Simon Davison

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@sid_lambert This was about 12 games into Issa Diop's first team career at Toulouse. Best player on the park that night (some kid called Mbappe came on as a sub) and he's still cutting it with the big boys.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@FPL_latest It's a great team, but it's as close to template as you'll ever get. If you want to catch anyone ahead of you, gotta go more differential than this.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@Capt_Fishpaste Yeah - bad luck that the bounce of the leg off the ball made it a studs up high challenge. 20 years ago it was fine. Until yesterday it's a red and a game ban. Luckily there's no bans for a red anymore.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@_keatings @FIFAWorldCup Nice work @_keatings . Listening you now from Auckland NZ. It's been a Sunderland World Cup from the score sheets to the comm box.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@London_W4 I'm ower this guessing

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@FPL_TomHadley Same here, but 1st of 2 rolls of the dice. All in on URU now.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@HollyShand I'm in the same position (but with a better team😂). I'm sticking all day long.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@buck_paul @henrywinter And no one forced NUFC to sell him. Only that he was 100% profit as opposed others that had an inflated buy price to be netted off. Just another decision the club got wrong.

[Simon Verdegem @SimonVerdegem]

Eight years ago he was finally laid to rest at @CWGC New Irish Farm Cemetery. Before the ceremony we took his relatives to some key locations where we know their ‘Uncle Jack’ has been. It was an emotional moment when we reached the spot where he was found.
https://t.co/8ECM5nFdeu

[Luke O'Nien @LukeONien]

To any young kid reading this…

I’ve doubted myself in every league I’ve ever played in.

Ryman Prem.
Conference South.
League Two.
League One.
Championship…

And even right before my first Premier League start last night.

That’s not weakness.
That’s being human.

That’s being alive.

When I was growing up, I thought Premier League players were superhuman.

Like they never felt doubt.
Like they never felt nerves.

The truth is…. it’s often the opposite.

Social media won’t tell you that sometimes you step out there with no confidence. That’s normal. That’s ok!

You now have to then step out there with courage.

Confidence feels good.
Courage doesn’t.

But you do it anyway. Show courage enough times…. You build confidence.

Here’s the mindset that’s carried me for 31 years.

When it goes well:

I worked for it.
I earned it.
Well done.
Watch it back.
Get better.

When it doesn’t:

I know I prepared the best I could.
It didn’t go exactly to plan. That’s football.

But Well done.
Watch it back.
Get better.

That simple recipe gave me a special moment last night.

Leading the team out.
Playing alongside a group that fights for every ball.
Celebrates tackles.
Gives everything for the city of Sunderland.

And sharing it with supporters who never gave up, even after four tough seasons in League One.

So if you’re a young player feeling doubt…
Low confidence…
Or like you don’t believe in yourself…

You’re not alone.

Every player feels it.

Confidence isn’t something you’re given.

It’s something you build.

Bit by bit.
Day by day.
With courage.
With work.
With learning.

Anything worth building takes time.

But that’s what makes it so worthwhile!

Thank you @SunderlandAFC ❤️🤍

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@henrywinter Staggering that FIFA could appoint anyone worse than Blatter, yet here we are.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@anon_opin Not as bad a let down as Billy Joel's and his "tonic and gin"

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@RejectedBook Including his off the pitch influence - I think you're right. And the stuff Sadiki and Roefs are doing - given their age - is staggering. Exciting present and exciting future.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@BBCSPORTNI He's right. I thought so at the start of the season too......But that doubt had bred a concentration and an hunger in him that has made Is performances absolutely
magnificent.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@London_W4 You're right @London_W4 - but even the mention of Hackney takes me back to 1991 - my engineering workshop course at Hackney College. 4 pints in the Amherst for lunch then back to an afternoon on the lathes. Happy (but dangerous!) times!

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@SevillaFC_ENG @Boss_Dignity My first home game last night (visiting from New Zealand). Disappointing result but I was massively impressed by the stadium and atmosphere. 🔴⚪️

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@Capt_Fishpaste Well worded @Capt_Fishpaste. Tho tbh I think his flexibility means we should keep him, wherever he's needed 2nd half of the season he'll give 110%

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@thebowlerhatman True - and we are fairly regular visitors. However today we happened to be in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan which trumps the QVB hands down.

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@patrick7roberts So happy for you that you're making a good impression down there. You're some baller - & they're lucky to have you.

Forever 🔴⚪️ tho, aye?

[Simon Davison @simon_kiwi]

@Capt_Fishpaste No doubting we are a fairly limited team attacking. Less creativity and less clinical finishing- vs other teams in the top half at least.
But our strength is we are hard to play against. We have lots of strategies to break up our opponents play. That's fire in this league.