It was a bit better 2nd half. At least Evans calmed down a bit. Him and Neil give us a lot of control, but Evans tonight was a real problem first half. Like you say, the lads up top lacked the quality to create a good opening. It was pretty comfortable for their defence all in all. I am starting to get bothered by Pritchard. Is there a reason he cant play much beyond 65 mins? Every bloody game it seems. It is a problem that cant continue for long. Every game you have one arm tied behind your back if you know you need to make that sub.
They’ll be complaining about agent Mowbray over the road. Hopefully Stewart and Cirkin are ok. Still eighth after eight games. Disappointed but nice to see some of the fringe players having a run out. Mowbray knows a bit more about his players now.
We really ought to be realistic: the club's aim was and is for survival. That was always the case. If you still have notions that we should be pushing top 6 after 4 years in League One, give your head a strong wobble. You'll be setting yourself up for nothing but disappointment. The fact we only lost 1-0 on our worst performance of the season isn't something to get apoplectic over. Let's stick with the team this year. They're a young group of lads and mistakes will be made. Let them grow from it, don't crush them for it. I'd still rather see this team with such high levels of potential for the future than a team of journeyman plodders who'll never progress.
Fair enough, i thought he was really positive tonight when in possession - played forward mostly and moved the ball quickly. Most cms dont stand out in terms of doing outstanding things. Hes 20 and was up against 3 experienced cms n id say he was the pick of them today. He does need to impose himself a bit more throughout a whole game but do feel like thats coming
Mid table is NOT where I want us. I want us to win the league. We all do surely? Yes I know we need to consolidate but if you had the choice of 12th or top...don't worry about next season now.
Absolutely we pick ourselves up and move on. I’ve seen so many Sunderland teams that would have folded first half but we picked ourselves up This is a work in progress and there will be ups and downs but we have been competitive in every game miles ahead of where I’d hoped this team would be by now.
I think this will turn out to be right, wouldn't be surprised if the new lads move ahead of Embleton in the pecking order. Neil is doing ok, not brilliant but ok or good most games. My feeling is that give him time on the pitch to develop and he'll be a proper CM. He's already doing alright to be fair, the defensive side of his game has improved.
The usual excuse is that he leads the press, makes us tick etc. Then Bristol City gets mentioned. He's a good player, but having him as. 10 compromises the team imo
Agreed, dont think his fitness is great - he always works hard but sometimes he presses for no reason Im intrigued to see when michut gets on the bench as he is a player that can unlock defences
Their full backs are good, mcNair is quality and that no.9 looks the business but the rest of the team rank average Having said that, we were ****e from defence to attack
And Diallo and Dajaku need to play higher up the pitch when they’re on, not dropping too deep. They’ve both got plenty to offer and need to scare the back line
Prichard has been off the boil for a couple of games for me, his passing and decision making poor and wants shafting for that miss first half. I thought we were absolutely rubbish first half and decent second half, but it does show how shallow our squad is.
