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Match Day Thread Preston North End FC v Sunderland AFC – Saturday 12th August 2023 - KO 15:00

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Aug 11, 2023.

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Your prediction:

Poll closed Aug 13, 2023.
  1. Home win

    22.1%
  2. Away win (safc)

    50.0%
  3. Draw

    27.9%
  1. LeeBarryCattermole

    LeeBarryCattermole Well-Known Member

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    Thinking we're on the way to being the league's whipping boys after two 2-1 losses. Ridiculous thing to say.
     
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  2. Sour Patch

    Sour Patch Guest

    O’Nien is really poor mind, I don’t see what he brings at all. Not at fault for the goals today but his passing was horrendous and if thats why he’s in the team whats the point?
     
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  3. Sydney Greenstreet

    Sydney Greenstreet Well-Known Member

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    Baath makes Ballard a better player like Kaboul did with Kone daft he's not starting
     
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  4. Pure River Slut

    Pure River Slut Well-Known Member

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    Dack shows promise but needs games and a 9 ahead of him. At this point I wouldn’t lose Pritchard either
     
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  5. Lucky19672

    Lucky19672 Well-Known Member

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    We were the better team, just no one to actually put the ball in the back of the net. Frustrating, but we'll get there.
     
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  6. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    Not to rub it in too much but I’ve just cracked open a can of Kronenbourg after nearly flinging my phone across the garden after Ba fluffed the 1 on 1 :emoticon-0102-bigsm

    Feel like Bellingham was signed because of his name and wasn’t really what we needed even though I think he’ll be a decent player. We aren’t going to loan him out and we’ve promised him game time so where does he fit in? We have Ba who was also very highly rated yet we never give him a chance, where does he now go in the pecking order?

    Got fit CB’s on the bench yet continue playing someone who’s undoubtedly much worse.

    We definitely have a good enough squad to be turning over the likes of Ipswich and Preston it’s frustrating.
     
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  7. smithy in nl

    smithy in nl Well-Known Member

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    Well ya couldn’t make that up I’ve never seen such an unlucky team in my life!

    we battered them and they got TWO lucky defections never troubled us at all apart from that.
    We will play a lot worse then that this season and win comfortably.
     
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  8. Bazza2310

    Bazza2310 Well-Known Member

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    Get a f*****g striker in or we are getting relegated and I'm sick to death of O Nein at cb too he should be cover there at best. We battered them only 3 month ago so look how far we've fell in that period. Somethings a miss behind the scenes.
     
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  9. Robref62

    Robref62 Well-Known Member

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    Was more disappointed in the Crewe game than today's. Like others have said we're not to far away but need reinforced. Obvious where.
     
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  10. Brainman

    Brainman Well-Known Member

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    More pressure on the recruitment team can’t be a bad thing.
    Not having a main striker for eight months is criminal.
    I’d be happy with a comfortable top half finish this season
    I don’t think that will be a problem, if we get the goal scorer fairly soon.
     
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  11. Lozza80

    Lozza80 Well-Known Member

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    Be absolute madness if we let Pritchard go mind .
     
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  12. TopCat.

    TopCat. Well-Known Member

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    Dack is not the answer up front. Him or Pritch playing off Stewart
     
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  13. Chunksafc

    Chunksafc Well-Known Member

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    But if he stays we have to play a 10, as he can't play up front or in a midfield 3.

    The squad balance needs a bit of work
     
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  14. TopCat.

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    Saw this result coming a mile off. Be interesting to hear Mowbray’s comments because he's got team selection wrong 3 times now.
     
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  15. Pure River Slut

    Pure River Slut Well-Known Member

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    He’s a 10 playing a 9. Sound familiar?
     
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  16. TopCat.

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    Settle down man
     
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  17. Sour Patch

    Sour Patch Guest

    Can anyone tell me why Ekwah is now the sitter and Neil gets forward more? We were dominating teams at the end of the season with Ekwahs runs being a key part to that.

    Mowbray is not at fault for the forward situation but the midfield and centre back decisions are on him and to me they are both wrong.
     
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  18. RokerStoker

    RokerStoker Well-Known Member

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    Why do we still panic and look like conceding every time a cross comes in? We've got good defenders and some height in the team now, but it's chaos on every cross and corner.
     
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  19. Bigmackem

    Bigmackem Well-Known Member

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    Said it on another thread O’Nien is not a central defender and certainly is not a captain , he is too quiet and does not organise his side in the same way Danny Batth talks to his fellow defenders which is very much a captains role .
     
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  20. Lozza80

    Lozza80 Well-Known Member

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    We were much sharper going forward when he was on the pitch . Neil and jobe cost us both goals today . Neil wanting to much time on the ball and jobe the ****e pass . It's for TM to work out . But for me Pritchard has to stay
     
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