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Would I be happy with automatic promotion? ... Yes We've become a cocky confident bunch on here over the past couple of months. A long way to go and some very good sides still yet to be seen off - Middlesbrough, Leeds & Ipswich. Like what happened last season with Arsenal fading the Premier League against Man City, you can still be reined in. I hope an arrogance doesn't infect the players, The Championship is a grind.

Madders dropped off massively after the mid-season World Cup break. The more I look back at it, the more I think we knew we were in deep doodoo before that season even started. Kasper ghosting out seemed a significant moment.

https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1717146986002981018?s=20

Vintage Ricardo performance, loved the battle he had with Roberts all game and took the card when he had to.

Much much better today. Combative, good in possession.

That camera scan into the Kop after JJ won that corner Average age must've been high 50's

That 2 of Nike's Sunderland shirts with the numbers peeling off the back now

Decent keeper but he has to score either of them.

Looked alright to begin with but disappeared at the end of that first half

It's a great save from their keeper. Patterson has a future in the Prem imo, similar style to Pickford - could be worth looking into who's training their young keepers up.

We miss Ndidi, end of the second half showed it alot. It's a decent game, S'land have a few decent players and so far I've really enjoyed the Ricky v Roberts battle. ... they probably should've had a penalty, with VAR they give it against Faes.

Bellingham's there, he's just using his first name instead - Jobe.

It's £40.50 with the "booking fee" taken into account. Cheapest tickets are in the corners anyway, and sold out at £35(+£1.50)

Physically this is still a massive step up from what we're watching in the Championship. Notice alot of our games tend to open up towards the end, we'll pop a couple goals in like it's routine - up in the Prem we'll have to chase the ball about too and we'll come up against must fitter athletes. Half the game is fitness these days, if you're a CM and the opposite number is hands on knees gasping for air every opportunity you've got the beating of him 99/100. Even good players will look crap if they're absolutely knackered and chasing constantly.

Another thing I dont get - offsides. I thought players couldn't effect play ahead of the ball, yet in the ruck quite often defending players were going around and behind the attackers. Happened multiple times

They were in that until the horn went off and all the subs happened, then it was non-stop punting up field while getting battered physically. South Africa physically the superior side, England run out of steam.

It doesn't work out like that 9/10 though

I don't understand why they kick it up so often, in a game where possession is so important.

Immediately fouled Jude after I posted that, now on a yellow.

Just impressed the Spanish comms after nicking the ball off Bellingham who was breaking on a counter attack. Played quite well, couple of slow moments but otherwise cool. 1-1 in the final stages of the game. Still on the pitch.

Bouba Soumare playing against Real Madrid for Sevilla right now, 0-0 at half time.

Wilf looks off it today

So each shirt is individually and uniquely scribbled on. What's the price for this service?

Other Italian clubs will see him close up and might be able to stump up the £15m. Sure I saw he picked up an injury

Article looks like complete rubbish to be fair. Kid calling himself a publisher seemingly produces 3 articles a day probably just inputting content into AI and pasting off what's then generated.