Rob Lowe

#safc all the way from chesterfield

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@past_sunderland @Safc_HQ @CRVisuals_ Look better with the europa badge on

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@past_sunderland @Safc_HQ @CRVisuals_

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@Capt_Fishpaste Does the pitch look as bad as it does on TV? 😬

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@FabrizioRomano Off to Sunderland 😏

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

Gonna miss Cirkin. One of the og’s
Same his wrist let him down towards the end #safc

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@SunderlandAFC I’d prefer a new kit with Europa league badges on it 😏

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

Still hasn’t sunk in #safc

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

The British teams that will be playing in Europe next season 🌍

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

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

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@andysixsmithtv @ALS_Fanzine Who would he prefer to go against in a 1v1? Ballard or Brobbey?

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@RokerReport @BlcSafc @SunderlandAFC @CWaters_SAFC Doubt it’s me but chesterfield

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@RokerReport If we get into Europe. Do you think the club would add the home games to our season ticket? Or have to pay for them separately?

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

Lock ness drogba ⚽️

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@RokerReport What position do you reckon Regis would play if he was in our squad?

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@WTFSunlunPod Brobbey had a lot go against him. Is it time for refs to protect him?

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@RokerReport @HawayThePodcast Based on the season so far, would you rather see Regis be expansive with the play or conservative for the remaining 3 games

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@RokerReport Still got 2-0 down with le fee to score or assist. Ha’way

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@RokerReport @GazJFisher @tenchylad @billyblyth @Lew_Safc @StichoSteve @LD5931895015311 @JoeBraunIII @warrencarter09 @RoyOfTheRokers @benkluge @nathangunn13 @Mattyoliverr_ @ConnorBromley @Dunny20872678 @akm301282 @mje_88 @RobHSafc @joelewins @Rigg11x @danwrighttttt @MichaelBowers15 Let’s step away from current events in the first team. Based on our current crop of unders. Who do you think will be in the first team next after riggy? #safc

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

Could do with some #safc pre match from sky sports rather than the Merseyside derby for 90mins

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

Ha’way @LukeONien #safc

[Rob Lowe @RobLowe23]

@RokerReport Wonder if Ghisolfi has a person in mind who knows the world market a little better than Bruce. Time will tell I suppose