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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. Teessidemackem

    Teessidemackem Well-Known Member

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    Nothing else to say ive said it all previously on here. Speaks volumes though
     
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  2. sheepman

    sheepman Well-Known Member

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    Beale was a disaster. Giving it to Dodds was a disaster. At a loss as to what we do now. I can’t see any rhyme or reason to Dodds team selection and tactics All I do know is QPR is a must win defeat doesn’t bare thinking about
     
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  3. Chunksafc

    Chunksafc Well-Known Member

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    Maybe Tony Mowbray had these lads punching well above their weight? Hardly been an up turn since he was sacked.

    Didn't have a plan b wad the excuse for wanting him gone, what it is now as we don't have a plan a
     
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  4. Teessidemackem

    Teessidemackem Well-Known Member

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  5. LD19SAFC

    LD19SAFC Well-Known Member

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    100%.
     
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  6. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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    Agreed. Just don’t understand why the decision was made so quickly to give Dodds 13 games. So much of the season to play and play offs weren’t out of sight. Basically give up on the season and hoped for the best. Getting punished for it big time.
     
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  8. DH4

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    Last time we lost 6 in a row chairman Niall Quinn was "manager", he resigned and admitted he wasn't up to being a manager. :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  9. TopCat.

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    Dodds should do the same
     
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  10. Saf

    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    The inexperienced youth experiment has failed. Speakman needs binning off. His last manager appointments and transfer windows have worked out terribly. Struggling to understand why we should persist with him.
     
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  11. RTB

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    Big game next week - I hope Ballard is OK

    Capture.GIF
     
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  12. TopCat.

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    Any word on Ballard? Wasn't watching the game. Was it a knock or a muscle injury?
     
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  13. LD19SAFC

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    I’d honestly take a point now.
     
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  14. Chunksafc

    Chunksafc Well-Known Member

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    He was holding behind his knee, hopefully nothing serious but he didn't look comfortable
     
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  15. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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  16. DH4

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  17. Sour Patch

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    Not really sure where we go from here.

    I put myself in the ultra positive 'happy clapper' section of the fanbase but I just feel so deflated at how this season has played out.

    We have a club model of signing and playing youth but we don't trust the players we sign. Rusyn, Aouchiche and others all deserve to be playing week in week out yet they are STILL just coming off the bench. Rigg got zero minutes against really poor teams yet we expect him to be a difference maker against two of the best teams in the league, that makes no sense. We punish players for playing well, we reward players for playing poorly.

    We have a disconnect between recruitment and coaching staff, highlighted by the unbalanced squad. Dodds is meant to bridge that gap and even he has mentioned gaps in the squad.

    We need a new head coach now. Not the summer. Now. I think we'll be safe but i'm getting nervous now.
     
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  18. RedNWhite4Life

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    How many games has Dodds been in charge for? I'm sure he lost 3 on the bounce in League 1 before Alex Neil came in. He won 2 earlier this season but I'm sure every other game he's been in temporary charge for we've lost and this is his 4th stint.

    Failure happened in the summer we are considerably weaker now than we were this time last season. Anyone remember Michut? We could have had him for 2.5 million he was a proper footballer and knew the defensive side of the game as well.

    I'm gonna list our summer and January signings here and we can all see just how shambolic it has been.

    Hemir (****e)
    Rusyn (slightly less ****e)
    Mayenfa (**** knows, probably ****e)
    Triantis (As with Mayenda)
    Seelt (Some good some bad could be decent)
    Pembele (****ing ****e)
    Jobe (Decent signing will turn out good)
    Aouchiche (I think decent bit never gets ****ing picked so pointless)
    Dack (Just **** clean off)
    Hjelde (Utter ****e only playing due to sheer desperation)
    Mundle (Insane lack of experience may turn out decent but very raw. Probable Clarke replacement god help us.)
    Styles (Meh)

    If I've missed any well they must be even ****ter than the ones I've mentioned.

    Also in the time we've signed these 'players' we've lost Amad, Pritchard, Baath, Gooch, Michut.

    It's ****ing shambolic let's be fair.

    Speakman go and get ****ed you useless ugly piece of ****.
     
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  19. Sour Patch

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    No need at all. Be angry, I am, but why say ****e like this.
     
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  20. RedNWhite4Life

    RedNWhite4Life Well-Known Member

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    Maybe because its true?
     
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