Just read about @bisping on whether or not to take the fight in London and that he owes us UK fans. Michael you owe us nothing you've gave your all for us you won a belt an Englishman won a @ufc belt! You are a legend and a warrior hats off to you if you take the fight!
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.”
Fuck me aye we were shite. The reality is though before the season started how many of you would have expected us to be pumped like that week in week out? I can guarantee it was a lot of you, me included.
We've had a fantastic season let's not let one game effect that! #SAFC
Rupert Lowe gives advice to British Patriots 🇬🇧
"If you want your country back, when you're called a RACIST or a BIGOT, the three key words are..."
"I DON'T CARE"
I want to make Restore Britain's position on illegal migrants abundantly clear.
Every single one would go.
If you've come here illegally or stayed here illegally.
You will be deported.
And yes, that includes women and children - other parties are too scared to mention them. Reform have said they won't deport women. 'Not part of our plan' for the next Government, Farage says.
That is a mistake.
They all need to go.
It won't be particularly pleasant viewing, but it needs to happen.
Restore Britain has produced and released the most comprehensive policy on mass deportations ever devised in British history. A version for legal immigration is currently being worked on, setting out our vision for the 'red list'.
What we are recommending to implement is an unprecedented level of removal. Along with our changes to legal immigration, millions will go.
When I first started talking about this in Parliament, it was heresy. I was insulted and abused. Reform tried to put me in prison because of it - my home was late-night raided by armed police because Farage didn't like the fact I wanted to deport Pakistani rapists.
I stand by every single word I said.
Millions must go.
Under a Restore Britain Government, millions will go.
I promise you that.
Thinking on the Diarra miss and reminded of Mayenda’s at Blackburn. Both should’ve scored but they’re young players, who are always learning.
The next time Mayenda was presented with a similar chance, he put us in front in a Play-Off semi final. We’ll back Habib to learn too.
Haven’t seen any such posts myself, but if the whole “Habib Diarra shouldn’t play for us again” angle is alive, it’s fucking embarrassing.
He missed a chance — or Martinez denied him. It happens. It’s not something that should end his Sunderland career, for God’s sake.