Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Coventry City – Play-off Semi Final 2nd leg Tuesday 13th May 2025 - KO 20:00

very intelligent and level headed le bris

 

Yep. They had their goal and that haji wright chance at the end of the 90 but other than that they did nothing with the ball once again.

I must have a different idea of domination to others

 

Reg remains loyal to a fault to the players who got us here. Hopefully that segment in extra time gives a blueprint.

As for Coventry. **** em. If you’ve got a don’t work the keeper you don’t win the tie. They deserve **** all.

 

Yep, didn't just lack end product today, there was literally no product at all.

 

The sheer volume of decent balls into the box meant one of theirs was bound to go in mind. I think how well Rudoni and Grimes recycled it was one of the causes. Needed a body in there sooner to disrupt. We did have the chances to win it though but Isidor was missing and Roberts was grafting but terrible on the ball. All midfielders tonight were wasteful until we had the extra man. You could argue of course that we got an energy boost at the business end but i’d have had Rigg or Watson on on about 55.

 

Wow just back. Knee grazed. Lost my door keys fortunate that a little lad picked them up.

Til the end - too true

Mundle what a difference he makes

I will comment more when I recover

Just heard Lampard"s interview. Aaah!!!

 

We played a full game with one effective forward the difference when Mundle came on and Elf went central finally gave Mayenda the suport he so richly deserves.
Its fine to be ecstatic after such a thrilling climax , but we need the starting eleven its been required all season Roberts is just not up to the job.

Post of the night he should not start another game for us he is woeful.

 

I agree with you completely but there’s absolutely no way it happens.

I will definitely want to see him replaced earlier though.

 

Mundle was excellent mind and just shows what a difference a proper winger makes to the side. Drove us forward, put dangerous balls into the box, got into dangerous areas for crosses from the opposite flank, grafted defensively. Hope he's fit to start at Wembley.

 

Possession doesn’t win games I’m not buying this they dominated us crap

 

Absolutely lost for words, that moment made all the anxiety of the last 2 days and not to mention 120 minutes all worth it, sensational

 

Helps mind. Need control of the game, the only period of the whole game where we had more possession and control was the 2nd half of extra time (78% possession). No coincidence that period was our best spell.

 

They also had so much of the ball because yes we gifted it back to them and lacked quality when we got it, but we voluintarily sat off, we wanted them to come on to us, when we did break Isidor and mayenda were chasing but the other 8 player would just stay deep, its all instructional.

I dont like it but its not right to complain, but to suggest they dominated because they had possession, possession we werent interested in is just disinegenuous., there was no frank outsmarting Regis, nothing technicalklyt fancy about their attacks but very comendable and well coached defending on display.

All I CAN SAY is, imagine these tactics with killers in the team, people who turn up every week and just have more quality

 

We did exactly what we had to do tonight.

Coventry can say they were amazing and battered us all they like fact is they lost one and drew one, we won simple as that.

I'd also say there keeper made more saves then patto over the two legs?

 

yet again. The inevitable diss. **** off Bob

 

Didn’t help them over two legs. Created very little big chances and we voluntarily let them have the ball

 

Mayenda though! He's an absolute dream. Just give him the ball and let the lad run! Closest I've seen to Marco in my life, and I only caught the back end of Marco. Mayenda is a beast. Love him!

 

Great night at the end of a thriller

He is not what you think he is.

 

Of course, chance creation is the main thing. I know they got their goal from it but I was surprised by how many floated crosses they put in tonight after what happened on Friday.

Lampard is a poor coach and i'll stand by that until I die.

 

Sakamoto was a proper handful, he'd look good on our right wing