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

Aleksic way off it here like for me

 

Hopefully, but we need him on the pitch every minute possible and I don’t think we’re putting ourselves in a position to do that by resting him most weeks. Hope I’m wrong and he’s bang match fit when it comes to it because he’s the one we really need in the team. He’s the creativity we are lacking big style and the only midfielder we’ve got that sees those early runs of the striker. Bellingham and Rigg first thought is head down and run, Le Fee is head up and killer ball

 

Isidor goes close

 

Boro now level and missed an earlier penalty

Carrick will be gone if they don’t finish top 6 imo

 

Watson has played a couple of cracking balls in, need someone gambling on them.

 

Tough chance that aswell and got close

 

Double edged sword

We need him fit so play him, but we need him fit he’s just came back from a hamstring so rest him

hope he steps up like

been really impressed with samed recently

 

Close? Off target and keeper would’ve saved comfortably if it was on target. Not having a go mind, was a tough opportunity

 

I meant close to making the keeper work sorry for bad wording

 

Have to say I like Samed. Plays the metronome role really well keeping the ball moving with short, accurate passing. Quite a foreign profile of player in this country, we prefer all action box to box midfielders, but I like him.

 

Think aleksic needs to be reading the game a bit more, I'm hopeful for next season with him as I think he'll come good

 

Samed is another based on his experience previously you’d think expect to show up for the play offs if need be. Certainly got the options we didn’t have a few years ago. Like to see ELF given last 20 here and start against QPR for an hour with Isidor on the pitch.

 

Good player just don’t think he fits into the same Xl as Neil. Proper old fashioned 6

 

Relegation battle is incredible btw

 

All 3 relegation zone teams winning and all 3 playoff teams losing

 

Think he'd be great in a team with 60-70% possession every game

 

Plymouth have just left it too late, maybe if they sacked Rooney a few weeks earlier they’d stay up. Can see them beating Leeds last game of the season at home Leeds in party mode.

 

The championship is crazy

Madness today

 

He’s a player and role I really like. Old school but I feel like every time isn’t hurt having one

 

Talk of momentum but none of the playoff sides have it. At least we have rested players whilst the others fight.

that’s the optimistic spin