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Match Day Thread Middlesbrough v Sunderland - Wednesday 26th April KO 19:45

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Apr 25, 2017.

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Your Prediction

Poll closed Apr 28, 2017.
  1. Home win

    24.1%
  2. Away win

    31.0%
  3. Draw

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  4. Meh - whatever

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  1. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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    Wednesday 26th April 17:45, Middlesbrough host Sunderland at the Riverside Stadium
    MidSun.GIF

    Last time out Sunderland drew 2-2 at home to West Ham and Middlesbrough lost 4-0 away at Bournemouth.

    David Moyes:
    "There is a belief in the squad that we can get three points tomorrow night."
    "It is important that we give the fans something to cheer about. We haven't done that enough this season."
    "We are really focusing on staying in the Premier League. If we win this next one it gives us a real chance on Saturday."
    "We are glad to have Lee (Cattermole) back. We have missed his leadership."
    "It is such a big game for both clubs. We played well against West Ham and we'll go into this game confident."

    Steve Agnew:
    “The players have fighting spirit and will continue to fight,” he said.
    “We’re all very disappointed but we have to dust ourselves down.
    “We’ve got a huge challenge ahead but it’s still alive. We have Sunderland and we have to go into the game as positive as we can.”
    Head2Head.GIF
    Lawro's Prediction: tbc
    Merson's Prediction:
    2:2

    Referee:
    Mike Dean
    Assistants: I Hussin, S Long
    Fourth official: P Tierney

    Team Lineups:
    Sunderland

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    Subs from Mannone, Love, Djilobodji, Pienaar, Gibson, Borini, Januzaj
    Injured Kirchhoff (Knee, May), Oviedo (Ham String, May), Watmore (Knee, Oct), McNair (Knee, Aug)
    Suspended Larsson (2nd match of 3 game ban)
    Form LDLLLD
    Leading scorer Defoe 14

    Middlesbrough
    Expected team
    Guzan, Fabio, Chambers, Ayala, Gibson, Friend, Forshaw, Traore, Clayton, Downing, Negredo
    Subs Konstantopoulos, Bernardo, Gestede, Stuani
    Injured De Roon, Barragan,
    Suspended Ramirez (1 game ban)
    Form LDLDLL
    Leading scorer Negredo 8

    Key Men:
    Jermain Defoe

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    Jermain needs to get back to what he does best – scoring goals

    Alvaro Negredo

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    Sunderland have struggled so far this season when up against big strong target men

    Betting:
    Middlesbrough 6/5
    Sunderland 5/2
    Draw 9/4

    My two pence...
    Six games left and twelve points adrift of safety, we only need to win our last six games <whistle>
    Well - I think we can win this one 2-0 Defoe and Big Vic to score

    Ha’way the lads
     
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  2. Tel (they/them)

    Tel (they/them) Sucky’s Bailiff

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    Steve Agnew.

    How many would swap Moyes for him?
     
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  3. Jack TheLad

    Jack TheLad Well-Known Member

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    Failing to see how either would benefit us next season or even in the current predicament we're in.

    No, I wouldn't, and I'm a Moyes out camper.
     
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  4. Tel (they/them)

    Tel (they/them) Sucky’s Bailiff

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    He just oozes boring imo, suicide by way of loyalty by Boro's so called 'fantastic owner'. Their squad is possibly good enough to have survived with a half decent manager too.
     
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  5. Jack TheLad

    Jack TheLad Well-Known Member

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    I think it had more in the locker than what Karanka got out of them but still don't think they're good enough to stay up.

    Players like Clayton, Leadbitter, Fabio are just not PL standard.

    Think Gibson pretty had much accepted relegation when he left Agnew in charge till end of the season.
     
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  6. C19RK73

    C19RK73 Red & White army!

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    3 points or game over - that simple

    3 poInts and another 3 on Saturday and maybe we have a chance
     
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  7. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Sunderland have been terrible but don't have a terrible team, that's the shame ..... I was at Palace where we played very well and deserved the win, no reason why we can't win tomorrow.

    I think there'll be lots of goals and I will go for 3-2 to the lads.

    Our support deserves it tbh
     
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  8. Brian Storm

    Brian Storm Well-Known Member

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    Steve Agnew looks younger now than he did when he played for us <laugh>

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    ^^^Today^^^
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    ^^^1997^^^
    20 years ago!

    So what's that all about then?
     
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  9. marcusblackcat

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    I want to know his secret!!!
     
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  10. Brian Storm

    Brian Storm Well-Known Member

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    reckon it's not him. I reckon that's a Steve Agnew - Ben Grimm love child.

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    I'll be dining out in Newcastle city center, for this one.

    I hope my date likes football!!
     
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  12. red&white wanderer

    red&white wanderer Well-Known Member

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    Agnew makes Moyes look half decent -
     
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  13. red&white wanderer

    red&white wanderer Well-Known Member

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    Another great match day thread - seems to have an initial posts on a managerial deflection :
    back on track - away win with our nerves and experience winning but not sure that team will have Antchibe in -we have an injury and its not Jones or surely not Khazri.
    Catts playing will create sparks and hopefully this is start of a 6 match winning run - we could be the party poopers at Chelsea for John Terrys final premiership game in a Chelsea shirt as our great escape succeeds -...:emoticon-0112-wonde .. hope is all we have atm
     
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  14. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Perhaps the trouble is that Moyes is a 'slow build' methodical manager who creates a squad with a style and a bond ....... he's not a charismatic motivator.

    Mebbe's the right man but not for the job at the time.

    If he's staying you'd have to hope he's we'll into the planning stage for the window.
     
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  15. cumbrianmackem

    cumbrianmackem Well-Known Member

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    Your joking aren't you Smug.
    SAFC and planning for transfer windows should never be used in the same sentence, it just seems all wrong.
     
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  16. Brian Storm

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    Do you have anything to base that on at all? He's managed 8 pro games in his life and hasn't won a single one of them. You're talking ****. Fair dos having a pop at Moyes when he's done something wrong. But you're everything I hate about this season Wandy. Fans using anything that comes to mind to have a pop at our manager. Even if it doesn't make sense and even if it makes you look stupid like this throw away comment here. At least base it on something so it has some credibility.

    Bizarre thing is you're always there to dismiss people's genuine concerns with your weird happy clapping cheerleader ****. No wonder some think you're just a wum.
     
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  17. E.T. Fairfax

    E.T. Fairfax Well-Known Member

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    I bet after the Towns troubles both teams will be motivated to try that little bit harder.....3rd bottom might be good enough!
     
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  18. marcusblackcat

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    Have I missed something here? Aren't you basically agreeing with Wandy? He says Agnew is rubbish and Moyes is better from the way I read it
     
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  19. Brian Storm

    Brian Storm Well-Known Member

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    Yeah missed read it<laugh><doh> No apologising though and I can't be arse to change it. He does my head in. :emoticon-0136-giggl
     
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  20. red&white wanderer

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    Exactly in wrong place at wrong time -not what we need in a charismatic way
    But as seems likely, we drop , he may become what we have been needing -(still be dour though)- <doh> - <laugh>
     
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