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

I think you guys deserve a reply; all top posters. I've never been a prolific poster and never will be.

I feel the board, which was once great, has morphed into a RTG (Whatever the **** that is) type of shadow. Some of the posters, not all, that came across circa 2019 have ruined this board. Prehab wetting his pants over the last few days was pathetic as it comes. His own poll was sad as **** but perhaps, this has what the board has sunk too. That was one example.. ..there are others.

Perhaps I preferred the old style discussions/arguments with some real, proper characters. Unfortunately very few of the old guard remain on here. Not sure why, but there is.

As Spock said......live long and .......

 

dunno about others obviously but i know as much about beale as i do about the rest of the names that got thrown into the mix, basically, feck all.

therefore, the lad gets time to make the changes he sees are needed (this game does not count) plus he has had little time to get them together on the training pitch to throw some ideas around...this squad has not turned into bad players, they need a boost from somewhere (coach's job) and hopefully a little experience signed in to help on the pitch (recruitment team), BSA did not really get started till after the window.

 

Beale tactics poor?

 

Fishpaste poor

 

Pumping the ball forward to Rusyn would have got us nowhere. The lad has got a good leap and good timing and strength but we'd have got absolutely nothing from it apart from the ball coming right back at us.

We had one moment where Patterson should have twatted it down the pitch but passed it to Ekwah who also made a poor decision but apart from that it was fine.

 

You don't think Hume was left exposed too much?

 

Yes. Was obvious all game - everyone knows that's how nufc press at times. Beale had all week to work on countering it but came up with nothing unfortunately.

 

Are there any with a brain?

 

He was, but that was an attempt to get Pritch more involved in the middle, also the fact that Burn is not an attacking threat. I don't think that single issue is a fair judgement that Beale's tactics were poor

 

And with the day drawing to a close, my love grows stronger and my hatred seeps deeper. We’ll never be mastered, us lot. We’re x10 what they are, nobody will ever tell me different. Haway the lads, let’s push for this promotion.

 

We need a new made for it to give us this option going forward mind.

 

Yet the bloke next to me constantly criticised him for being "another" lazy player for not closing down - unbelievable

 

Swapping Burstow for a big lad who can hold it up would give us another option. As far as I'm concerned though we should play Rusyn every game and figure out how to get him the ball in the box.

 

I'm sure Dodds and Beale know a bit more about tactics than capt fishpaste. Yeah let's it launch it forward to our giant attackers Pritchard, Clarke and Rusyn

 

We just need to put the game behind us asap and bounce back for the league. The gulf between the two sets of players was evident after about 10 minutes, what's most apparant is that the gulf between Premiership and Championship is probably as big as it has ever been, this team would seriously struggle to stay up as things stand.

As much as it hurts losing to them, they literally have hundreds of millions to blow and we buy teenagers with potential for £1m a pop. Our chances were slim to start with and the game played out as it woukd have 9 times out of 10.

 

oh, he'll get time like all the others mate and a fair crack, but a simple "thank you for your support today" would've sufficed, not some politician on a campaign.

 

Easy to criticise sat in the stands. A bit like shouting "shooooot" from 40 yards out with 8 bodies in front of the goal.