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@footballontnt Good. Never been a more worthless stat. Only stats that matter are goals scored and goals conceded. I don’t know why there is an obsession with analysing the arse off everything. We aren’t Americans.

Sunderland might have just finished off xG once and for all 📈

@henrywinter At last our team is starting to get the plaudits it deserves for this outstanding season. Onwards to Europe (upwards might be a stretch!). 💪

Sunderland’s starting XI in their joyous, season-ending 2-1 victory over listless Chelsea cost the same as £106m Enzo Fernandez. This is no slight on a world champion, an elite attacking midfielder, full of craft and craftiness, if moody at times. This is simply a celebration of Sunderland’s exceptional recruitment, finding gems who can see - and seize - the opportunity at the Stadium of Light. This is also a celebration of Regis Le Bris’ remarkable team-building, blending and bonding qualities which have guided a side promoted via the play-offs into seventh and Europe. For those of us who thought Sunderland would go straight back down, apologies and enjoy Europe. You deserve it. A well-run football operation deserves it. That backing from stands to boardroom deserves it. Football also deserves it: a reminder that the status quo can be challenged with shrewd planning and investment and hard work. Of Le Bris’ starting XI against Chelsea, eight joined on the eve of the season and one in the winter window: Roefs a reported £9m from Nijmegen; Mukiele £9.5m from PS-G; Reinaldo free from Atletico Madrid; Geertruida loan from RB Leipzig; Le Fee £19.3m, loan made permanent from Roma; Xhaka £13m from Bayer Leverkusen; Sadiki £15m from Union St-Gilloise; Angulo £17.5m from Anderlecht (in February); and seven-goal Brobbey £21.6m from Ajax. Two 2025 arrivals came off the bench: Diarra £30m from Strasbourg; and Isidor £5m loan made permanent from Zenit St-Petersburg (in February 2025). Three of the 14 involved were already at the club. The starting pair of: Hume £200,000 from Linfield in 2022; and O’Nien undisclosed but reported as £200,000 to £300,000 from Wycombe Wanderers in 2018. And the sub: Rigg from Sunderland’s academy. (The £105.5m total does not include the undisclosed loan fees). When Sunderland won 2-1 at the Bridge in October, Le Bris’ starting XI cost only £75m (and also had the important Ballard, £2m from Arsenal in 2022). Chelsea’s starting XI was £433m. Four miles from the Bridge, on Park Lane this evening, the League Managers Association celebrates its members’ many achievements this season. Le Bris certainly deserves a mention. Mixing old and many new players, and getting new signings to settle quickly, requires real people skills. Le Bris and his staff clearly have them. It’s also a reflection on Sunderland’s family club reputation that so many newcomers are welcomed and assimilated so quickly. Some will move on, some will be moved on but what a journey this is across England - and soon Europe. #SAFC

@LukeONien @SAFCsource Your interview after the game yesterday, you deserve to say “we”, not “they”. You deserved that place in the team and you were phenomenal. “They” have you to thank for this too.

EUROPA LEAGUE was never the dream. Not because I didn’t want it. Because if I’m being honest, I never thought it was possible. What kid would? Especially when 12 years ago I was playing non league football in the Ryman Premier and Conference South, just trying to stay alive in the game. What kid dreams about Europe when, two weeks into the off season, his dad has to tell him he’s been released by Watford F.C. over the phone? I was heartbroken. My dad looked at me and said: “What are we doing tomorrow?” To which I replied with the words he’d drilled into me my whole life: “We’re training, Dad.” So we trained. Every single day. My dad emailed every EFL club asking for an opportunity. One club replied. One. That was all I needed. An opportunity. @WealdstoneFC and @wwfcofficial , I’ll always be indebted to you. Then came the move to @SunderlandAFC . A massive club. A massive opportunity. And I couldn’t wait to prove myself. But 45 minutes into my debut… hooked. “Rabbit caught in headlights. Waste of money. Get rid.” Then came the Championship. “He’s not good enough for this level.” Then the Premier League. “Let’s give him a debut and then get rid of him.” I understood the doubt. I’ve faced it my whole career. And truthfully, you doubt yourself too at times. But I’ve always tried to live by one mindset: Outwork your doubt. You don’t always need to see the full journey. You just need to take the next step. Then the next one. And then another. Even when social media tells you you’re not good enough. Even when the voice inside your own head whispers the same thing. Keep working. Keep learning. Keep showing up. Because sometimes the places you end up are bigger than anything your younger self could’ve ever imagined. To any young player reading this, don’t put a ceiling on yourself too early. You genuinely have no idea where this game and life can take you. And to the boys… thank you. You removed the glass ceiling I’d placed on myself. What a team. What a club. What a fanbase. Sunderland… rocking all over Europe ❤️🤍 And in the words of Granit Xhaka: “This is just the beginning.”

