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Match Day Thread Southampton FC v Sunderland AFC – Saturday 9th March 2024 - KO 15:00

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Mar 6, 2024.

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Your Prediction:

Poll closed Mar 9, 2024.
  1. Home win

    44.3%
  2. Away win

    32.8%
  3. Draw

    23.0%
  1. LD19SAFC

    LD19SAFC Well-Known Member

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    That’s been evident for a while. It’s mad how many are behind it.
     
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  2. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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    09s fault
     
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  3. Sour Patch

    Sour Patch Guest

    Great ball in by Mundle. Shame we didn't start with a striker today.
     
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  4. Gil T Azell

    Gil T Azell Well-Known Member

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    Standard <laugh>
     
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  5. E.T. Fairfax

    E.T. Fairfax Well-Known Member

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    Cant believe im looking out for results around the relegation zone
     
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  6. The Legendary Tongue

    The Legendary Tongue Well-Known Member

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    It is, his fault for being suspended. :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  7. Teessidemackem

    Teessidemackem Well-Known Member

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    40k average home gate worth of fans deserve so much better and deserve to see the Chairman spend money on the club like we do. Im sick of all this bargain basement hunting now, its embarrassing.
    Ipswich signed Keiffer Moore in Jan for example and he made an instant impact. We have a Chelsea U23 player starting for us today, a Benfica B team player last game and neither could hit a barn door. How can we ever expect to be anything but mid table with our penny pinching, profit seeking, none ambitious transfer policy?
     
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  8. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Lacking a captain today, Neil isn't imposing himself at all.

    Their defence isn't too confident, we need to pass around them.
     
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  9. The Legendary Tongue

    The Legendary Tongue Well-Known Member

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    Good play, unlucky as **** there
     
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  10. master-simpson

    master-simpson Well-Known Member

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    Down to 13th.

    The drop is looming!!

    Bart
     
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  11. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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    Playing better
     
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  12. Nozs’ Hat

    Nozs’ Hat Well-Known Member

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    M’Vila and Kiefer Moore would have been excellent additions in January. Good players but some of that experience that is much needed.
     
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  13. Prehab26

    Prehab26 Well-Known Member

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    Lacking experience across the park. Handful of games at a half decent level for lots of our players.
     
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  14. Daz

    Daz Well-Known Member

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    There are much, much bigger issues than the keeper in this squad imo, the amount of goals he has prevented is ridiculous especially considering how ****e we have been defensively. Would have been 3-0 by halftime against Leicester if not for him.

    His distribution needs to improve but he is being told to play out from the back, he also definitely needs someone to put pressure on him from a squad perspective.
     
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  15. Southern A

    Southern A Well-Known Member

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    We tried for Moore and M’Vila isn’t fit enough to get on the bench for West Brom so wouldn’t have been able to help us
     
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  16. Lucky19672

    Lucky19672 Well-Known Member

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    £££££
     
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  17. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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  18. J Flash

    J Flash Well-Known Member

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    It’s scary how open we are. Burstow unlucky hitting the post but we are really exposed at the back.

    This man for man **** isn’t working just like Leicester. Ballard closing down 30 yards from their goal man
     
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  19. Teessidemackem

    Teessidemackem Well-Known Member

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    Fancy having experienced players? Its not part of our plan unfortunately mate. Sign kids on cheap wages, develop, sell for a profit, repeat. Thats the club we are now.
     
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  20. Dorset

    Dorset Well-Known Member

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    Much better. Just need to be more composed in front of goal.
     
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