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Match Day Thread Club Deportivo Eldense v Sunderland AFC - Sunday 21st July 2024 - KO 18:00 (UK)

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Jul 20, 2024.

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Your Prediction:

Poll closed Jul 21, 2024.
  1. CD Eldense

    2.3%
  2. SAFC

    88.6%
  3. Draw

    9.1%
  1. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Blame the beer mate.

    I have a mate there, from Oxford, who's just messaged to tell me he was talking to Sartori ...

    ... he swears it's a fact that Julia Louis Dreyfus, Elaine in Seinfeld, was offered the part of Mia in Pulp Fiction but turned it down <laugh>

    How the hell did the conversation get to that!
     
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  2. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    If we sold Hume for £12m+ and replaced with him with Pembele I wouldn’t be too worried. Really think he’ll come good for us but the problem for some of these lads is we have so many options they get rotated at the slightest poor performance which isn’t helping. If we were to play 3 at the back with wing backs then Ba would be RWB for me and it wouldn’t even be close.
     
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  3. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Is Embleton captain now, he'll be pleased with that
     
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  4. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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  5. SourPatch2

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    Mundle to the right wing, Rusyn on the left.
     
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  6. Blond Bombshell

    Blond Bombshell Well-Known Member

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    Browne and Watson off at halftime
     
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  7. Scout73

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    Please tell me folk aren't writing off browne after 45 mins of a friendly match??
     
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  8. Essayyeffcee

    Essayyeffcee Well-Known Member

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    Pembele is decent going forward but crap in defense from what I've seen, that's not just from today
     
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  9. Jarca

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    Does that not surprise you lol
     
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  10. Hudson92

    Hudson92 Well-Known Member

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    Some will after 45 seconds :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  11. SourPatch2

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    Hjelde really impressing me this pre season
     
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  12. alcoauth

    alcoauth Well-Known Member

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    Fantastic pedigree, no reason why he can't be a top player.
     
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  13. Chunksafc

    Chunksafc Well-Known Member

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    Pembele is a concern defensively. Just doesn't look at the races
     
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  14. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    Are you new here? :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  15. Scout73

    Scout73 Well-Known Member

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    He has the potential to be a cracking player for us, a lot of teams in Europe were after him in January. My club had been in discussions with Leeds about him, we really rated him

    He came to us at a time when we were a mess, he didnt have the match sharpness, was thrown in and didnt exactly have a manager to help coach/develop him
     
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  16. Scout73

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    Lacks defensive awareness, seems a step or 2 behind. I still feel theres a player there, he just never looks confident at the minute so hopefully thatll come as he continues to settle here
     
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  17. Chunksafc

    Chunksafc Well-Known Member

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    I wonder how much his injury is affecting him mentally
     
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  18. Frazier the Lion

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    Yep agreed. Only worry was the two times where he’s inexplicably backed off an attacker all the way to inside our own box. Really weird.
     
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  19. alcoauth

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    It's odd like, it does seem like there is a glaring hole in his game, how did he rack up so many appearances for Bordeaux? He came here with a big rep.
     
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  20. Hudson92

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    Their press is incredible don’t give us a seconds rest
     
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