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Match Day Thread Plymouth Argyle FC v Sunderland AFC – Saturday 25th November 2023 - KO 15:00

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Nov 22, 2023.

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Your prediction:

Poll closed Nov 25, 2023.
  1. Home win

    6.3%
  2. Away win (safc)

    79.4%
  3. Draw

    14.3%
  1. clockstander

    clockstander Well-Known Member

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    Gone 3 at the back
     
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  2. Flash Gordon

    Flash Gordon Well-Known Member

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    5 subs used?! I'm not sure about that mind, but I'm presuming Seelt for Huggins is a change in formation with Hume into midfield and Dack pushing further forward than Jobe was.
     
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  3. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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    Ba goes close
     
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  4. clockstander

    clockstander Well-Known Member

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    Good moves by TM here but time is against us
     
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  5. JammySAFC

    JammySAFC Well-Known Member

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    Pretty sure he came out himself and said that long term he sees himself as a no.8 or 6
     
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  6. Hudson92

    Hudson92 Well-Known Member

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    Avoidable goals but on another day we could have had 3 or 4 ourselves
     
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  7. Mackem-Tiz

    Mackem-Tiz Well-Known Member

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    Why wouldn't you use 5 subs? We are getting in for being desperate
     
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  8. Prehab26

    Prehab26 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah. Sick of seeing him shoehorned in. Needs to decide who he wants to play CM to get a better 9 and 10 relationship going. We have no one at all doing that.
     
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  9. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    They'll keep sitting deeper and deeper ... just keep at it lads.
     
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  10. Hudson92

    Hudson92 Well-Known Member

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    Neil and job CM Adil in the 10 on wed?
     
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  11. JammySAFC

    JammySAFC Well-Known Member

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    Got to be Adil surely, we look much more of a threat with him involved, a quality player who can knit together Roberts, Clarke, Mayenda etc
     
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  12. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    But he’ll persist with him there because he doesn’t want to drop Neil or Ekwah even though Aouchiche/Pritchard/Dack/Ba could all warrant a place in the 10 role if he moved Jobe back. It’s like he’s got so many options he’s scared to use them.

    Has to change it after this surely but if he wouldn’t change after the rotten run we’ve just been on then f**k knows if he will.
     
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  13. Flash Gordon

    Flash Gordon Well-Known Member

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    Because too much change causes confusion. Players have to adjust to different players in different positions and I think it very rarely works.

    What we did at half time was having an impact in my opinion. I'd have been expecting us to tweak further rather than tear the plan up and try something different.
     
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  14. Essayyeffcee

    Essayyeffcee Well-Known Member

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    That what worries me at times. Listening to that What the Falk podcast, the argyle fans says they like playing counter attacking football
     
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  15. clockstander

    clockstander Well-Known Member

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    20 mins to go come on lads give us a goal
     
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  16. sheepman

    sheepman Well-Known Member

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    Cant question the effort 17 shots 11 corners but again only 3 on target becoming a bit of a problem this
    Need to find a way to convert all these possession and chances to goals
     
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  17. Mackem-Tiz

    Mackem-Tiz Well-Known Member

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    Also causes confusion for the home team mate
     
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  18. clockstander

    clockstander Well-Known Member

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    12 corners so far but still no goals
     
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  19. samwise_new

    samwise_new Well-Known Member

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    true, but it seems to be a weekly saying, 'could have had at least three ourselves' while the opposition have one shot and score...i would have them all over the 5-a-side pitches at durham, get them used to passing to each other and get some target practice in.
     
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  20. Chip

    Chip Well-Known Member

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    Middlesbrough go 2 down, get it back to 2-2, hull 2 -0 down just equalised. We cannot break down 10 men defending a lead so breaking down 11 seems an even more difficult task.
     
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