Sunderland post match thread

[Sunny Coast Blue]

I think the young fullbacks would of been perfect for that role, better passers, brains and energy. Those two today are polar opposites, awkward excess baggage who nullify the system.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Fuck me, kdb is overated. Hahahahaha.

Willy 6.5 good saves, decent distribution.
Sagna 6.5 tireless as ever, tidy
stones 8 one of the most intelligent 22 year olds to ever grace that pitch. Star
kolarov 7 inconsistent as fuck, but at times he looked brilliant. Good game.
dinho 8 already on peps wavelength
silva 7 not his best, but ok.
kdb 6 struggled as most of the game went hrough silva, but took charge later on.
nolito 6 meh. Good inside forward, unconvinced about a winger though.
sterling 8.5 MOTM brilliant. The boy done good.
aguero 6.5 linked up well, good goal, but not up to his usual standards.
pep 8.5 he man is a genius.
Goodnight blues. All in all, its been a hell of a day.

Fuck, i forgot clichy. 7.5 very good player, and starting to prove it. Playmaker!

 

[CityForever45]

I just don't get KDB, why don't I see a world class player when so many on here do??? He plays like Milner, I just don't know how he's rated so high. He cant beat a man at all and I think we'd be better off with Nasri back in the side.

This crap hurts the eyes

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

I think the young fullbacks would of been perfect for that role, better passers, brains and energy. Those two today are polar opposites.

Gael is class. Agree about sagna though

 

[Uncle Clockwise]

Really interesting to see how pep has changed the team's shape today. How anybody can criticize the team or a player today is laughable. Effort was excellent. We will grow, develop and evolve.
Good times people!

 

[FanchesterCity]

I just don't get KDB, why don't I see a world class player when so many on here do??? He plays like Milner, I just don't know how he's rated so high. He cant beat a man at all and I think we'd be better off with Nasri back in the side.

I think his 'off days' end up in a decent performance. His good days are fantastic. That's the mark of a player who is a cut above the majority.
Nasri had days when he was great, but his off days were dire. That's the difference.

KdB controls the game far more than Nasri ever did. Nasri had many skills, but he never controlled a game. Nor was he very much of a passer over anything more than 15 yards.

Milner was very good - he played with a lot of conviction, but he didn't have the grace of KdB, nor the pace.

KdB is better than both, by some margin.

 

[makinghistory]

Rusty in a word but understandable at this stage. Please no horrendous injury issues like last season / already couldnt start with sane and Iki not a good start for us is it.

 

[The Man With The Stick]

Feckin loved this match, by no means perfect but a real hint at what's to come.

 

[fredmont]

Delph could have had a tap-in for his efforts to get up in support if Kelechi had given the easy ball.
Really hope he doesn't try too hard to impress this season. He's got plenty of quality and we'd all be happy if he scored fewer but assisted more in situations like that.

Same against Arsenal last season, cost us the win. Needs more awareness, less greediness. Notice Delph had a right go at him..

 

[SebastianBlue]

Honestly? Waas rather anonymous and from the very limited amount i've seen of him so far i don't see what he brings to the side. Reasonably intelligent link up play but ultimately lacks the pace to be effective and doesn't seem to be very capable of beating a man mainly due to the iron boots he wears. First half in particular he linked up well with Silva, got into some great positions but was as obvious as they come and couldn't capitalise on it. Before somebody jumps on me, i'm obviously not passing judgement on him yet just commenting on what we've seen of him thus far

Does that include the three times he took on his man and beat him, twice in the box, once resulting in narrowly missing with a curling effort, the other a great rolling pass that for some reason the receiving player decided not to hit first time? For the first 25 minutes he was wreaking havoc and then Sunderland began dropping and double covering to stop it.

He did not set the world a light but he was actually fairly good while he was on. And, although you said you are not passing judgement, I think saying "so far I don't see what he brings to the side" from his first competitive performance is doing just that. How many said the same thing about Silva, Yaya, or Kompany? I actually remember getting in to a bit of heated debate with a fellow blue that thought Kompany was an utter waste of money and could not understand why we bought such a "precious" defensive midfielder.

Anyway, that's my daily rant done.