Sunderland pre-match thread

[andyhinch]

Strange

Kaz isn't the most optimistic out there :-)

 

[BringBackSwales]

Kaz isn't the most optimistic out there :-)

I know, tediously so in fact

 

[Ric]

In an ideal world, we'd be resting a few players with one eye on Leicester. However, players like Silva, Aguero and Kompany need game time to get their sharpness back.

Still expecting some changes though. You can't play three games in seven days without some rotation.

I reckon we'll line up something like this:

Hart
Sagna
Kompany
Otamendi
Clichy
Delph
Toure
Navas
Sterling
Silva
Aguero

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Rest a few for me

hart

sagna
demi
vinny
clichy

delph
yaya (45)
Navas
sterling

bony
nacho

give silva and sergio last 30 mins kdb the day day off and yaya and diniho 45each! That's what I would do! But imagine the reaction on here if pellers did that andnit backfired!

 

[andyhinch]

I know, tediously so in fact

Don't go calling Kaz we a look at the game in a different way

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Surely Silva doesn't need resting, ffs! He's just getting back into his stride…
I'd love to see Iheanacho in this team. I think he could cause huge problems for Sunderland, honestly.

 

[Marvin]

If Kompany is back, I would rest Otamendi with that yellow card in mind. One more and he misses Leicester and we can't lose that game.

It will take Kompany and Aguero a while to be their normal selves, but should inject a good deal of confidence into the City team having them line up together.

--------------------Hart
Sagna----Kompany---Mangala---Clichy
--Fernandinho--De Bruyne--Delph
--------Silva---Aguero----Sterling

De Bruyne passes it as well as Toure, and is more mobile so I'd play him where Toure has been playing, and bring on Toure with 30 mins to go.

Use Navas/Bony off the bench and maybe a defender if Kompany is only good for an hour

 

[Marvin]

Surely Silva doesn't need resting, ffs! He's just getting back into his stride…
I'd love to see Iheanacho in this team. I think he could cause huge problems for Sunderland, honestly.

I agree. Their back line could probably handle Bony, but pace and movement should give them problems. Coates, O Shea and Kaboul I think. Not sure if Wes Brown is still playing for them.

 

[Tb1981]

I think Navas has to play
He brings energy and threat albeit lacks finishing. But this team is lethargic at best and if his energy spreads some one else can add quality.
Time to drop you're. Too slow and messes the flow of the game up
And please no bony.

 

[Tb1981]

I think Navas has to play
He brings energy and threat albeit lacks finishing. But this team is lethargic at best and if his energy spreads some one else can add quality.
Time to drop you're. Too slow and messes the flow of the game up
And please no bony.

Drop toure even!

 

[daztrueblue91]

If Peller is sticking to 4-2-3-1 then its time to start playing Sterling in the middle, whether that is in the number 10 role or as a second striker doesn't matter.

He is wasted out on a wing and cannot influence the game. Let Silva and De Brunye roam out wide and drift in, Sterling can make the runs from deep and create more space for the others.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I think Navas has to play
He brings energy and threat albeit lacks finishing. But this team is lethargic at best and if his energy spreads some one else can add quality.
Time to drop you're. Too slow and messes the flow of the game up
And please no bony.

Haha, have you drinking, mate? Bit early in the morning, isn't it… ;-)

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Slow start,goal down then we might start to play 2nd half and lose or draw

Are you in the CB stand, Karen? That's pretty much a fair bet as to what might unfold! I'm beginning to think that CB stand contains 'cynical buggers'!

 

[sh249]

Personally, I'd go guns blazing at this. No matter how we line up, there'll be certain defensive frailties, so I'd get the handbrake off, and try and get back to looking like a decent attacking side again - one that can blow teams away. I'd also sacrifice some of our width to try and get Yaya, Silva and De Bruyne much closer together.

------------------------Hart-----------------------------
Sagna-------Kompany--Mangala/Otamendi--Clichy
---------Fernandinho------Yaya-----------------
------Silva---------------------------De Bruyne----
-----------------Aguero---Sterling----------------

The alternative for me would be to aim to get back as close as possible to the way we played in the first five games, with Navas and Sterling out wide, and Silva in behind Aguero.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

I agree. Their back line could probably handle Bony, but pace and movement should give them problems. Coates, O Shea and Kaboul I think. Not sure if Wes Brown is still playing for them.

Kdb passes as well as toure really??? I'd be resting as many as we can with 3 massive away games coming up!

 

[blue b4 the moon]

If Kompany is fit start him with Mangala, it worked for the first five games.

We can't afford the beard to get a ban. The amount of cards needed increases after 1st Jan.

As for the team as a whole, they really need to get thier shit together and get some results before Pelli starts fucking about with the squad for bleeding CL games.

 

[ShieldsBlackCat]

All in here please. They're struggling at the moment, so it should be a relatively comfortable home win but you never quite know with City these days.

Struggling? That is an insult to everyone since the day the world was formed who has struggled. If we are struggling then that is a significant improvement. We get the holy crap kicked out of us by everyone on a weekly basis and we ain't got a single solitary player who can do fook all about it. From the front to the back our team is riddled to the core with ineptitude. Players who can't pass water and couldn't tackle a bag of crisps. The lot of them are useless. And as for Sam Allardyce....jeez!

It will be some years before we ever come good. If we ever come good. Good enough to get points on the board consistently and become a regular mid-table team. Never mind Leicester City. We would struggle to emulate West Bromwich Albion!!

 

[ShieldsBlackCat]

4-4 fucking 2 we need to hammer these to show we still mean business

You could hammer us with half a team playing and with their hands and feet shackled. You don't need the full XI. We beat ourselves.

 

[Gray]

Struggling? That is an insult to everyone since the day the world was formed who has struggled. If we are struggling then that is a significant improvement. We get the holy crap kicked out of us by everyone on a weekly basis and we ain't got a single solitary player who can do fook all about it. From the front to the back our team is riddled to the core with ineptitude. Players who can't pass water and couldn't tackle a bag of crisps. The lot of them are useless. And as for Sam Allardyce....jeez!

It will be some years before we ever come good. If we ever come good. Good enough to get points on the board consistently and become a regular mid-table team. Never mind Leicester City. We would struggle to emulate West Bromwich Albion!!

Bloody hell you are not optimistic are you, have you not been watching City lately?

Looks like both sets of fans are going to the game expecting the worse.

 

[meeesh]

You could hammer us with half a team playing and with their hands and feet shackled. You don't need the full XI. We beat ourselves.

A big win is a must,but I don't want to see you go down,and that's not because your on here,I want Villa/Norwich to go personally,and I've a soft spot for Sam as well,hope he keeps you up but it will be tough with looks of things for whoever gets that 3rd relegation spot.....Newcastle maybe ? lol