Play offs or not?
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The buzz will be electrifyingLeeds over 2 legs will be tasty
Either going to be heroically short or just sneak in for me. Either way I can see it going to the death
What gives me hope with these young lads is they don't know when they're beaten, we've picked up 4 points in the last two games from losing positions and it's the manner in which we've done it that pleased me.
Should have beaten Boro in the last 10 minutes and blew Plymouth away early second half before they could play the tired card after the Leeds game.
Also how many real difficult saves had Patto had to make recently, i'd wager you could count them on one hand.
Should have beaten Boro in the last 10 minutes and blew Plymouth away early second half before they could play the tired card after the Leeds game.
Also how many real difficult saves had Patto had to make recently, i'd wager you could count them on one hand.
Wish you hadn't said that! I remember Prehab saying the same thing about Stewart, immediately before he got his achilles injury.
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Sour Patch
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It's all about consistency. We have an excellent home record, 6th best in the league, picking up 30 points from 16 games. But our away record needs to improve, 15 games 17 points which is 13th best. Continue our home form and slightly improve the away form and we will get in.
This would be a great opportunity to improve our away record, 3 points, get in!
Wednesday 14th February
Huddersfield Town 19:45 Sunderland
Saturday 17th February
Birmingham City15:00 Sunderland
Saturday 24th February
Sunderland15:00 Swansea City
Saturday 2nd March
Norwich City 15:00 Sunderland
Tuesday 5th March
Sunderland 19:45 Leicester City
Saturday 9th March
Southampton15:00 Sunderland
Saturday 16th March
Sunderland 15:00 Queens Park Rangers
Friday 29th March
Cardiff City15:00 Sunderland
Monday 1st April
Sunderland 15:00 Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 6th April
Sunderland15:00 Bristol City
Tuesday 9th April
Leeds United 19:45 Sunderland
Saturday 13th April
West Bromwich Albion15:00 Sunderland
Saturday 20th April
Sunderland 15:00 Millwall
Saturday 27th April
Watford15:00 Sunderland
Saturday 4th May
Sunderland15:00 Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield Town 19:45 Sunderland
Saturday 17th February
Birmingham City15:00 Sunderland
Saturday 24th February
Sunderland15:00 Swansea City
Saturday 2nd March
Norwich City 15:00 Sunderland
Tuesday 5th March
Sunderland 19:45 Leicester City
Saturday 9th March
Southampton15:00 Sunderland
Saturday 16th March
Sunderland 15:00 Queens Park Rangers
Friday 29th March
Cardiff City15:00 Sunderland
Monday 1st April
Sunderland 15:00 Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 6th April
Sunderland15:00 Bristol City
Tuesday 9th April
Leeds United 19:45 Sunderland
Saturday 13th April
West Bromwich Albion15:00 Sunderland
Saturday 20th April
Sunderland 15:00 Millwall
Saturday 27th April
Watford15:00 Sunderland
Saturday 4th May
Sunderland15:00 Sheffield Wednesday
- 8 away and 7 at home. Going to be a tight run in
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Sour Patch
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69 points got us 6th last year, so a minimum of 22 points needed from these games I would think.
If you work it on 75 (as last year was a low points total) thats still only 28 points from the remaining games and i can potentially see us getting 30
It's a yes from me. Not booking the hotel just yet, though may come to regret it...
I'm so confident we'll make the playoffs this year that I bought house just outside London three years ago!
Will still take me an hour and a half to get to Wembley though.
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Can you not delete it and we can pretend you never said anything.Me also
I'm on fence but if pushed think we will fall a bit short. I do think that the team that finishes third - Leeds or soton - will be big favourites to win play offs. I know we beat both at home but over two games after a long season they will both be pretty strong
If we'd continued with Mowbray I'd have said no, the momentum had decreased as his moaning increased.
If we can continue to score goals, which I believe we can, we're in with a chance.
That's not blind optimism, it's partly because we're tightening up at the back and because of the depth we have in the squad. There can't be many clubs with the reserves we have and I think the returning injured will give us boosts along the way. When you look at the bench, from Saturday, plus those coming back from injury we're in the reverse situation to last season.
This is the critical month imo, we need to gain confidence and momentum before we play the likes of Leeds, etc. Away draws and home wins, with the odd three points at places like Huddersfield, and we have a good chance. Who knows who'll falter, no one thought Ipswich could collapse but they have.
And there's usually once club who get in right at the end
If we can continue to score goals, which I believe we can, we're in with a chance.
That's not blind optimism, it's partly because we're tightening up at the back and because of the depth we have in the squad. There can't be many clubs with the reserves we have and I think the returning injured will give us boosts along the way. When you look at the bench, from Saturday, plus those coming back from injury we're in the reverse situation to last season.
This is the critical month imo, we need to gain confidence and momentum before we play the likes of Leeds, etc. Away draws and home wins, with the odd three points at places like Huddersfield, and we have a good chance. Who knows who'll falter, no one thought Ipswich could collapse but they have.
And there's usually once club who get in right at the end
Aye definitely stronger at the back this season (seemingly getting stronger) admittedly we’ve lost Amad’s magic but we look a better SQUAD it’s going to be interesting and close, aspart from the top three nowt to be fearful ofIf we'd continued with Mowbray I'd have said no, the momentum had decreased as his moaning increased.
If we can continue to score goals, which I believe we can, we're in with a chance.
That's not blind optimism, it's partly because we're tightening up at the back and because of the depth we have in the squad. There can't be many clubs with the reserves we have and I think the returning injured will give us boosts along the way. When you look at the bench, from Saturday, plus those coming back from injury we're in the reverse situation to last season.
This is the critical month imo, we need to gain confidence and momentum before we play the likes of Leeds, etc. Away draws and home wins, with the odd three points at places like Huddersfield, and we have a good chance. Who knows who'll falter, no one thought Ipswich could collapse but they have.
And there's usually once club who get in right at the end
KTF
Haway man lads! Just got the wife to agree to a week in Portugal for preseason!