horrible watching Sunderland. Like watching us the last five years, except for much, much longer than that, and with the added "bonus" of actually managing to climb into bed with relegation, rather than just occasionally pinching its arse like we've done.Their fans seem to love that "LOOK AT ME! I'M SO ANGRY I AM LEAVING AT HALF TIME!" thing, though.I used to go to a few of their games with my Mackem best mate at university, when they were in the third division. There's a sort of depressing fug of misery about that club that has been there for decades, which is a shame, as there's really nothing not to like about them.Actually, thinking about it, there is. The fact they named their new stadium after another, famous stadium elsewhere, and that they adopted that shitty "black cats" nickname, which is meaningless.Two uncharacteristic outbreaks of nu-football from a normally traditional club, there.EDIT downscale that to one, the black cats thing has a historical connection, albeit a bit tenuous.Wasn't there a vote where the fans had to decide what their nickname was going to be?Yes, the black cats thing does have some historical connection, though (I've learned since googling it).
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