Same old story from Sunderland.

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No caption needed! Anyone else thinking what I’m thinking? I know, I know, it’s a silly question as you can’t really tell what I’m thinking, right? So let me explain.

With derby day just around the corner it is perhaps inevitable that the tension and build-up will start to crank up a notch.

The nerves are starting to jangle for me, and no doubt as the occasion draws ever closer those nerves will turn into apprehension, excitement, anxiety and so on. It will be the same for many of us, and it will be the same for Sunderland fans, although admittedly they will only display this behaviour between 7am-7pm or wheatever time their ASBO tags consign them to the boundaries of their Pennywell slums.

It’s those deluded fools which I want to focus on for this article. Not just the fans, but their horrible little tin-pot club and the unfortunate misfits who staff it.

You see, last time out you could have perhaps understood their cockyness. Bullish claims of how they were going to wipe the floor with us in our own back yard surfaced from confident fans who were keen to point out that Sunderland were the North-East’s top-dogs given the progression they had made in our Premier League absence.

Whilst they have managed to establish themselves as a Premier League team, they have failed in their attempt to be top dogs. All the bravery and bravado was quickly zapped from them when we hammered them 5-1 earlier on in the season. I will never forget looking up at level seven and watching them try to disperse from St James’ Park with their faces a slightly darker shade of red than the stripes on their top. They got what they deserved that day, of that there is little doubt.

So you would think that perhaps they may have learned their lesson and would perhaps be acting with some humility in the build up to the reprisal. Not so it seems, as the papers seem alarmingly full of how they are out for revenge and how they owe it to the fans. Even Steve “I’m a Geordie” Bruce has got in on the act by pointing out that he has a song lined up to played over the Tandy 12hz tannoy system at the Stadium of ***** should the home side be victorious on the day.

And they had the audacity to call us classless 🙄

You see, they never learn, which is a trait which is made worse by their all consuming jealousy. They may have had more reasons to laugh at us over the last couple of years, but we ALWAYS have reasons to laugh at them.

I look at their squad and think it’s fairly average to be honest. I would only have a couple of their players at a push. Look at the money it is costing them in wages aswell. The “next level” will be a distant dream if Ellis Short pulls the plug or if they fall foul of these new financial rules. Shame.

They have a chairman who, by all accounts seems a top lad, and despite his somewhat bizarre love of Sunderland, has to beg fans to attend games by offering two tickets for £10. The result? 17,000 pink, tacky, empty seats. It won’t be the case this weekend though as some of their fans step inside the SOS for the first time since we were there last. They only come to see United!

Try and banter with them and they will be quick to point out that their record away win came against us. Research this and you will see that this record was recorded shortly after the invention of the wheel, but before Stonehenge was built. A bit more research will show you that we actually won the league in that season aswell. Eclipsed.

I could go on all day, literally, but the fact is that we eclipse them in pretty much every department. We always have done, and we always will do. This is what really grates with them.

Remember, this is a rivalry that, historically, goes way beyond football.

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83 thoughts on “Same old story from Sunderland.”

  4. Ive noticed how many are using that 9-1 recently 🙄 They fail to point out that we won the league that same season… 😆

    They really are a very sad breed, I also think Bruce has shot his bolt early with this song business because theres going to be egg on his ugly mug if they fail to win (which they will)

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  5. Good article Toonsy and oh so true, would be over the moon with a draw but will be doing somersaults with a win.HWTL

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  9. really good read this. im not from newcastle myself, but have supported them since i can remember and share in the passion of “true geordies” towards the unwashed, filthy scumbags. i hope to god that we beat them, purely so their attempt at a comeback at us will be laughed at and leave them ridiculed. maybe they will play daydream believer in the hope big fat brucey goes 😆 😆 😆

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  13. If the cap fits. Never understood why all these multiple logins owned by one or two people is put up with I’m .org and now on here, but they aren’t my blogs so I will have to accept it if I want to keep visiting both sites.
    We all know stardust has a grudge with Worky, so its a good shout.

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  16. can def see some sending offs coming here bruce seems to be winding them right up,and that ref always has something against the toon for some reason,is cattle-prod playing?for the scum,he is a animal

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  17. Thanks mate but not really my thing, especially at the mo with my up and coming nups and sorting out the move to Spain.Appreciate you asking tho.

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  21. Surprisingly, some of them are hard to prove. Anyway, it’s by the by really. If comments get locked down then people don’t bother commenting as much.

    Mind you, it also has it’s plus points aswell.

    So does not being on Newsnow right now as this place won’t be flooded with opposing fans acting like knobs :mrgreen:

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  22. I have to validate my age to watch it 😯

    Mind you, I got ID’d for wine errr I mean beer in Tesco the other day 😉

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  33. Funnily enough toonsy, richie’s email to me was in the spam when he sent it from abroad. Good job I didn’t just empty the folder. :mrgreen:

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  35. Ha! Took me a while to find you, Toonsy, but I’m a master sleuth. Being flooded out of house and home didn’t help either.

    Looking forward to reading your articles again.

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  37. Is it safe to cross the streams blogwise. 😉

    Getting away from anti Sunderland rhetoric, their lot will feel they have something to prove so it’s going to be a toughy for us. I’d be happy with a draw, (happier with a win though).
    If I were SB I certainly wouldn’t be getting too frightened seeing Shola in our line, now AC would worry me.
    A win would take us to spitting distance from them with a game in hand be nice to show them they aint top dogs in the region, but EPL survival has to be our main aim this year.

