Last time out Sunderland lost to Roma in Albufeira, Portugal, and Dundee lost to Port Vale in a training game in La Cala, Spain. Sunderland travel to Tannadice Park after returning from their training camp in Portugal. The Black Cats have announced the signing of Aji Alese from West Ham for an undisclosed fee. Alex Neil's men now have four more pre-season friendlies this summer against Dundee United, Bradford City, Accrington Stanley and Hartlepool United before kicking off their 2022-23 Championship campaign against Coventry City on July 31st. New Head Coach Jack Ross takes to the home dugout for the first time on Saturday. It's also the first time that the Terrors are back on home soil since they secured a European place against Celtic back in May. New summer signings, Steven Fletcher (yes, that one) and Craig Sibbald could be on display, alongside Dylan Levitt who makes his return after signing a permanent contract. Alex Neil: “Aji is left-footed and he’s really quick. I like having balance in my team and he was at a stage whereby he was really pushing to get into West Ham’s first team, so we felt that it was a really good fit for us. More and more, I think that young lads are realising that they need to get on the pitch and show what they can do. It is important that Aji comes here, shows his quality and gets into the team. That will be up to him, but he has already shown an appetite to play, and the qualities that he brings are ones that I think we needed to add to the squad.” Jack Ross: "blah blah blah” Expected Teams Sunderland AFC: Patterson, Hume, Cirkin, Ballard, Batth, O’Nien, Evans, Roberts, Pritchard, Clarke, Stewart. Subs: Carney, Gooch, Kelly, Johnson, Wright, Embleton, Spellman, Sohna, Diamond, Richardson, Matete, Neil, Taylor, Dajaku, Alese. Dundee United FC: Eriksson, Freeman, Duffy, Graham, Edwards, Levitt, Sibbald, Harkes, Fletcher, Clark, Chalmers. Subs: Adams, Niskanen, Glass, Meekison, Mochrie, McMann, Watt, Smith, Watson, Thomson My two pence: A good pre-season so far with some decent performances against high quality teams, and another challenging game on Saturday against some very familiar faces. I think that we’ll get one over Jack Ross - I’m going for 2-0 win for the lads. Live Stream: Supporters who can't attend the match can live stream the game for £7.50. https://www.safc.com/news/team-news/live-video Ha’way the Lads
Thanks RTB,working this weekend so won't be able to follow updates on here but never mind. My mantra for pre season is time in legs for all the squad and NO injuries, not bothered about the result to be fair.HTL
Thanks again RTB for all your work on here, and it looks like our club are starting to keep pace, I would like to see this line up some time soon, Patterson Wright Batth Ballard Alese Evans O/9 Roberts Pritchard Clarke Stewart Whatever, we should see another good performance from an exciting Alex Neil side that looks like it means business. OaU.
Great stuff. I think he might try a back 3 on Saturday with Gooch and Cirkin as wing backs and Matete sitting in front.
We're blessed to have these threads, thanks in advance for the season mate. Jack Ross: "blah blah blah”
Working all day less than ten miles away. Fuming. 28 years I've waited for a friendly close enough for me to go and get pissed at.
More fitness and working on shape and style of play,. It's getting exciting with the signings and the season getting closer. A couple of strikers in and it's looking like a very good squad with options
Thanks as always RTB for a cracking thread. More fitness and team bonding , a bit of experience for some younger players and a couple of goals for Stewart would be a canny Saturday afternoon.
Yeah, Dundee Utd to score on 14 mins then sit back defending the lead only for Sunderland to equalise on 88 mins. Nah, 0-3.
In other news, the afternoon flight has cancelled so I'm going Does anyone know if I can get a ticket for the away end at the ticket office?
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