Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Reading FC – Saturday 11th February 2023 - KO 15:00

"Issac. Botter le ballon entre les poteaux s'il te plait"

 

et éclater le fond du filet, voilà un bon garçon.

 

BAISE LES MAGS

 

Bien sur, mon ami. Tout les jours.

Allez les garçons!

 

given the current recruitment record, maybe quicker if Tony learns French.....

 

Back to normal. Going for 5-0, possibly the same second half.

The drive commitment and skill is there. At some point one team is going to get a hammering. Hopefully its this Saturday. All systems go for the league play offs. Easily achievable with this team.

Cheers RTB for yet another superb write up.

 

3:0 to the Lads the morra. I think we'll torture Reading - they've got nowt.
Haway the Lads!!!

 

Great thread mate

 

Don’t fear any team in this league Hawayyyyyy

 

Are tickets available on the day? Or via website?

 

Yes mate I do, and have said so before. He reads the game well enough to go in there. He is strong and can carry it well. I personally think he will end up as a rolls royce of a centre back but would have no problem with him slotting in the holding positions if needed.

 

Ticket office open at 11am but tickets should be available online 24/7 I think. Nee cash in the TO though.

 

How many tickets do you need, Blondie ?
I've got a spare if you want it . . . . and you don't even have to sit next to me

 

I would like to see Pritchard back in. It would be tough on the front 3 and may mean disrupting the Roberts Amad link up. Very tough call for Mowbray I think.

Rest of the team picks itself I think. I would keep Michut in there personally, the lad is top class. I think at times we speak too much about height and physicality in the middle of the park. I dont look at that personally, the game is more technical these days and out and out destroyers dont really exist anymore. I think we have a 2 in there now that provide so much more control of the game than we had with Evans in there, as much as I like him. We are 10 yards higher as a team at the minute and it comes from how those two dovetail.

Anyway whatever Mowbray does he has my absolute trust. The man is the best fit for this club in donkeys years and we are seeing a brand of football that just makes me smile. I like to think I am footy purist and he is giving me a side that I would just watch for joy only. Even our down days give us a sense of pride and a reason to smile.

 

Going off the game on Wednesday, I think there'll be at least 1 change with Gerhardt coming in for Ba bit I would like to see Pritchard coming back into the team, maybe for Clarke since he played on the left on Wednesday. I think the game will be tougher than we expect, so I'm going 2-1 to the lads

 

Agree with all of that. I am interested to see if Pritchard and O'Nien are brought back in. O'Nien has been outstanding this season and Pritch has that level of quality that is above most others in the team

 

Yep, (another) tough game tomorrow. Fresher legs for Reading and I’m sure they will be up for it.

I hope that we find that good tempo and hit the intensity we are capable of. Press as well as we can and Reading will be in trouble.

 

Going to be a good game tomorrow, with the lads winning comfortably 3-0

 

Thats what great about this squad, hard to get 2 quality players back in the team.

Onien has been class this season but i dont see how he starts tomorrow. Baath n ballard look class together and michut is getting better every game in the middle. Neil is one of the 1st names on the team sheet with the way hes played last couple months.

Pritchard is a funny one as hes class on his day but hes in competition with roberts n amad for a start and those 2 edge it at the minute. I dont want us to rush pritchard back incase he picks up an injury, he will be huge for us between now and the end of the season so id start him on bench tomorrow

 

Great place for a pre match drink, family friendly as well.....