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  38. Toonsy… if I go might have a spare cos not owa happy gattin the lad back that late wi college the next day….I have to shake him to see if he’s awake at the best of times 🙄 😆

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  40. Will i be called as a deluded fan,if i say newcastle will get more than 50points at the end of the season. Or to be precise, 59points. 🙄

    This is judging by the current performance of the team,and other clubs situation. It might change for the better for some clubs in the upcoming months.

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  41. It’s a bit wet and smelly. My place is ok but two streets down towards the river was under water yesterday. The flooding has dropped a lot in the last 12 hours. Tomorrow I’ll be walking around asking if anybody needs a hand to clean up – probably doing that all weekend.

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  42. My main thought about the match is this: my local is showing it live!!!

    Got to love a dodgy Greek satellite system in yer local, eh.

    In terms of results, here’s my massively rose-tinted expectation:
    – The pressure on the opposition is absolutely huge since we skunked ’em.
    – Unlike us, they’re not exactly overflowing with locals who are used to these events
    – Unlike us, their team is built mainly on wages and not passion for the club. It’s hard to play for a badge that has kebab stains on it.

    So my hope is that they turn up nervous and on edge, and that we roll ’em over again.

    As I said – rose-tinted – but not entirely implausible, is it?

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  46. AoD
    I would call you very optimistic rather than deluded. 🙂

    But anything is possible would that qualify us for Europe?

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  47. AOD – can we just settle on ‘incurably optimistic’?

    With Gosling and Benny coming back, I’d not rule it out. I’d not put my house on it either, mind!

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  51. Actually the whole thing has restored my faith in human beings. We had a lot of warning that the floods were coming and people from safe suburbs were driving in with a van and randomly helping people to evacuate.

    It’s a pity that sort of cameraderie only happens during a crisis.

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  56. Okay,to prove my point on that 50 points issue. here’s my prediction for all matches in 2011.Now we have already 28points.

    Jan
    Sunderland(3points)
    Spurs(0points)

    Feb
    Fulham(1point)
    Arsenal(0point)
    Blackburn(3points) on the fact of new manager,player revolting,and even santa joins them,i got confidence we can win them.

    Birmingham(3points) At the Moment,they are way below us.And is a Home game for this.

    Bolton(0point)

    March
    Everton(3points)
    Stoke(3points),Basically i feel the team will aim to get boths this only two games in match as wins.

    April
    Wolves(3points)
    Aston Villa(3points),Possible new manager again.
    Man Utd(0point)
    Blackpool(3points) Aim to beat them,hopefully
    Liverpool(0points),either we lose to black,and win liver,vice versa.

    May

    Brimingham(3points)

    Chelsea(0point)
    WBA(3points)

    So that’s 31 points above+ current points 28,there u have it,59points? Fair explaination? 😆 😈

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  60. Is true that the possiblity of getting such high points in our season back to epl. Unless of course,something happens to our club again. 😯

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  61. me nanna could beat me 🙁
    Just got black ops so just startin online wi that on monday, takes me about 3 months to find my way around the maps 🙁

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  62. I think the curcial point is whether we can do a double over birmingham city,and the two matches in March. 😉

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  63. Can’t wait for the match now…not just because I think it will be a good un but because I hate the wait! Agh! Really hope Shola will be fit 😀 He’ll push himself for a brace imo…really hope Carroll is fit but otherwise I might go for a Shola/Best Partnership..if leon gets a hatrick against the scum it will be a quick jump from flop to legend :mrgreen:

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  64. They’re an inferior city (town) to us, have inferior eye candy, an inferior football team and they’re all inbred anyway. Let’s all laugh at Sunderland.
    On a more serious note I’d absolutly love to see us win at their dump on Sunday, doing a double over them including a 5-1 hammering would be wonderful. Comfortable survival including two drubbings in our first season back in the PL and I’d say that was pretty much perfect. Already feel sick about the game but I wouldnt have it any other way, reminds me of how much I care about our club.
    Come Sunday morning those nerves will turn to excitement and I’ll be bouncing off the roof hours before KO.

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  69. soz pedro- not for sunday. we were talking about brum earlier in the thread.
    Toonsy has a mate who has a box at st andrews but hes saying he may not get in and will need a ticket, im offering him one for brum. if i had a ticket for saunday i wouldn’t be giving it away thats for sure. soz buddy

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  70. Hey chaps, I know I’m passing on second/third hand info here (so no idea if it’s true). However there is a lot of chatter on Ed’s Blog about things happening at the training ground today. Ashleys Helicopter has been there this afternoon and there’s talk of Ziani being shown around. Plus one lad said about a blacked out Merc (with a Scottish Agent looking guy) asking for directions to the training ground. This was at a petrol station about a mile away. As I said don’t know if it’s true but may be a sign of something going on. We’ll see.

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  73. ohh right hahaha hang on, he was scottish and looked like an agent!

    hahaha should of read that more carefully!

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  75. Mate I read it the same way, haha. Probably that tw@t Willie Mckay checking up on Barton’s deal if there’s any ounce of truth in it!..

    I dunno what’s going to happen with our transfer dealings sadly. I like the fact the club is quiet and we’re not just bringing in any old buggers on big pay packets in an attempt to please fans, but not having a clue what’s going on is worrying none the less!
    Divvent think Avatar Andy is going to be fit for the scum either,sadly.

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