Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Sheffield United – Championship Play-off Final - Saturday 24th May 2025 - KO 15:00

Judge the game by your own eyes. Commentators are always negative towards us

 

I have watched us this half at wembley and we look no where near normal selves. Slow and the break speed doesn't come.

Changes needed.

 

Typical RLB side. Slow, boring and predictable

 

I actually think we've missed O9s quick passing from the back, Sheff Utd are able to get set up easy

We've been better when getting Mundle the ball as he's been positive and Mayenda showing glimpses but nothing from ELF or Rigg in the attacking 3rd

Need more from Cirkin and Hume

 

It’s not typical but there ya go

 

Either Rigg or Le Fee off Watson or Isidor on. I’d be tempted by Mayenda right and bring Isidor on. Harsh on Rigg mind as ale Fees done nowt but he can make things out of nowt

 

This is really, really poor. Offering absolutely nothing. O'Nien going off has really killed us, nobody from deep can play a dangerous pass.

 

Miss our ball playing defender massively

 

it’s got us this far

 

Their goal awful to

thought our guy deep would take care of it

we don’t need le fee we just need to feed him

we don’t want to go centrally

need more on the left

no overlaps

 

Mayenda got the ball deep and ran between Robinson and Burrows ONCE and it got us a corner (think they scored from it mind). That's how you hurt this team, we haven't tested Robinson or Burrows enough.

 

And negative Nelly is back

 

Still in this and it only takes a second for us to score, I also thought why was hume taking that corner from what they scored from. Big 2nd half incoming but we've done it before

 

Pace kills this team and my concern at the start was our RM position - just crying out for pace there

We are still in this though and we started to control things better and stop counters towards the end of the half

The issue is we've created nothing, which has been an issue for a while

 

Get Watson on the right side. We need more pace to turn Hamer round. Static as well in possession. Need someone to break a line and run at them through the middle.

 

or the right back

 

Could we put Watson out there

 

If we don’t score wouldn’t leave it too long and get isidor on and go for it

 

Been poor but last 10 minutes started to push them a bit. Hopefully we can get the equaliser and work them 2nd half.

gutted for O’Nien

 

It's just will to win for me. Rigg wide is literally killing us