Sunderland ‘Til I Die (season 2) on Netflix

Just finished bingeing on this: Well worth a watch, though for anyone who doesn’t know what happened in last season’s League One - and why would you?- I don’t want to spoil it. Main take-aways are:

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Is it possible to overdose on schadenfreude? I almost did

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They’ve done pretty well since mocking us on the last day of the 11-12 season eh? God may indeed be a red

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4 million for Will Grigg on deadline day Played like a £#%&!ing fiddle.

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Pink trousers is everything, absolutely everything, you hate in modern day corporate executives

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What is it about these mid-level clubs that go down to the third division that makes them so obsessed about letting everyone know how well supported they are in the lower leagues? What difference does it make when everyone at the top level knows their stadiums are usually half empty in the Premier League? I can think of another who were like that....

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Get it watched. 7.5/10.

Not a patch on the first series; insights into the players and manager were really limited this time around. The cockneys obviously thought it would be good PR for them.

Still watchable mind.

Originally Posted by guerreiro

Not a patch on the first series; insights into the players and manager were really limited this time around. The cockneys obviously thought it would be good PR for them.

Still watchable mind.

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Without that outcome the score would have been a couple of points lower. Their suffering made it must watch TV imo.

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That player who left for france is everything wrong about football. Actually feel sorry for him.

Originally Posted by armchair

That player who left for france is everything wrong about football. Actually feel sorry for him.

It was obvious from minute one what was going on there as well.

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If he’d stayed they would have gone up for sure, and probably won that tin-pot cup as well. They could have made him see out the season. The owner knew that and still flogged him for 1.25M euros. Then £#%&!ed almost 3 times that on a journeyman who scored no goals... Brilliant ineptitude.

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Originally Posted by utd99

It was obvious from minute one what was going on there as well.

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If he’d stayed they would have gone up for sure, and probably won that tin-pot cup as well. The owner knew that and still flogged him for 1.25M euros. Then £#%&!ed almost 3 times that on a journeyman who scored no goals... Brilliant ineptitude.

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he did nothing in France either. they would've had statues of him up at Sunderland. terrible move.

Originally Posted by armchair

he did nothing in France either. they would've had statues of him up at Sunderland. terrible move.

Agents mate. It’s always smart to allow people whose interests are the opposite of yours to run your industry eh?

Originally Posted by utd99

Agents mate. It’s always smart to allow people whose interests are the opposite of yours to run your industry eh?

It actually saddens me. The kid would've been a hero.

Btw; wasn’t sure whether to stick this here on in footy.

Originally Posted by guerreiro

Not a patch on the first series; insights into the players and manager were really limited this time around. The cockneys obviously thought it would be good PR for them.

Still watchable mind.

watched the lot the other day and agree with this.

that director is an absolute #@&%!. david brent on coke.

Classic brent having marketing meetings to come up with a new walk out tune

Originally Posted by History

Classic brent having marketing meetings to come up with a new walk out tune

he used to be a DJ, don't ya know!

Originally Posted by armchair

he did nothing in France either. they would've had statues of him up at Sunderland. terrible move.

He’s got 8 goals in 17 this season, not bad for a 21 year old in top flight football.

Originally Posted by Vedder

He’s got 8 goals in 17 this season, not bad for a 21 year old in top flight football.

£#%&! you, buddy!

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£#%&! you, buddy!

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They’ve done pretty well since mocking us on the last day of the 11-12 season eh? God may indeed be a red

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Indeed, genuinely heartwarming. They were pretty insufferable even before that, too.

Got this pencilled in for Covid 20

Missus watched it with me and she felt sorry for the fans and the club. When having to explain the reason why I was laughing (Poznan turds), she gave me a proper Keane stare.

Does sound petty when explaining to an outsider why I’m delighted all these people I don’t know are devastated.

Do they deliberately exclude clued up types from appearing in this or do Sunderland just not have them?

Maja should have stayed imo, would be playing in the Premier League now and fairly established. Going to Bordeaux big as they are in relation to Sunderland is a risky move re ending up in the abyss imo.

Charlie at the cup final is one of the funniest things ever.