@livescore Get the facts right: First time in 53 years for Sunderland.👍 Brighton are the seagulls, not the dodos. 👍

Dreams turned into reality for these three Premier League clubs: 🍒 Bournemouth secure European football for the first time ever ✅ 🐈‍⬛ Sunderland return to Europe after a 42-year wait ⏳ 🦤 Brighton qualify for Europe for only the second time 👏

#SAFC be humble, my fellow Sunderland fans. Every comment you make now to fans of Cov, Leeds, melts like Geordie Josh etc will be bookmarked and used as a weapon next year. 😂

@markpilot8888 @dharvey4 Putting yourself in a bookmarked position there matey. Don’t be our Geordie Josh and open yourself up to ridicule. 👍😂

@dharvey4 More Leeds than Sunderland is realistic, and oh, can't wait to wallop 6 points of you lot, this fake rivalry you have with us is hilarious 🤣 Good luck, though 👍🏻

It wasn't that long ago, we matched Sunderland for over 3 hours in the playoffs, if they can finish 7th this season, then 17th should be the minimum goal next season

Is this the way to Lithuania Fuck Bayern Munich were going Albania Thursday nights in Transylvania Europa league awaits for me #SAFC

What is going on 🤯 Slap me. Please. #SAFC

@10Anthonygordon @IsidorWilson @SunderlandAFC @EuropaLeague What you gonna call yourself next season ya thick twat.

@IsidorWilson @SunderlandAFC @EuropaLeague You got Europa league man ffs, it’s embarrassing how yous are going on,

The end of another historic season ❤️🤍 A year after THAT day in Wembley, we bring European football back to the Stadium of Light. I feel blessed to be a small part of this beautiful club’s history, proud of the team, buzzing for the fans and HA’WAY THE LADS. Love you all ❤️

@GrimsbyNige @markgoldbridge We were supposed to be in trouble this season. Keep doubting because it’s satisfying. 👏👍

@markgoldbridge It is amazing but Christ they are in trouble next season

Sunderland! What a story! 7th and Europa League in their first season back is incredible. The fact hardly anyone is mentioning it as well...

@geordiejosh Wet behind the ears and wet between the ears. Mind the gap ya monga.

Sunderland getting Europe via beating a 10-man team by them scoring an open goal, factually the luckiest team in Premier League history and I’ve said it all season

@KemisolaOjo5 @SunderlandAFC It’s you that needs a nurse.

@SunderlandAFC With that small stadium?? Who will you host European games??

EUROPA LEAGUE FOOTBALL IS COMING TO SUNDERLAND!

@BritRightWatch @Keir_Starmer Dribbling nonsensical right wing bullshit again 😴

@Keir_Starmer Prime Minister, with the country facing a cost of living crisis, record NHS waiting lists, and plenty of other serious issues, maybe football paywalls shouldn’t be your top priority right now? There are bigger things to worry about than the Champions League final.

Football should bring people together, not shut them out. For the first time since the competition began, fans won’t be able to watch the Champions League final for free. That’s not right. This is bigger than wanting to watch Arsenal in this historic final. It’s bigger than one club. Hardworking people shouldn’t have to fork out for a subscription to watch this match. I urge TNT Sports to reconsider and make the final next Saturday free to watch.

So far this playoff final is atrocious. Not one player likely to produce a bit of quality. 😴 Middlesbrough and Hull City just going through the motions.

@implausibleblog Doesn’t make any sense so still no clarity on what his stance really is.

#C4News "Earlier this year I heard you say Brexit does your head in, it's been a disaster" "Would you take us back into the EU if you had the power to?" Andy Burnham, "I don't think it has, ten years on, been good for this country" "We've got a smaller economy, and weaker control of immigration" "The facts do not stack up in Brexit's favour" "I've said I wouldn't re-run the argument" "My position is a clear one. This country has spent too long arguing with itself"

@alexcmfc I’m a Sunderland fan. Would like to see all three NE sides up there. And I do see Boro as a derby so to have four derbies in a season would be great.

Are there any neutrals that want Boro to win? Genuinely curious, not a dig or whatever just wanna hear from someone who has reasoning for backing us.

@_onlyscott Gareth Bale.

Guess the Goalscorer Level: HARD

#TilTheEnd 🧨

@JimCognito2016 He wouldn’t have run anyway because having to work is his worst nightmare.

EXCLUSIVE: Reform insiders have told me Nigel Farage is unlikely to lead Reform into the general election & they're making plans for his replacement There's much more to come from his donations/house purchases & he's conceded to party insiders that he won't be able to continue