Sunderland boss Steve Bruce will hand summer signings John Mensah and Paulo da Silva their first home starts in Tuesday night's Carling Cup third round clash with Birmingham.
Ghana international Mensah made his debut as a substitute in the 4-1 Barclays Premier League victory over Hull on September 12, while Paraguay skipper da Silva started the 4-1 win at Norwich in the second round.
However, midfielder Lee Cattermole, who missed Saturday's defeat at Burnley with a heel problem, remains a doubt, while keeper Marton Fulop (also heel) is still out.






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J C
Okay I will not swot any more bees and let them live a happy buzzing life.
Ian
I am so pleased that someone from your neck of the woods has also thought exactly the same as me regarding T Knobhead.
Again you are so wrong knobhead, Ian and I are definately not he same person, but he seems very reasonable and has some modicum of common sense and what he says makes absolute sense to me and lots of other posters on here as well.
A good workman like performance tonight, with two good debut goals for Henderson and Campbell. defensively we were greatly impproved with Mensah and Da Silva and No hands Gordon actually grew a pair of hands and caught a few crosses.
PERTHETIC
Aye Ian, he's a reet trouble maker that Tony K, apparantly all the trouble at Newcastle central after the Hearts friendly was caused by him as well, he was seen with 4 cans of Shandy in one hand, deeing breeze block chopping and Karate kicks with the other, whilst telling all us Mackems to all **** off ower on the next platform. He did get arrested by the Northumbrian police and was thrown in a cell to sober up before they inerviewed him, only to be released with no charge, because he was still pished at the 36 hour holding maximum.
watch him fella he's a reet wrangen that one!
Doughnut does strike me as the sort of guy who has an imaginary friend......
newcastleian1
An interesting theory my friend, I wonder if we could get doughnut and Ian to post an insult my way at exactly the same time? Say 20.00 hours this evening. If they both call me a bell end at the same time then we are barking up the wrong tree, but if there is a minute or two between then you have blown doughnuts cover.
Ian, doughnut.............synchronise watches...
tony k.......do you think ian is really malcy boy??
Ian.
Lighten up you miserable git i'm doing no harm to anyone
Ian: As honourary Chairman of the Welcoming Committee it is my privilege to extend to you a laurel and hearty handshake.
Welcome to the SAFC pages.
Tony ain't so bad... sometimes he says something quite funny.
Blimey! Not much commenting about the article here, is there??? Well, I will - I am happy to see Mensah and Da Silva finally get a chance to play...There, that felt good...
Tony K
i once looked at a comment from some guy wanting to kill you, sending you his address to visit, did you have the balls to go, i am a true Newcastle fan, and never post comments on these sites i read them but dont see the point of getting involved, but in my heart as a true northeast guy, who lives football, you are a perthetic person bringing down the name of NUFC....................... As far as i can see your comments need to be posted on our site for us to read not the Sunderland fans, you just cause problem after problem, lets hope the Sunderland fans, dont think all us true fans, are like you. PERTHETIC
Gordon was let down by his defence again - particularly by Anton, who is apparently as bad a defender as Rio. It seems that we're back on the see-saw, performance-wise. We play like the world's greatest gift to football one game and are rubbish in the next. This is something that SB and his assistant EB have to work on, and I'm sure they will sort things out.
Don't let's forget that we are well ahead of our league position as at this time last season, and that's something for all supporters to be pleased about.
MALCOLM D, why do you kill poor little bees, don't you know they are on the decline because of you. Leave them alone, they are one of natures gifts.
J C
very droll i'm sure like i said john hve you never been critical of your team????
knobhead "you float like a butterfly and sting like a bee" well i have swatted a fair few bees in my time now grow up and put your testosterone to some good use. again you bite and cant resist to reply but why dont you just write on your own board?
JC. I love it...very dry
MALCOLM D, If you get beat off Birmingham, you could always blame wor Brucie for throwing the game because he used to manage them, you know, like you did against Chopra.
Doughnut
Please stop using the word FACT. Posting FACTS on yahoo sites is my duty and my right. Even the mackems on here rely on my FACTS and have done for a long time now. For the record no one uses me as a punch bag, I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee......FACT.
newcstleian
I think we may have a hard game Against Birmingham and until the defence gets some confidence behind them, they could continue to struggle.
Thats why I am pleased that Mensah and Da SIlva are being given a dhance to proove themselves as Ferdinand has not convince many safc fans.
Tony knobhead you are the lowest of the low I hope you are happy at decrying the memory of a true icon by your bitter twisted comments,
I think you have received one two many kicks to the head in your martial aid training or perhaps you are used as the punch bag!!!!!. I really don't give a hoot what you think.
I have told you before if you dont like what i write then stop replying or responding to my posts, this is a s/land board and i am a s/land fab you aint and thats a fact
newcastleian1
The harrods logo is the funniest thing ive seen on these pages in months......brilliant!
Doughnut, well done for going to the service. I'm sure now you have told us that everyone will think you are a lovely decent man...........true football supporter my sphincter.........cider guzzling rubbish spouting know it all more like.....
doughnut...well done fella, respect to you, on another note about the zebras, i was in kenya many years ago, and the ranger looking after us, told me about the zebras and their stripes, i thought he was joking, but it is true.anyway enough bollix, how do you think your boys will do in the next game, i caught a bit of the burnley game and they did not look as if their was any fight in them.
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