What I want to know is when are we going see Van Hooydonk? What's the point in having a hungry and talented young striker if he's not going to get his boots dirty?
I think we’ve seen him play about as much as Wagner and team have planned for him to play - ie an option off the bench each game. I think he’s only going to make starts if Sargent is out of acation again. He was a like-for-like replacement for Idah in that sense. I was slightly disappointed not to see him come on against Blackburn, but Wagner clearly thought Barnes was best to be the impact sub and I think that was probably planned before the match.
Five seconds before it freezes so not good. Not sure why, have watched City, cricket and rugby on this site in the last month's with no problem. Suspect it is my provider.
Well, at least we've got to half-time unscathed. No control of the game, or the ball, and Sunderland much quicker to pick up anything loose.
