massive turnover yes. need to bring in 8 or 9. which is why most promoted teams struggle badly

I think it`s more about his overall performance(s) distribution, awareness, marshalling his back 4 etc.
Most players refer to goalkeepers as a bit eccentric and OTT ( no offence Tad)
I rarely see Meslier bol£ocking his defenders and telling them off like others I`ve seen.
But like you guys are saying with the exception of maybe 4 or 5 the rest are not PL standards and will need replacing.

Regarding the Gruev injury it looks similar to Ampadu`s although I hope I`m wrong.
Performance wise and the next 2 games, I can see us about 8th in the League after Sheff Utd`s game and possibly 8 points behind the top 2.
I`m going 2 nil Sunderland and a 3 nil Sheff Utd and btw I`ve never predicted a correct score yet.

6 points then....

Hope so mate although you would get good odds on us getting 6 points.
Even better odds on my predictions

Gruev needs knee surgery and will be out for months.

if not the season.

I guess they'll be looking at free agents

Got to do. And they'll reinforce in Jan most definitely. any more key players out for a while and it could be curtains for promotion bid.

Chapy, there's no way Sheff U beat us at Elland Rd 3-0. They were very lucky v Derby the other night. Derby were battering them but couldn't score.

I actually thought we were away (again) tbh so I`ll go 2 nil instead
Sky Bet offering 12/1 a 2 nil Sunderland win tonight which I think is generous.
At least I called the Gruev injury right : almost
Interesting to see Piroe in for Joseph tonight.

My worst nightmare

do you feel a little bit silly now?


tanaka needs to sit. they are getting loads of space in the 10 area. rothwells pulled all the strings.been excellent

unbelievabl. useless french pr1ck

The worst mistake since Sprake threw the ball into his own goal. Nevermind a midfielder, the GK is the weak link

Absolutely gutted after what was a fantastic all round performance until that clown messed up.
I keep saying it but we won`t get promotion whilst he`s in goal.
We were cruising that game and all he had to do was hold the ball and it`s 3 points.
Aaaronsen again closes down well and doesn`t stop running but I`ve yet to see him win a 1 on 1 duel.
Harsh criticism there i know but just an observation really.
Piroe superb finish and that`s how you score.
Rothwell top performance and no need for Bogle to give that free kick away with 3 Leeds players around the Sunderland player.
Meslier you nob.

cold light of day that was a brilliant performance.dominated large parts.
we are a better team with a run of games. stop/start for international breaks does us no favours. I'm confident once we get this break out of the way we'll go on a decent run, especially with james and Solomon back