Rossi the Robin Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, Sheltons Army said: You really think so Two sides who time wasters and spoil In the sense that people want them to get beat - between Wycombe and Wednesday I wouldn’t have cared less 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchred Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Hope Sunderland win, better night out in Newcastle than Wycombe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Robbored said: They got stuffed twice by 5 in quick succession and that’s why he was sacked afterhe’d pissed off too many players which was another contributor in his dismissal. They’d stopped playing for him Did you read that on their official site? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Bizarre game to watch. Two massive clubs with premier league fanbases, but the football on offer was very much league one standard. Wycombe will get the better of Sunderland at Wembley, I’m sure of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted May 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, dREDful said: Great decision to sack LJ after all. 1 defeat in 17 games under AN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Northern Red said: Did you read that on their official site? It was in an article in the Sunderland local paper. The equivalent on the Post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Pleased for Bailey Wright. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Robbored said: It was in an article in the Sunderland local paper. The equivalent on the Post. Don’t believe what you read in the papers Robbo. What you wrote is entirely untrue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, frenchred said: Hope Sunderland win, better night out in Newcastle than Wycombe! Do people still care about which is a better night out?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, Harry said: Don’t believe what you read in the papers Robbo. What you wrote is entirely untrue A similar thing happened to LJ at City so I assumed it was deja vue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Are they two “Giant” clubs? Sky haven’t mentioned it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 minute ago, RUSSEL85 said: Are they two “Giant” clubs? Sky haven’t mentioned it They are up to some of the dross that will be in in L1 next season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said: They are up to some of the dross that will be in in L1 next season. They have the pleasure of visiting the tented village……….…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Enjoyed that good result for me. Good friend of mine Sunderland fan who has followed them all over the country from South Devon for 45 years So yeah big club like em back up with us. Went to the gate in 70 with my mate took him in to the East End, first game of the season 4/3 win . He survived. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Hillsborough not the best hunting ground for us... Miller's open goal miss and Tomlin's pen that got O'Neill sent off... Apart from that effing ace... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Visiting Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Ah well, roll on Forest Green. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, Owl Visiting said: Ah well, roll on Forest Green. And the joys of the Tented Village, out of date Fanta and portaloos If you are lucky and the fixture falls in December , you may even get to visit Santa’s Grotto , Owl 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, stephenkibby. said: Enjoyed that good result for me. Good friend of mine Sunderland fan who has followed them all over the country from South Devon for 45 years So yeah big club like em back up with us. Went to the gate in 70 with my mate took him in to the East End, first game of the season 4/3 win . He survived. When they played in that strange blue/grey kit. An absolutely wonderful game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 46 minutes ago, Robbored said: A similar thing happened to LJ at City so I assumed it was deja vue You know what they say about assumption, don’t you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Some big and medium clubs in League One these days. Derby, Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday. Plus Bolton, Oxford and Portsmouth- Sunderland too subject to the playoff final. I remember a good chunk of these as Championship and above a decade or two ago. Perhaps less than 10 years back 4, maybe 5 of these were virtual ever present in the top 2 divisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT The Optimist Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, Owl Visiting said: Ah well, roll on Forest Green. Good luck next season…try avoid pray offs… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Visiting Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Some big and medium clubs in League One these days. Derby, Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday. Plus Bolton, Oxford and Portsmouth- Sunderland too subject to the playoff final. I remember a good chunk of these as Championship and above a decade or two ago. Perhaps less than 10 years back 4, maybe 5 of these were virtual ever present in the top 2 divisions. Yep, longest ever period outside the top flight for us this, 21 years and counting. I'm a bit too young to have fully appreciated the brief period in the early 90s when we were a really good side. In 1991 we won the League Cup in what is now The Championship, went up that year and finished 3rd in the top flight. I caught the tail end of it when we still had some great players like Waddle and Hirst, but it's been mainly downhill ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Some big and medium clubs in League One these days. Derby, Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday. Plus Bolton, Oxford and Portsmouth- Sunderland too subject to the playoff final. I remember a good chunk of these as Championship and above a decade or two ago. Perhaps less than 10 years back 4, maybe 5 of these were virtual ever present in the top 2 divisions. It’s a weird division with a diverse mix of teams. About five or six former premier league clubs with really big fanbases and grounds… and then also about half a dozen clubs up from non league that can barely muster 3000 fans. There’s a big gap there, Ipswich finishing 11th on 70 points, then Fleetwood in 20th and surviving on 40! