Off Topic Non-Sunderland games

Injuries mate. He was out of football for a couple of years after leaving us in 2012, and had barely played in his last 2 years with us. Some blame was put on Bruce rushing him back when he wasn't fit and getting him re injured, as well as being more of a Keane player than a Bruce one (allegedly). He was supposed to be close to retiring in 2013 if his injuries didn't improve.

Personally I'm glad he's recovered and had a good career since leaving us, but it's ashame we never got to see the best of him while he was with us.

 

You have confirmed what I thought, I remember reading at one point that he was coaching while he tried to come back from injury. The article made it sound like he had no chance and was likely to retire and go into coaching fulltime.

We have had some class keepers over the years and he is right up there!

 

A section of our fans wouldn't accept that he didn't keep a clean sheet every game and score a hat trick so hounded every tiny mistake.

You could see he was class, but to a vocal minority he was constantly at fault

 

Yeah, I remember it. I could never understand it, but for whatever reason some fans were dead against him from the start and picked on any little mistake. Seemed determined to see him fail.

 

Dykes off Ryan Christie on.

 

2 nowt. Game over

 

Gerrin Ukraine

 

Skinchies

 

Deserved it, Scotland have been ****e

 

Ukraine deservedly winning this. Scotland need to be careful it doesn't turn into a rout.

Or will the LND save the day???

 

Hope they keep him on the bench now tbf. Just get him back to us safe and sound.

 

It was the transfer fee I'm sure. Even the Bolton? World class save I remember people moaning he hadn't claimed a cross.

Another game he struggled at Stoke, as did every keeper, but to them he should have cleared his box of 4 or 5 players, claimed every cross and scored from his kick out

 

To be fair he didn’t score enough goals.

 

Scotland are ****e. Ukraine were great value tonight

 

Offside but Gordon saved that one as well

 

One game away from playing Wales for a place at the World Cup and the churn out this ****e

 

100% he was the record for a british keeper and probably at that point our record signing. As a result some people seem to expect him to never concede!

He was class!

 

I'm sure it was a game against Stoke down there where he got battered and had no protection that resulted in him getting his injury problems. A decent ref would never have allowed it to happen.

 

It was Stoke and Defoe breaking his arm did him.

I was gutted when he left as we ruined him to the point he almost retired

 

****ing shocking stuff from Scotland. Absolutely embarrassing in such a big game