The young wingers should have been getting the minutes we've given to the likes of Hurtado, John, Harriott and Popa. Stacey could also have played wing-back when we were improvising with the likes of McCleary and Williams there. Tanner could potentially have got some of Grabban's minutes too. That'...

...and not forgetting Fosu had 2 years of underwhelming loan spells in League 2 under his belt. Maybe, just maybe playing in League 1 with more realistic expectations is what he needs to take his career forward. It's no different to Swift taking a step down to play for us. Just because he's doing we...

Seems we've pushed out a load of youth that were always seemingly a year or two away for a group a similar distance, but much younger and arguably with more potential when they reach the same age. Which makes absolute sense. No point holding on to a player and stifling their career when there's pot...

They will be by far the biggest ever team that would play in league 1. What capacity is their stadium? They will be lucky to get 10,000 there is they get in L1 Bigger than Man City and Leeds? Yes. Man city at the time were never a big team, only until about 7 years ago Which is why, they hold the E...

:D Thanks a bloody lot ref you were so blind to reading fouling our player 2 pentleys to good ones yet looked away and if you blew on reading players they went down like flys freaking joke. In fairness he's been called out on that multiple times. Tbf I was expecting more.. ok so there is the standa...

We did warn them but they thought it was sour grapes.

That's 7 wins in our last 11 trips to Pride Park and the 4th time in those 11 games we've scored 3 or more.

Today's result was not entirely surprising.

CountryRoyal What a lovely, lovely goal. 4? When was the last time we scored 4 in a match? Chartlon away under McD?

Burton, last day of last season

Anyone able to comment on how Richards is doing?

Derby obviously have to press now so hopefully we can hit them on the counter.

Evra's always been a stroppy twat.

I reckon this has been the plan all along. Sign a one year contract in the summer knowing that the operation was imminent and pretty much make it break but also knowing that a one year extension was on the table pending a full recovery from the operation. Also, he didn't play professionally until he...

Looking ahead I'd like to see Bacuna back in that central midfield area, (he was excellent there against Swansea) perhaps in the holding role as that is a big defensive weakness for us in my view. All in all a good win but still a way to go before we get to fulfill our potential. With Obita out for...

I have to take issue with the 3rd goal being given as an og. looks on target to me, if Gray got the Leicester goal on Sunday Aluko should get that one tonight, https://twitter.com/TalkReading/status/925477497172647947 If that's a shot, after cutting inside, why did he then cut back towards the byel...

Interesting re. Bacuna in light of the comments on A Villa site before we signed him as they were completely writing him off .... agree that he looks a class act and probably the best signing this summer, alongside Barrow. But conventional wisdom says that there's no way a shit DoF like Tevreden co...

Not a massive shock but I don't see to many capable of doing better with the shit he had at his disposal.

Was it the secret footballer who said that Sunderland are a club you only consuder if you're really desperate, hence they tend to pay over the odds for bang average players.

Lee Clark sacked by Bury.

Lee Clark's one of those managers who always seems to piggy back someone else's good work and then fcuk it up.

Amazed he keeps getting jobs.

That save by the Brazilian reminds me of Dudek's save from Shevchenko in the Champions League final. It really is a case if get something in the way and hope it sticks. Not as good as say, Seaman or Banks who make a clear play for a ball that is seemingly beyond reach. Shilton in his prime would mak...

I sent to remember him standing in a hedge, arguing with people after they lost to the 3rd best team in Luxembourg.

I would imagine an analysis of similar sized clubs over the same period would show a similar trend in transfer spending. I was arguing all summer that £7m for Aluko was a mad but it's how the market's going. I think you are reading a lot into the figures to suit your agenda. Stam has denied Aluko w...