Match Thread | Sunderland vs. Manchester City (01/01/26)

[Bluemanc100]

No pressure City.. Time to prove how good we are

 

[wattle]

Doku and Rodri would do for me

With Semenyo being a third

 

[brummie blue]

People said the same about Doku last year, that's improved by a lot.

Hopefully the same for Sav.

I appreciate Doku has been with us a season longer than Savi, but he doesn't seem to be improving.

 

[I'm Blue]

We look tired and lethargic. Would take a point especially as if we go a goal down I can’t see us coming back.

Fuck that we’re supposed to be fighting for a title.
They need to show it.

 

[CambridgeExileBlue]

Tough half. Sunderland are good at home. Haaland should have scored. They can't keep this frantic pace up

Agree. Haaland is great much of the time but he does not make the best shooting decisions at times. It seems he frequently does not think where he is shooting. Often straight at the keeper.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Not sure why people think we're not trying or shit... We always find our feet 2nd half away especially. Lets see how we start though.

Cmon City!

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Savinho has been easily our best player for me, despite the criticism he's getting.

He’s been a threat and got the ball into the box

 

[jimharri]

Was that a Christmas present? *innocent smile*

Christmas? Bah Humbug.

 

[Blue-Ghana]

We look tired and lethargic. Would take a point especially as if we go a goal down I can’t see us coming back.

A point against this Sunderland team, which is missing most of its key players, would be a disaster.

 

[Ajm1985]

Shinned/ankled it.

Yerp and should have done much better - decent ball in, unmarked at the penalty spot

 

[dadnlad]

Savio been ok so far in average bunch

 

[cookster]

It's even worse rewatching that Haaland chance. Just straight down the middle. Awful. Come on, big man!

Without the goals he's been an ornament the last game and half.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Hopefully they tire a bit and gives Foden and Cherki a bit more space on the ball

They aren't a good side, just athletic and work hard, so we will get a couple of decent chances in the 2nd half

No one has played well, so hopefully we come out a different side

 

[waspish]

Sunderland’s energy levels won’t drop 5 subs can come on too! Doku could be the game changer but the way referees referee now they’ll be allowed to man handle him kick him!

2 away game 4 points be ok at the halfway stage! Tough one to call this.

 

[hilts]

If Cherki does not produce, we get no creativity from others . This should have been an easy game for us, considering how many players they are missing

Its basically an energetic crowd and players giving their all in their season back in the Prem and another team of technical players who arent quite at it on a cold new years day evening.
Hopefully they slow down a bit and we man up. Let's hope we can muster more bolllocks than some of our posters on here. Excuses are easy effort isn’t.
You wouldnt pick out Cherki Foden and Gonzalez as the player types for this kind of game. Pep might need to remind them they can't always expect a physical free game. You don't have to be big to get stuck in.

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Not sure why people think Sunderland will tire, they've not had much chasing to do so far

 

[HypnoticBlue]

They been allowed to foul, push and basically kick us to death, if we get out of this game without any serious injuries that’ll be like a win on its own.
More aggression from us and better passing and we win.
The opportunity for them they just showed he is pulling Dias all the way but no mention of it, just a great centre forward as far as they’re concerned. Get angry and give em shit Blues they’re shafting us.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Cherki and Foden need to find each other.

 

[the blue panther]

For me, that's pretty much the first half I expected. Tough place to go; freezing cold; they're fighting and running hard; ref's giving us nothing.

Held it at 0-0 and we can shift up a gear in the 2nd half. They can't keep up the same pace against us for 95 minutes if we up our game - and we've barely started yet.

Come on City!!!

 

[mcfcpride]

Sunderland unbeaten at home for a reason..