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

****ing hell Cirkin and Mundle nearly knocked eachother out

 

I'll never tire of watching that goal. Everything about it was just perfect. The timing of it, the opposition, the crowd...just everything.

Up there with Porterfields as the greatest, non-great goal...if that makes sense.

Dan Ballard man, what a beast he was over the two legs.

 

Captures the rawness of it really well. Like the Mark Douglas article said a 'temporary release of 40,000 people from their senses'.

 

Sheff United are better than Coventry and would beat us if we set up as negatively as we have done recently.

 

Which one is he?

 

I wondered what happened to those ropes
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1WXU7_C8NyY?feature=share

 

Did Sunderland Overcelebrate?
No

 

This overcelebrating police we get every time a team celebrates is just utter nonsense.

There is no point being a football fan if you can't celebrate. And there is absolutely no reason to criticise other fans for celebrating other than jealousy.

 

wembley 3'oclock kick off

 

all teams would have celebrated like that,

let fans have some joy

 

This is what speakman and kld are trying to build. Not just younger players being given a chance but there’s a clear emphasis on personalities when we decide on signing a player. These lads die for the badge, each other and for us fans. That’s what we’ve asked for for years.

We can debate RLB and the style of play and if we’ve regressed as the season has gone, a lot of fair debate either way on this but it’s unquestionable he has got these lads together and running through brick walls for him. All started by his decisions in the summer to not include players he didn’t think could do it. So proud of this club like. One more to go.

 

Bang on in the middle.

Now do we stay Friday and drive back after the match or head down early Saturday, stay and head back Sunday morning...

 

That’s just a hypothetical. The way we set up was designed to beat Coventry. The way we set up against Sheffield will be designed to beat them.

 

Hope this link works.
The noise at the SoL from 2 miles away.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1KoFjXnJnt/

 

No. It wasn't exactly a wild celebration either but if you can't enjoy moments like that then what's the point? It was a last second semi final winner ffs!

 

You can't celebrate driving home on a motorway, stay Saturday and have a cracking night.

 

They're both better than Plymouth, who were relegated ...

... but both lost to them.

As you said, Coventry were in better form than us ... means absolutely nothing.

 

Especially when it's spontaneous celebrations like ours were - just pure release and emotion.

I still reserve the right to criticise the more contrived stuff though mind like the Mags' post win team photos.

I wonder how the celebrations on Tues would have been affected/tempered by VAR if it was being used in the game.