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Sunderland thread | 2025/26
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Stockport mackem
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Cheers mate.... my young uns have never known a season like this after league 1 and the championship....we'll enjoy it while we can..there'll be tough times coming.... but hey...right now..fuck it... we're having a fucking blastBest of luck, mate.
I hope you achieve your target.
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Fair play to them
Looks like they've come into the league and quickly sussed out a lot of these sides aren't actually that good and having a real go at them.
I think too many newly promoted sides come up and just try to fiddle their way through and survive. Sunderland have come up and have seen that there isn't too much to fear actually.
Looks like they've come into the league and quickly sussed out a lot of these sides aren't actually that good and having a real go at them.
I think too many newly promoted sides come up and just try to fiddle their way through and survive. Sunderland have come up and have seen that there isn't too much to fear actually.
Xhaka seems a very smart signing to me. Lots of PL experience. A better player than some Tarquins thought.
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All three promoted sides have prioritised pace and power.
Southampton and Leicester prioritised possession football and build up on the deck and were just immediately outclassed by 17 other teams who do that better than them, with more pace and power to boot. Leeds, Sunderland and Burnley identified that physicality is needed to even have a chance of staying up and went for sizeable players, whilst simplifying their build up. Leeds were always a 60%+ average possession team in the champ with a goal keeping build up, they've packed that in to try and remain harder to score against.
Southampton and Leicester prioritised possession football and build up on the deck and were just immediately outclassed by 17 other teams who do that better than them, with more pace and power to boot. Leeds, Sunderland and Burnley identified that physicality is needed to even have a chance of staying up and went for sizeable players, whilst simplifying their build up. Leeds were always a 60%+ average possession team in the champ with a goal keeping build up, they've packed that in to try and remain harder to score against.
SambaStyle
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Xhaka can do a job for pretty much every team in the league to some degree or another. He'd get substitute minues for Arsenal, City.. Liverpool, Chelsea.. Sunderland signing him was a massive coup.Xhaka seems a very smart signing to me. Lots of PL experience. A better player than some Tarquins thought.
No we knew he was elite he just kept getting sent off until Arteta calmed him down in his final season. Delighted for him that he won the German double and hope he does well for Sunderland apart from against us!Xhaka seems a very smart signing to me. Lots of PL experience. A better player than some Tarquins thought.
jimharri
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Fair play to them, they're hugely exceeding expectations (even, I'm guessing, amongst Mackems). On 17 pts now; I'm guessing that 6, certainly 7, more wins out of their remaining 29 games will see them safe. Mid-high 30s is usually enough to stay up in most seasons.
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They have some legit good players too, they had the best transfer window of anyone, alongside Arsenal.
To think they looked dead and buried in the play off final against Sheff Utd and now look at both sides. A real sliding doors momentThey have some legit good players too, they had the best transfer window of anyone, alongside Arsenal.