Nigel

Seems the consensus of the Sunderland fans on the sky site are happy they are not getting Davis, instead wanting a top class striker....I wouldn't hold your breath! I could actually see a move for Emile here!

I was thinking about 38 Studios. Worth a punt? Always risky putting your money into a company you dont know much about! Game developers also have the added pressure of being one game away from disaster. On the other hand if they get it right.... As Julie says...High risk!

Never have got that Jon. I think it should translate to something like "Again, I stress that I don't blame Mac[Donald], he has been thrown in at the deep end" Ah I see, deep! (I have read that so many times in the past thinking I was missing something profound)

Never have got that Jon.

To be fair to McLeish my perception of him and his 'anti football' way has changed considerably since the Liverpool debacle back in mid December. I have actually enjoyed our football style, some could even call it entertaining at times!

Congratulations to the wee uns for reaching this far! Are we going to be in this every year?

This reminds me of the days of watching the scores come in on teletext!

I dont remember that. All I remember is him enjoying the longest honeymoon period in football history...... with a little help from the buyout of course.

Oh mate!

And what exactly is wrong with this?

Pikeys can smell scrap metal...its probably already gone!

If your dog can fit in your hand you need a slap!

A sad but, for many people it seems, an accurate analysis Nigel. As if to prove my point! I can assure you, with 6 wins out of 22 games and some awful, tactically inept performances, you guys have to look a lot harder than I to justify your stance. What stance? For what its worth I dont think he is right for the club, too many negatives holding him back. However what I care for has about as little impact as what you quite obviously want. He is here for the time being. However what I wont do is attack everything he does in a blinkered fashion.

Have you still got RSI?

This last game is a microcosm for why McLeish should never have been placed in charge of our team! Nothing to do with his skill as a manager, his tactical nous or his ability to reform the dressing room, its simply because he will never be accepted by a portion of the fanbase. If we lose a game its the managers fault, if we win he fluked it....fair? I think not! I get the feeling that us winning games is an inconvenience to some people, who would actually rather us lose to try and put pressure on the bloke to leave.

Im not saying McLeish is either a good manager or tactician based on the weekends game. What Im saying is its unfair to blame every defeat on his decisions yet claim outside forces seem to muddle him through every win. How I saw the game was that we were overrun in the first half, to the extent Wolves should have been out of sight, and this was the managers fault. However to claim it was solely down to luck that we came away with a win strikes me as nothing more than posting with an agenda. So what if Gabby was ill and had to come off? As you said it was not the fact that we changed the player that won us the game but the subsequent reshuffle, which has to be credited to the manager, like him or not. Most the points you mentioned happened after this point when the games direction had already been changed, thus were not the pivotal moments some would have us believe. Yes we got some luck but surely thats due!

I thought they needed some more adverts.

Agreed, he has taken some stick recently so its only fair to highlight the positive side of his game too. Credit must also go to our manager for the change too, if it had not worked out he would have been slaughtered! bollocks does mcleish take credit, if gabby had not being feeling unwell at half time the exact same team would have come out. credit goes to gabby for being poorly. mcleish needs to to take the blame for a suicidal satrting line up, he totally unbalanced the team with having a centre forward on the left wing again and then to totally ruin the left hand side he drops warnock and plays a very slow centre half in clark against one of the fastest wingers in the premiership. yet again he picked hutton over cuellar and hutton was beaten every time by jarvis but luckily for us collins got his head on almost everything. mcleish cost us this game from the begining and just got lucky as gabby was ill at half time and then karl henry decided to be a cock. the thing that annoys me as well is that if gabby was ill last night and not feeling great then what was the point in starting him in the first place. also with a few mins left when we knew wolves would be pumping balls in the box he brings on the smallest man in the world barry bannan mcleish is tactically useless and I have no idea what goes through his mind Jesus, what would you be like if we had lost! He changed to game with a substitution and tactical reshuffle and you are still trying to find a stick to beat him with. Be fair to the bloke. it was forced on him. he would have put the same 11 out if gabby was not ill How do you know? The answer is you dont.

Its noises like this at VP that must make it a pleasure to play at!

Its gone too far with some Im afraid! Blinded by hatred.

Agreed, he has taken some stick recently so its only fair to highlight the positive side of his game too. Credit must also go to our manager for the change too, if it had not worked out he would have been slaughtered! bollocks does mcleish take credit, if gabby had not being feeling unwell at half time the exact same team would have come out. credit goes to gabby for being poorly. mcleish needs to to take the blame for a suicidal satrting line up, he totally unbalanced the team with having a centre forward on the left wing again and then to totally ruin the left hand side he drops warnock and plays a very slow centre half in clark against one of the fastest wingers in the premiership. yet again he picked hutton over cuellar and hutton was beaten every time by jarvis but luckily for us collins got his head on almost everything. mcleish cost us this game from the begining and just got lucky as gabby was ill at half time and then karl henry decided to be a cock. the thing that annoys me as well is that if gabby was ill last night and not feeling great then what was the point in starting him in the first place. also with a few mins left when we knew wolves would be pumping balls in the box he brings on the smallest man in the world barry bannan mcleish is tactically useless and I have no idea what goes through his mind Jesus, what would you be like if we had lost! He changed to game with a substitution and tactical reshuffle and you are still trying to find a stick to beat him with. Be fair to the bloke.

Explain? Gabby was ill and couldn't continue so he had to make that change, then when we are trying to see out the game takes of a DM and puts BB on, at that point it was clear they intended to throw the kitchen sink at us Maybe he saw Kightly having a field day against Clark who had no protection from his winger and decided the experience of Warnock would prove more effective. A substitute born out of necessity because of Gabby's illness but he could have easily brought somebody else on instead. Exactly. Be fair to the bloke.

Agreed, he has taken some stick recently so its only fair to highlight the positive side of his game too. Credit must also go to our manager for the change too, if it had not worked out he would have been slaughtered!

yes!

Shocking ball from Marc!