Where to start? I'll start with one of my favourite quotes: "It is my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,' says the wheel. Ride upon my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good time pass away, but then so do the bad." That's a quote from The Roman philosopher, Boethius. I however first heard it 24 Hour Party People starring Steve Coogan - A film about the life and death of Factory Records. But that's not the point....

10 years in the making. Powered by pink slices, and a decade's worth of pent up passion, Wearside 'welcomed' the unwashed barcodes to the fortress of light. I don't mention 'them up the road' ever in my write ups, because I don't want them to become anymore a waste of oxygen than they already are. To paraphrase Keano 'an arrogant club who's won f*ck all'. The most inexplicably entitled 'fans' in the land. I've had a few weeks off due to a new job that has 4am starts, for context I went to bed...

After looking at the international gibberish that is a Premier League comments section, a lot of people had already written us off. Our first real test against one of the big four this afternoon we had to do our talking with our feet… Second in the league! Omar was rested with a bad head but our defensive depth had looked promising so far. Radged Reinildo was back and Gerty got a start too. Marc Guiu's loan hadn't stuck due to injuries - something I got no joy out of predicting. Chelsea's...