Sad that we're happy with being a bottom half of the league team?! Is he for real?! Jesus wept! This is only our second season back in the top flight, what does he expect from us? A title or top 6 challenge?!

After everything we've been through with Goldberg and Jordan and being on the very brink of extinction 5 years a go what we are doing right now is extraordinary and Parish not wanting to run us in to the ground again is the right and proper way to run the club.

That guy is deluded, hope you told him to shove it.

just a bitter hammer.... his side are on the downward slide since christmas whereas we have been on the up... and he's obviously worried we will finish above them!

R.I.P Paul Nixon.
20 years today.

today's team:

Speroni; Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare; Bolasie, McArthur, Jedinak (C), Zaha; Puncheon; Murray.

Subs : Hennessey, Hangeland, Sanogo, Ledley, Gayle, Kelly, Ameobi

We owe this lot one, hopefully we can continue our good form. COYP.

Would love a result today for our manager really because he will get dogs abuse I'm sure. That said they seem to be getting a large slice of good fortune recently so I don't expect too much.

wasn't the best first 10 minutes from us, much better since then.

Just a yellow for Rodwell and then a dodgy yellow for Dann. Shit refs every week.

Puncheon looking very good so far though.

Rodwell lucky not to get a red.

Souare off injured. They are really clattering in to us all over the pitch. Dirty bunch.

0-0, half time.

we've clearly got a couple of gears we can go up here.

Quite a frustrating half really. We've had our openings but it still feels that we really haven't got going yet.

They are quite happy to kick us off the park at every opportunity.

Very stop-start, can definitely see a red in this. Bolasie looking quite lively, put in a couple of crosses that were begging for someone on the end.

I love Glenn Murray!

up the gears and boom, boom! 2-0!

and BOOM! 3-0!!!

Bloody hell! What a start to the second half!

This team is insane! 3-0 just like that!

This is incredible! We're flying up the league haha.

we are purring like a finely tuned engine!

This is great to watch. Bolasie, Zaha and Murray running them ragged.

Bolasie hat-trick!!!! 4-0!!

I'm speechless!

That's a 10 minute hattrick!

Bolasie scoring 3 goals! This is inc****ingcredible.

the best opening 17 minutes to a second half we've probably ever had! what a team!

When Martin Kelly starts trying to stick one in the top corner from 22 yards you know things are going well!

Sunderland fans backing their team to the hilt again by streaming out in their droves.