Sunderland post match thread

ninjamonkey said:
First half the link up play going forward was vastly better than what it has been of late, i'm not entirely convinced it wasn't just because Sunderland were absolutely abysmal and allowed us to do whatever we wanted though. But still, you can only play against what's infront of you and credit is deserved for a much better first half. Also, the criticism of Bony is ridiculous. Yes he missed a penalty and another gaping chance to score but he was fantastic in the first half, his movement was good, link up play was excellent and you saw the threat he poses when we actually put a few crosses in the box for him to attack, Play to his strengths and he'll deliver more often than not. His goal was superb.

Second half, everyone fell back into their usual patterns and we played like we have done since September and we were shit, Bony included but no worse than the rest. I'm hoping the main reason for that was simply energy conservation when the game's already won and we're playing again in 3 days time.

Kompany coming off put a huge downer on the game. He's finished as a top player now i fear.

Overall, periods of very good football, mixed in with the same old problems we've had all season and no signs of it changing. Think we need to get used to that for the rest of the season. I anticipate we'll win enough games like today to mask over the glaring problems that become apparent when we suffer defeats like Arsenal/Stoke. We're in for a frustrating second half of the season.
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Second half we were shit?
 
Barcon said:
Translation: You Bertie massive cunts should never have let Edin go. Serves you right. I hope Giggsy wins the treble.
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Ha ha. Don't fret dear. I think he will get a treble this season ...

1. Most God awful team to watch this season.
2. 2015-16 under achievers Award.
3. Worst management team in the Prem.
 
grim up north said:
Second half we were shit?
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Shit is probably too strong but we fell back into the same predictable going nowhere football that we've produced for the majority of the season. Like i said, hopefully it was just good game management and saving ourselves for Leicester.
 
Should have been a lot more. Cattermole is a horrible, sneaky dirty **** - the game would be better if cunts like him would just fuck off.
 
I might have had a bit too much Christmas cheer but think it's about time we looked to the future. Watching Rags at dinnertime was very impressed with Jack Butland, he is the future of English goalies and I think we should try our hardest to sign, and play him. if Joe shows his arse then get rid. We would be no worse off with Butland and Willie than we are now with Joe. If Joe buckles down well we are quids in. Second, Denayer should be recalled in January, he should be played in every game beside either Otamendi or Mangala, sadly it looks grim for Vinney and we cannot afford sentiment, we need to bed him in. We are not getting the best out of De Bruyner out wide , I know it's a big call but he could be our new Colin Bell, a box to box goal scorer, but can he do it with Yaya and Spanish Dave there? bye bye Yaya I'm afraid, play either the two Ferds or Delphh + one of them and let Kev run riot. Up front is Wilf Bony cutting it, No! play Kelchi and and is Sergio a 35-40 game a year man? No, he wins the Golden Boot but he would break all goal scoring records, and I would love it if he did, if he played in 3/4 of our matches, we need to break the bank for another striker, who? is the 64 thousand dollar question but shirley our scouting staff should have someone on the radar. I know I'm pushing it a bit but fuck istory lets plan our future
 
Bewar3them00n said:
Hopefully only a minor setback for Vinny, but we need to buy a world class CB ASAP or we are going to exposed and punished by better teams than Sunderland
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We bought the CB voted the best in Spain last season - not sure who we could realistically have bought who would be better. The high line we play does our defenders no favours. There is much made of how few goals we conceded with VK in the team but I think the whole team was playing at a higher level at the time and teams were terrified of us. IMO we have the players (especially if Denayer comes back) and just need to get them used to the league and playing in a system that does not expose them so much.

Other things - Sterling should practice firing in the occasional cross with his left - it would make defenders far more uncertain against him. What was Bony thinking when he wanted to take the pen? - he had already scored so no drought to break, little kudos if he had scored and lots of negatives if he did not. It should have gone to KdB who after two assists and a goal could have mis-kicked it into Joe's goal and been forgiven.

Nice to get a comprehensive win but some donwnsides (VK and no clean sheet) take the edge off. Things will be far rosier if Arse drop some points.
 
Great play by Sterling, Silva and De Bruyne. With a fully fit Aguero back to his best in front of them we could have been in double figures. Unfortunately we've got Bony who's getting more and more like Dzeko every game. He now needs five clear cut chances for one goal. To be fair, he did well with the goal he did score but the other chances were easier. He's managing to prove his critics right.
 
its grim up north said:
it's about time we looked to the future. Watching Rags at dinnertime was very impressed with Jack Butland, he is the future of English goalies and I think we should try our hardest to sign, and play him. if Joe shows his arse then get rid
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Joe is currently better than Butland. Both of them are still young enough to improve. Getting rid of Joe for someone who might never be as good as him makes as much sense as a pair of tits on a fish.
 
Another enchanting display from my favourite magician. Well done KDB too.

Leicester's bubble has now been pricked and there's no reason why we shouldn't get a result at their place.
 
I thought we played some lovely stuff today. Much better. Sloppy still at times but overall a good win against very poor opposition. I will be amazed if they don't go down.

Kompany being out again is a major blow for our hopes this season. We will have to buy a CB in Jan.
 
Barcon said:
How does that work? Two tellys and one eye on each?
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Pretty much, with the sound down on the Liverpool match till the final 10 mins when we had it well in hand and the freneticism began at Klanfield. Haven't seen a keeper come forward for a corner at the death in a Prem match in a while (in cups, yes, but when GD matters, it's a bit mad I think).
 
We all know we can perform like we did today it's just being like it on a consistent basis. It could have easily been 7 or 8 goals for us and Sunderland are very bad, look like they're finally going down.

Gutted for Kompany but it's becoming a farce, lasts 10 minutes in his first game back and will probably be out for another few weeks, month. It's time to start thinking about the future with him playing less minutes on a regular basis, you can't rely on someone who is never fit.
 
Thoroughly enjoyed that today.

Thought that Merlin and KDB were magnificent, Sterling not far behind - looked much better central with more space to play in.

Bony did well but gets over confident and then ends up looking a tit for missing easy chances.

Defensively, AK and Mangala were sound.

Gutted about Vince, as has been said I think we need to plan for life without him and then if he proves us all wrong then great.

Happy days though overall.
 
Good win today,and hopefully a bit of confidence back ahead of Tuesday's game at Leicester,shame about kompany but it's been a horrible season for us so far with injuries when things looked like they were turning on this front for us...
 
poh said:
Whoops,sorry i am reading through posts far too quickly as i have to go out soon and just glanced at that one and thought it was a rag on a wind up,that will teach me to slow down a bit,once again sorry
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Lol. And for the first time in my life I took a second to think before responding. This could have turned nasty ;)
 
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