I'm right in line with where that was and it looked offside. Think the confusion surrounded the deflection
Bang average every week got Sunderland in the playoffs last season We'll hopefully be somewhere between 6th and 10th and that will be progress. .
It wasn’t given because it was offside. All in all a draw was a fair result in my opinion.We both missed chances we should have put away.
There was also a 10 minute spell towards the end of the game were you became really sloppy but we made poor decisions with the ball and didn't capitalise, then heading in to injury time you had final throw at of the dice. Weird game but in terms of the type of chances created I can see why you feel the 3 pts would be deserved. I missed the replay of the disallowed goal, it was onside then?
Two equally matched sides...That said as the away side I was impressed by Bristol and slightly disappointed in us....We let them off the hook to a degree but never really had control...But eh, that's the way it goes in this league....Think both look top half but top 6..maybe not. A bridge too far.
i actually fancied bristol city would get playoffs, and still reckon they might although i said that before they lost scott
Rosenior said Tufan is dealing with a personal issue at the moment but is playing regardless. Might explain his absence from the open training session on Monday.
Think Delap is better wide right, using his pace and cutting in...i.e. he made the goal for Tufan doing exactly that....Maybe have Twine up top with Connelly, ie two small ones playing off each other. Tufan playing slightly ahead of Seri and Slater with Simons or Philogene on the left if he comes in..Is the Villa buy back clause the sticking point?
I never thought Twine was a wide player, always thought he ploughed down the middle with a partner. Not sure why or how he's suddenly morphed into a wide player. Not his strength.
They got the majority of those in the second half I would suspect, with a smattering at the end of the first half. Before that we were playing possession football and were in control.
Interesting take but I do like Delap in the centre. He seems to be doing the right things with the ball. Tufan behind the front two perhaps in games that we should be winning? (if we want to aim for promotion). I think it is time to stop being scared of conceding and just try to out-score opposition. Figs is no longer at CB to be fair.
I could be wrong but wasn’t it Slater who played the slide rule pass through for Connolly, who should have scored. I agree that Slater was anonymous first half but felt he was much more involved in the second. I don’t think we can cope with playing two number 10’s wide at the same time, you need at least one quick player who can get past his man and whip the ball in. The only time we did it, we scored. Traore and Twine were passengers for most of the game. Hopefully, by the time the window closes, we’ll have a better balance to the team.
We were winning while in control. We lost control because we panicked and started going long and they scored at the start of the second half.
Might also explain why he seemed pretty flat today, apart from the goal. Like a few others the game just seemed to be passing him by for large periods.
Despite us having a lot of the ball the way we moved it tonight was the worst I’ve seen for some time. Movement is limited, mobility and dynamism we still lack. Traore has only looked good this season when he’s drifted central yet we insist on using him out wide when we don’t have the ball. Really baffling