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Visiting Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, Wanderingred said: It’s a weird division with a diverse mix of teams. About five or six former premier league clubs with really big fanbases and grounds… and then also about half a dozen clubs up from non league that can barely muster 3000 fans. There’s a big gap there, Ipswich finishing 11th on 70 points, then Fleetwood in 20th and surviving on 40! Yeah it's a strange division and something that fans have been quibbling about on Owlstalk tonight, some people pointing out we got 85 points, and others saying the league is so bad beyond that top section it isn't anything to shout about. I've actually enjoyed seeing us win some games this season for a change Got to be seriously challenging for automatic next season though. Anyway this isn't a Wednesday thread so I'll stop moaning at this point. Think I want Forest up in the Championship, tempted to say Luton but I think Forest would be a good addition back in the top flight. Wycombe in League One. Northampton in League Two after Scunthorpe stitched them up. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 53 minutes ago, Owl Visiting said: Yep, longest ever period outside the top flight for us this, 21 years and counting. I'm a bit too young to have fully appreciated the brief period in the early 90s when we were a really good side. In 1991 we won the League Cup in what is now The Championship, went up that year and finished 3rd in the top flight. I caught the tail end of it when we still had some great players like Waddle and Hirst, but it's been mainly downhill ever since. Blimey that is some unwanted record. PL seems like it is becoming a bit of a closed shop these days...we could get 3/3 promoted clubs in receipt of Parachute Payments from Championship to PL this year. 42 years and counting for us since the top flight. Major club Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland too- good luck next year though it seems not such an easy League to get out of- and oddly, smaller clubs on paper such as Rotherham, financial problems aside Wigan, then Barnsley and who knows maybe Wycombe and then Peterborough seem quite equipped to yoyo between the two divisions. I remember when I started following, 8 long years in that League...but definitely seemed like a narrower range of clubs from 1999/2000 to 2006/07. 55 minutes ago, Wanderingred said: It’s a weird division with a diverse mix of teams. About five or six former premier league clubs with really big fanbases and grounds… and then also about half a dozen clubs up from non league that can barely muster 3000 fans. There’s a big gap there, Ipswich finishing 11th on 70 points, then Fleetwood in 20th and surviving on 40! Yes, agreed. Interesting division, quite enjoyable too especially if in one of the latter or middling- I know a Tranmere fan and I fear I jinxed their season...texted him when they beat Swindon 3-0 a week into February and said "Just keep up that momentum, possible trips to Derby and Sheffield Wednesday- maybe Bolton, Ipswich and Sunderland too!" They were 3rd and I remember saying they looked a dead cert for the playoffs at least (12 pts above the team outside the playoffs). They finished 9th. 2nd on 55 pts from 30 games, having just checked- excellent defensive record, top 3 automatic, 4th-7th playoffs...you get the picture very well placed. I tipped them- never had a good record with football betting though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Owl Visiting said: Yeah it's a strange division and something that fans have been quibbling about on Owlstalk tonight, some people pointing out we got 85 points, and others saying the league is so bad beyond that top section it isn't anything to shout about. I've actually enjoyed seeing us win some games this season for a change Got to be seriously challenging for automatic next season though. Anyway this isn't a Wednesday thread so I'll stop moaning at this point. Think I want Forest up in the Championship, tempted to say Luton but I think Forest would be a good addition back in the top flight. Wycombe in League One. Northampton in League Two after Scunthorpe stitched them up. You’ll find it hard again next season. All the relegated teams will be strong again, and don’t Ipswich now have rich owners? Plus I’ve heard on very good authority that the famous Roverzzzzzz are coming for us so there’s only two promotion places to play for. Edited May 10, 2022 by Wanderingred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 9 hours ago, stephenkibby. said: Enjoyed that good result for me. Good friend of mine Sunderland fan who has followed them all over the country from South Devon for 45 years So yeah big club like em back up with us. Went to the gate in 70 with my mate took him in to the East End, first game of the season 4/3 win . He survived. What a game and Sunderland skins on the East End, it didn't go entirely to plan for them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Owl Visiting said: Yep, longest ever period outside the top flight for us this, 21 years and counting. I'm a bit too young to have fully appreciated the brief period in the early 90s when we were a really good side. In 1991 we won the League Cup in what is now The Championship, went up that year and finished 3rd in the top flight. I caught the tail end of it when we still had some great players like Waddle and Hirst, but it's been mainly downhill ever since. My mate was at Sheffield Uni 97-99 so when I went up to see him we watched Wednesday in the Prem, they beat Arsenal 2-0 in the year Arsenal won the double (first league title under Wenger I think) and then they beat Man Utd 3-1 in the year Utd won the treble! Edited May 10, 2022 by Tinmans Love Child 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 1 hour ago, southside said: What a game and Sunderland skins on the East End, it didn't go entirely to plan for them My first game that I went on my own , with mates. An eye opener for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 Well played Sunderland, glad they got through to final. Football in the NE is a religion up there. Hope they go up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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