Sunderland Indoors The PreMatch Prattle
Friday, 22 August 08, 11:16 AM · Comments (628)
"They... go. They vanish. People. Civilizations. Languages. Philosophies. Works of art disappear, species are extinguished, books are lost, sities drown, things once thought immortal suddenly aren't there at all. Train compartments, snuff, galoshes, paintings, dreams and innocence, music. A glossary of the missing. A cabinet of absent curiosties."
Lost Worlds - Michael Bywater
Today will be fun. Unless you're Tottenham of course. It turned out that the fella who'd been down the gym all summer working out was still a seven stone weakling after all. On his first trip to the beach he got Egyptian sand kicked in his face and his 99 stuck on top of his head for good measure by some fat bloke and his northern mates.
Wendy has called for calm. I do like him. A call for something was in order and calm is as good as any successful Russian transfer in book right now. The 'might' of Sunderland is equal to that of Boro so it is in our hands now to readdress the 90 minutes wasted last week. Ramos knows that which we don't and that is the likelihood of more inbound transfers to The Lane is now slight.
The Russian deals have progressed on a par with invading their motherland in Winter and the speculative conversations with all the others in the rest of the world have generated little or nothing beyond what was established in conversations had before the Euros. My fear is the usual backlash borne out of frustration and an awful lot of 'newer' fans who signed up for rather more than what you and I would call 'the usual nonsense'. Spending another £30 million on players unproven in this league would guarantee nothing anyway.
Brian Glanville's Immutable Law Of The Ex hovers over this match like no other. The potential unmitigated disaster of defeat would be compounded beyond all belief if Roy Keane and our 'so called' also rans were to beat us. I don't want to dwell on that.
All we can hope and indeed demand is that every man gives it his upmost. Teemu is rumoured to be out, but perhaps some of our lot will remember his spirit come Saturday... and with the singular exception of the Bulgarian Rat... no one from our lot - gets lost.
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Dont BOO! Berba. The Berbatov shirt signing was clearly a setup. The away strip of Bulgaria is RED and if you look closely at the MAN UTD shirt you can see whichever moron who is getting it signed is actually covering most of it with a second WHITE shirt! Could this even be the Bulgaria HOME shirt????
I think this whole thing stinks of malicious underhand dealings, either by the SUN or by MAN utd themselves.
Honestly how convenient that the man was there with two shirts, covering most of the MAN utd shirt and had identifying marks visible only from behind, where as luck would have it a camera was. Now this is no professional camera, because that may make it too easy to prove it was a setup!
I just can't see us losing this game. Sunderland have brought in another 4 players this week, all of whom will meet for the first time at 3pm on the pitch at WHL. At least our new boys have been introduced, albeit in passing, at Middlesbrough. I'm going 3-1 Spurs. Bent, Bentley and Berbatov.
As for the transfer lull, I am naively assuming we have irons in fires elsewhere. Corluka should happen and even if we end there, it's progress. I have faith. COYS!
I will be distraught if I see anything other than the following appear on the jumbotron at 2:30 tomorrow.
Gomes
Zokora Woody King Bale
Bentley Jenas Modric J2S
Bent Berbatov
Similar to the Roma game, if things need freshening up 2nd half, Lennon on for Berbs (if hes sulkin) and switch to a 4-5-1 come 4-3-3, Lennon and J2S in behind Bent. I do not want to see BAE or Dawson figure unless completely unavoidable.
bloody hell, it all sounds abit dismal don't it, can't help but say ditto, well said, just have to wait and see. Can't quite believe, actually I can believe here we go again. Same Shit different year. The Greeks had a word for the way we were feeling before last weeks game, Hueborous, forgive the spelling. I hear it means the smell of victory followed by the taste of defeat. Ah the highs and the lows only 30 odd to go 
Hello everyone-love this site-first post for me-I'm trying really hard not to get carried away with all the fear mongering but I'm on WHL everyday for work and I think its in the air, because of what happenned last season.. Even so, I'm banishing my concerns and predicting a very classy win indeed. Its got to be on the cards, I mean surely? Its Juande innit?
I think we'll win. Please Ramos put zokora in defensive centre mid. When he's put right back it takes too much from the centre. Gunter to play right back. Also when are we going to let go of some more players? YPL, KPB, Stalteri, Rocha, Ghaly?
, Gunter, Zokora, O'Hara, Huddleston, Lennon, Gilberto, Pekhart, BAE. Did I miss anyone out?? 
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that 'bulgarian rat' is the finest player to play for us in a decade. stop taking the media bait to get on his back.
if he stays another season i'll be f****** over the moon.
still no bite in the midfield, still a real lack of quality at the back , three points is a must with chavscum away next, can the seven stone weaklings step up to the plate??