Sinner
Sunderland Fan
- Joined
- 24 May 2018
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Alreet lad and lasses!
It’s that time again, the annual trek to Oxford.
Nod to @Sarge, and @Essexyellows who’s been giving Sunlun fans advice on buses to the ground that shall not be named. You must be desperate to move to the new ground and I reckon your gates will double when you do. You’ll be the Billy Big Bollox then lol.
I will be meeting @Bodminyellow for brunch before the match. Now there an example of the North-South divide. I reckon I’ll be the only Sunderland fan, possibly ever, to have been invited to brunch before a game. Binner I get, beer & dinner, but brunch!
Bodmin is a bit posh mind you, but I suspect his Missus has asked him to promise to get some food in his stomach, as we do get is some states on these such occasions. He’s also suggested curry after the game, which is a bit less weird, but a lot of food for a match day. He must be attempting to be on best behaviour. I usually just drink Guinness if I’m hungry, but a curry in Oxford will be fun.
The bus to the ground will wipe out drinking time as well, what a chew on.
I’ve noticed some discussion around our fans getting tickets in the home end. There will be a few dotted around but there has not been a huge clamour for tickets for this game, so there will be no problems. Tickets actually went on general sale (to season card holders) instead of being snapped up by those with enough loyalty points as is the norm.
Well, were still here in the third division. I was quietly confident of automatic promotion last season, then it all went horribly (and predictably) wrong. I’m glad I kept my optimism between me and the dog.
This season has been stressful. At times we’ve played the best football since being in this division, then the next game can play the worst I’ve ever witnessed. We keep hitting new lows I didn’t think possible. Getting turned over at home against the bottom team in the division was our worst result in history, taking into account division and opposition. Then there was Bolton away, aaaagh. It was my mate’s 60th birthday, we took 6k fans and lost 6-0. Dark satanic mills indeed.
I kind of liked Lee Johnson but he was flogging our young players to death, and we could all see it. Fans sometimes get it right and Alex Neil immediately observed some young player had played too much, and other players had not played enough. Poor indictment of Lee Johnson, I’m afraid, and he was full of s**t.
Oxford have put in some very good performances, according to Bodmin, and have played ok, not great, during this recent minor blip. I really rate big KR and would have liked him a Sunderland. I mention this to our fans and they recoil in horror, but it’s great when opposition fans hate your manager, and he deflects unwanted attention from team. General consensus among our fans seems to be this will be a good game. We’ve had a few teams play for a draw from the first minute, conning the refs throughout (don’t get me on the refs and linesmen, driving me insane) and wasting time at every opportunity. Neither team will do that on Saturday, not in the first half anyway.
I have an affection for Oxford United, but have realised it is only when they are in a different division.
To all your decent fans – have a good day out on Saturday, but not too good.
To those who call us deluded and claim we only get big crowds because we have no lives and there is nothing to do in the wasteland that is the north east – I hope your bus breaks down.
See ya Sattda
It’s that time again, the annual trek to Oxford.
Nod to @Sarge, and @Essexyellows who’s been giving Sunlun fans advice on buses to the ground that shall not be named. You must be desperate to move to the new ground and I reckon your gates will double when you do. You’ll be the Billy Big Bollox then lol.
I will be meeting @Bodminyellow for brunch before the match. Now there an example of the North-South divide. I reckon I’ll be the only Sunderland fan, possibly ever, to have been invited to brunch before a game. Binner I get, beer & dinner, but brunch!
Bodmin is a bit posh mind you, but I suspect his Missus has asked him to promise to get some food in his stomach, as we do get is some states on these such occasions. He’s also suggested curry after the game, which is a bit less weird, but a lot of food for a match day. He must be attempting to be on best behaviour. I usually just drink Guinness if I’m hungry, but a curry in Oxford will be fun.
The bus to the ground will wipe out drinking time as well, what a chew on.
I’ve noticed some discussion around our fans getting tickets in the home end. There will be a few dotted around but there has not been a huge clamour for tickets for this game, so there will be no problems. Tickets actually went on general sale (to season card holders) instead of being snapped up by those with enough loyalty points as is the norm.
Well, were still here in the third division. I was quietly confident of automatic promotion last season, then it all went horribly (and predictably) wrong. I’m glad I kept my optimism between me and the dog.
This season has been stressful. At times we’ve played the best football since being in this division, then the next game can play the worst I’ve ever witnessed. We keep hitting new lows I didn’t think possible. Getting turned over at home against the bottom team in the division was our worst result in history, taking into account division and opposition. Then there was Bolton away, aaaagh. It was my mate’s 60th birthday, we took 6k fans and lost 6-0. Dark satanic mills indeed.
I kind of liked Lee Johnson but he was flogging our young players to death, and we could all see it. Fans sometimes get it right and Alex Neil immediately observed some young player had played too much, and other players had not played enough. Poor indictment of Lee Johnson, I’m afraid, and he was full of s**t.
Oxford have put in some very good performances, according to Bodmin, and have played ok, not great, during this recent minor blip. I really rate big KR and would have liked him a Sunderland. I mention this to our fans and they recoil in horror, but it’s great when opposition fans hate your manager, and he deflects unwanted attention from team. General consensus among our fans seems to be this will be a good game. We’ve had a few teams play for a draw from the first minute, conning the refs throughout (don’t get me on the refs and linesmen, driving me insane) and wasting time at every opportunity. Neither team will do that on Saturday, not in the first half anyway.
I have an affection for Oxford United, but have realised it is only when they are in a different division.
To all your decent fans – have a good day out on Saturday, but not too good.
To those who call us deluded and claim we only get big crowds because we have no lives and there is nothing to do in the wasteland that is the north east – I hope your bus breaks down.
See ya Sattda
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