Match Day Thread Sunderland v Hull City

[Steven Toast]

We’re good away from home having beaten Blackburn, Millwall, Sheffield United and Sunderland away. There’s no shame in it, we seem quite adept at beating teams away.

We were the only team in the bottom seven to pick up points today (though Luton play tomorrow), and probably the least likely to have done so given everybody else's fixtures. It was a great win, but it was a statement performance from me.

Between now and the 4th March, we need to be spending time at the stadium, shaking off whatever bullshit is stopping the lads from performing at home. Play a short friendly or something, if the pitch can handle it. They could make it free entry, give people a reason to go to the ground on a Saturday. Play the first XI vs the U21s. Or ask one of the Dutch or Belgian clubs to jump on the City Hopper and give us a game.

 

[bradymk2]

We were the only team in the bottom seven to pick up points today (though Luton play tomorrow), and probably the least likely to have done so given everybody else's fixtures. It was a great win, but it was a statement performance from me.

Between now and the 4th March, we need to be spending time at the stadium, shaking off whatever bullshit is stopping the lads from performing at home. Play a short friendly or something, if the pitch can handle it. They could make it free entry, give people a reason to go to the ground on a Saturday. Play the first XI vs the U21s. Or ask one of the Dutch or Belgian clubs to jump on the City Hopper and give us a game.

To be pedantic
Portsmouth won and went up a place
And cardiff and plymouth got a point

 

[DJBlackandamberarmy(No4)]

Did Pandur even have to make a proper save? I remember a couple of soft headers , but trying to remember a genuine good chance they created , Credit to the defensive effort

 

[TwoWrights]

We were the only team in the bottom seven to pick up points today (though Luton play tomorrow), and probably the least likely to have done so given everybody else's fixtures. It was a great win, but it was a statement performance from me.

Between now and the 4th March, we need to be spending time at the stadium, shaking off whatever bullshit is stopping the lads from performing at home. Play a short friendly or something, if the pitch can handle it. They could make it free entry, give people a reason to go to the ground on a Saturday. Play the first XI vs the U21s. Or ask one of the Dutch or Belgian clubs to jump on the City Hopper and give us a game.

A home match against a Dutch team, you've just set an alarm off on Clough Road.


The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.

 

[Kalman II]

If Barry’s injured, do we go 4-2-2-2 against Cardiff? We don’t really have a lot of touchline wingers fit and available. What we do have in abundance is central players, be it strikers, attacking midfielders and number 8s.

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[Howdentiger2]

Did Pandur even have to make a proper save? I remember a couple of soft headers , but trying to remember a genuine good chance they created , Credit to the defensive effort

I'd say the one towards the end was probably a "proper save" it was one you'd expect any keeper to make but still needed to do it and push it out of danger

 

[Drew]

Listened to second half on the radio. The commentators thought we were all over the shop for the third quarter, lacking organisation and riding our luck big time. Subs were spot on, changed the game for us and made us much more solid again. Final quarter we looked just as likely to get a 2nd as Sunderland were to equalise. Said the break with the offside Crooks goal was the best opportunity of the game and it was very poor we didn’t score from it. Also had a lot of praise for the home crowd who stayed behind in numbers to help push Sunderland to get an equaliser.

Sound fair?

Sunderland were definitely on top for the start of the second half but to say we were all over the place would be a bit unfair I think. They had a couple of very good chances which they perhaps should have scored but on the whole we restricted them fairly well.

The subs definitely made a difference and there came a time in the match where I did think it was going to finish at the current score. It was another solid away performance.

 

[originallambrettaman]

If Barry’s injured, do we go 4-2-2-2 against Cardiff? We don’t really have a lot of touchline wingers fit and available. What we do have in abundance is central players, be it strikers, attacking midfielders and number 8s.

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Lincoln will just come in for Barry.

 

[DJBlackandamberarmy(No4)]

I'd say the one towards the end was probably a "proper save" it was one you'd expect any keeper to make but still needed to do it and push it out of danger

Don’t remember it, but I was getting distracted . was no dig at Pandur, just really unusual to win away and not need your keeper to have a top day. Shows how well the defence did

 

[bradymk2]

Lincoln will just come in for Barry.

Sounds like a pre season friendly

Lincoln v barry town

 

[TigerMarv]

If Barry’s injured, do we go 4-2-2-2 against Cardiff? We don’t really have a lot of touchline wingers fit and available. What we do have in abundance is central players, be it strikers, attacking midfielders and number 8s.

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Why Lincoln came on and did more than a job. We've got Amrabat and is Kamara due back? I think he was just sick

 

[Idi Amin]

Why would Barry go to Lincoln?

 

[Kalman II]

Why Lincoln came on and did more than a job. We've got Amrabat and is Kamara due back? I think he was just sick

Lincoln’s more of an attacking midfielder than a winger, apparently. We play very narrow in and out of possession anyway. We have lots of players whose instinct is to play centrally like Gelhardt, Lincoln, Crooks, Pedro, Joseph, Alzate, Puerta, Slater and Matazo. We have very few wingers who create width, stretch the opposition and play high and wide.

 

[TigerMarv]

Lincoln’s more of an attacking midfielder than a winger, apparently. We play very narrow in and out of possession anyway. We have lots of players whose instinct is to play centrally like Gelhardt, Lincoln, Crooks, Pedro, Joseph, Alzate, Puerta, Slater and Matazo. We have very few wingers who create width, stretch the opposition and play high and wide.

Have to disagree Gelhardt is great at providing width and Lincoln did fabulous when he came on. Why change formation when we've just won

 

[Kalman II]

Have to disagree Gelhardt is great at providing width and Lincoln did fabulous when he came on. Why change formation when we've just won

The average positions/heat maps from the game/s say differently, as do my eyes. Gelhardt is not a touchline winger at all. He plays very narrow as a second striker almost.

 

[TigerMarv]

The average positions/heat maps from the game/s say differently, as do my eyes. Gelhardt is not a touchline winger at all. He plays very narrow as a second striker almost.

That's because they also have to defend and need to tuck in when defending but provide width when we have the ball

 

[The B&S Fanclub]

There was about 10k left at full time and they only stayed to boo!

What about the famous SofL atmosphere..

 

[dennisboothstash]

Its not a city thread without arguing

Yes it is …

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

What about the famous SofL atmosphere..

Was pretty good where I was

 

[askewshair]

Don’t remember it, but I was getting distracted . was no dig at Pandur, just really unusual to win away and not need your keeper to have a top day. Shows how well the defence did

They had 2 shots on target. We had 4. I seem to recall they were close to his chest. To be fair, he did look commanding against a lot of crosses coming in.