Sunderland away match thread

[mozo]

City dominated! 

[The first 5 minutes and the last 5 minutes]

[David Brent]

4 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

Got to get him on the ball in places where he can create. His back to goal in our half with a Sunderland player closing in him in not it. 

And he’s losing it when he does get on the ball 

[transfer reader]

If we play the 2nd half how we ended the first we'll have a chance in this game.

Bad that it took us 40 minutes to turn up though.

A good save by Max keeps it 0-0

[bexhill reds]

Just now, The Original OTIB said:

If you look at lino far side, flag largely blowing towards their goal. Swirling all over the place. Again, bothering them not a jot.

They’re keeping it on the floor, we haven’t been

[pottyun69]

Memories of Sunderland 0 City 1 , soren Anderson winner , one of the most one sided matches I've seen

 

[22A]

That play towards the end of the 1st half; well worked positive team work. Just missing the culminating goal, but  great improvement on earlier in the season.

[Dastardly and Muttley]

We are absolutely clueless again. No shape, no gameplan. And this is against a team that just lost 1-5 at home to a relegation threatened team.

The good work of the last two games is being undone. Absolutely shockingly bad and lucky not to be 3/4-1 down.

[Red Army 75]

Just now, pottyun69 said:

Memories of Sunderland 0 City 1 , soren Anderson winner , one of the most one sided matches I've seen

 

1-1

[Ashtongreight]

7 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

You must be really smart, Spike.  I’ve no idea what the game plan is!

I think the game plan is to give Max as much practice as possible .

[David Brent]

That’s right up with the worst we’ve seen under Liam. It’s different to passing it around the back late on at home when we’re chasing the game. It’s just not getting the basics right. 

[Harry]

Sunderland trying to replicate the Argentina 1978 World Cup. 
But in typical fat northern style, instead of ticker tape they’ve used crisp packets and sweet wrappers. 
 

 

[Davefevs]

1 minute ago, mozo said:

City dominated! 

[The first 5 minutes and the last 5 minutes]

 

that was a bitterly disappointing half.  All over the place.  Lucky to be 0-0, thanks to O’Leary.

[The Original OTIB]

1 minute ago, bexhill reds said:

They’re keeping it on the floor, we haven’t been

Ergo, no excuses then.

[Curr Avon]

BBC Stats

And they have our formation as 4-4-2.

Is it?

 

[Malago]

Kicking with the wind second half I think we’ll go on and win this comfortably.

[David Brent]

2 minutes ago, pottyun69 said:

Memories of Sunderland 0 City 1 , soren Anderson winner , one of the most one sided matches I've seen

 

And more recently the corresponding fixture in December ‘23. Max was superb in that one too. 

[Supersonic Robin]

1 minute ago, 22A said:

That play towards the end of the 1st half; well worked positive team work. Just missing the culminating goal, but  great improvement on earlier in the season.

It's a bit misleading to sum up that 1st half using only the last 5 minutes of it 

[1960maaan]

The touch, control , decision making and energy is non existent . Can't even see what's going on enough to have an opinion to how to change it . The look disorganised and clueless , we win a ball and hand it back straight away . 
The only good thing is that it's 0-0.

Add that I have to watch the Sunderland feed FFS . 

Hope the 2nd half is better.

[Roe]

Another enthralling half of front foot football I see

[The Original OTIB]

1 minute ago, Malago said:

Kicking with the wind second half I think we’ll go on and win this comfortably.

No, swirling, same for both.

[Street red]

Max is saving us again in that first half some great saves.

[Red Army 75]

One positive. 5 half’s of football we haven’t conceded in. 

[Jerseybean]

Halftime thoughts, there’s an awful lot of rubbish on the pitch!

Sunderland have been far they better team. If it wasn’t for Max O’Leary we’d be two or three down.

We have been so wasteful with the ball, consistently giving it away which has resulted in wave after wave of Sunderland pressure. Our decision making at times has been awful, so we’ve caused problems to ourselves.

If this carries on it must only be a matter of time before Sunderland score. They have had 14 shots with six on target to our four with just one on target.

Relieved to be going in at 0-0

 

[westonred]

This isn't going to give the season tickets a boost is it

 

[Curr Avon]

1 minute ago, 1960maaan said:

The touch, control , decision making and energy is non existent . Can't even see what's going on enough to have an opinion to how to change it . The look disorganised and clueless , we win a ball and hand it back straight away . 
The only good thing is that it's 0-0.

Add that I have to watch the Sunderland feed FFS . 

Hope the 2nd half is better.

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[mozo]

6 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

 

that was a bitterly disappointing half.  All over the place.  Lucky to be 0-0, thanks to O’Leary.

Well you should have switched off for the middle 35 minutes and you'd be delighted with the performance 

Yeah that really one-sided and Manning needs to find a way to wake the players up. I think introducing Dickie makes sense now.

Edit, maybe Dickie not an option

Edited April 6 by mozo

[Davefevs]

5 minutes ago, Harry said:

Sunderland trying to replicate the Argentina 1978 World Cup. 
But in typical fat northern style, instead of ticker tape they’ve used crisp packets and sweet wrappers. 
 

 

Your daughter throwing her haribo packets about?

[Dastardly and Muttley]

2 minutes ago, Street red said:

Max is saving us again in that first half some great saves.

Helps when the strikers hit it straight at him.

[Curr Avon]

Changes? How about Williams for James and McCrorie for Roberts?

[Sir Colby-Tit]

First half analysis:

1. Max is a super hero 

2. Ashton Gate looks nicer than the Stadium of Light on the telly.

3. Sunderland TV commentator is close to orgasm every time they attack.

That is all.