Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Blackburn Rovers FC – Monday 21st April 2025 - KO 15:00

You would be the first one on here complaining that our star players should not have been risked in a meaningless fixture

 

100% agree. Would have personally liked it from today but I guess the two games in 4 days and Hume’s suspension ****ed it a bit

 

But you have absolutely no idea it won’t be the reason, you’re just as bad as the told you so bunch because you’re basically doing the same thing without having any reasoning whatsoever

 

Me or the guy who you are talking about, the other poster. I am just defending him TBH.

TBH you have been banging the drum about xg and Wilson all season. What's their stats since Christmas, seen you stop posting them. Must be ****

 

Not at all - I’d be at Wembley absolutely ecstatic

 

You simply can’t blame rotating players for then losing a game when full strength.

changes are when you lose a game of football the other team was better on the day

 

I think we’ve played ok without having the final bit of magic. We now we have that one the bench. Badly defended for the goal mind. A **** pick from the keeper and free men all over, but we haven’t looked bad at the back except for the crucial moment. Watson’s done ok mind. Definitely not drifting today.

 

we’re winning this game on xG btw

 

Our xG has been poor all season. We had spikes where we started to play better but have lacked a creative 10 all year. Same reason Wilson doesn’t get as many clean chances, same reason he’s not scored in a few games. You know that

 

Desperate for an Isidor goal and a confidence boost

 

He’s looking so frustrated we’re missing a lot of easy balls through or cut backs. Creativity is our main weakness for me

 

Seen worse from us, but seen a lot better too. We are getting run through in CM and CB. Full backs positions are poor. Isidor is showing flashes of goal threat bet being bettered physically.

Jones been good to watch. Might have another decent player on our books. Him and Watson the main attacking threats. More like the Watson we saw earlier in the season.

Aleksic looks lost. Is that just the position he is in? Just want to see more when he gets the ball.

 

Wilson has 9 G/A since Christmas. The most in the squad

 

He also needs to get his head out of his arse. Been garbage for months. Lost his place in the side TBH and that's a surprising point. His individual form has been really poor since he signed permanent. How many has he scored sinced he signed his contract in Jan

 

I think this would be a good game / half to get Mayenda and Isidor up top together again

 

that is rubbish again that performance too slow and in defence to react glad i missed this game, 2 Norwich strikers there with nowt to do wasted how we could do with one, that will cost us now. as for corners we are the team ever at them. They cannot play the full team key players will get injured man we still need a point or might finish 5th here and that has to be Le Bris gone if that happens.

 

All season long. Outside of a small period after ELF signed and that was him out of position.

 

6 G/A since he signed.

his performance have been fine. He got dropped for an injury not performance.

we’re not creating chances for him, he’s not a striker to create his own opportunities

he’s still performing as one of the better finishers in the league and is the reason other clubs want to sign him

 

How does this compare to other strikers on the league?

 

Probably worse but not as bad as you think.

watch the games and you’ll see how little we create clear cut scoring chances for him.