Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Saudi State FC - FA Cup 3rd Round – Saturday 6th January 2024 - KO 12:45

Almost like one side cost north of 300m and one 7.5m

 

Aye. Bigger, stronger, quicker, more mobile.

As they should be given their infinite money cheat.

It's a hell of a lesson for our lads though. This is the level you need to get to, this is how quickly a PL team is on you when you have the ball.

 

Is there any comparison in cost of teams today knocking about?

 

HT 0-1 to open
0 chances to 5 , all the threat coming from the mags unfortunately.

 

Battered first half but not insurmountable.

 

I'll take a 2-1 now

 

Joe ****on going off would be class like the absolute **** house. Keep at him.

 

Got to get a foothold in midfield.

 

Losing it in midfield as predicted, great effort tho lads regroup and go again.

 

That old cliche next goals all important

 

all that and only ahead from a lucky own goal...saudi sh1te...

 

Ours is accurate I plucked theirs out my arse

 

Gulf is even bigger than I was expecting, totally dominated. Unlucky with the goal but can’t say we don’t deserve to be behind. Still think we should have went 5 at the back, can’t see a way how we are going to hurt them. Let’s hope they tire or start to sit back and get nervy

 

Massively missing Paddy today on the right for me. We've got no outlet on that side whatsoever and Gordon has got Hume on toast unfortunately.

 

Hume is struggling Gordon is good and well served.
We can only learn from this. They are pretty good.

 

I'd have liked to see us have more attacking threat but I didn't really expect it. Other than that I'm reasonably happy with that, not the score but our performance. Clarke can do better and Hume is obviously having a tough game but there's not a lot we can do about that beyond going to three at the back.

 

Still in this. Keep going……

 

Ouch!

 

Jack Clarke barely a sniff.