I have a couple of spares mate, couldn't make it tonight.
The lad who has them could meet you at the ground.
Cheers mate, top man. Missed the message, but typical Sunderland as I wandered to the ticket office a fella stopped me and said he had a spare. Wouldnt take any money, but he was happy with a pint.
Enjoyed last night. I dont get to matches as much ad I should, but every time I do our fans are class. Away days are special and it was a great atmosphere last night. Brilliant reaction when we went a goal down, which lifted the players.
Did not deserve to lose that game. Played some cracking stuff at times, pace and energy and trying to play forward. Havent seen penalty yet, but sounds like we were robbed by the ref (who I thought was absolutley useless all night). I enjoyed watchinf Evans and Neil working together. They just seem a good fit. Evans in particular is so good at organising and Baath at the back the same. I though Neil ran his bollocks off first half and tired second, got a bit sloppy. He played a pass in the first half for Clarke I think, first time, straight through their midfield and defence, had one bloke next to me rabbiting on about it until half time
. He wasnt happy when he was subbed but I thought he looked shattered and was starting to struggle to get back. I thought the subs were right overall at the time, but we seemed to lose a bit of structure to our game and I thought looked less likely to score afterwards. The melee at the corner seemed to take the wind from our sails a bit as well, probably just what Blackburn wanted, to disrupt our momentum.
Embo wasnt at his best I thought. I dont really see him and Pritch in the same side. Roberts was well marshalled by their left side as well, dont think he played badly just up against two very good players. Ba looked good when he came on and must be close to a start. I was disappointed a bit when he sort of gave up chasing back and chucked his arms in the air - hate seeing that, but he will learn I am sure. Diallo I am back to not being convinced by, another who seemed to give up on the chasing back at one point. You can see talent, I am just unsure where he fits in with us, or us with him, hope I am wrong. Stupid by Cirkin as well for their second. We cant afford to give them free kicks in that position. Neil did similar first half.
One last thing - Diaz is a class above. He looked a monster last night. No way is he a championship player, far far too good. And he seemed a decent bloke anarl which makes it worse.
All in all a cracking night, no rub of the green, but proud to be Sunderland.
