Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Bournemouth FC - Saturday 29th November 2025 - KO 15:00

It’s base layer time for us over 50’s

 

Return of the Alderete, surely

 

I hope so. He's been one of our best players this season, i was disappointed to see him dropped for Fulham but also understandable after the Arsenal game

 

Grandson is one of the mascots this week he is really looking forward to it . Still remember his first game , been a season ticket holder ever since , been to Wembley twice won twice .Hopefully the lucky charm holds for the game .

 

Class, hope he has a cracking day.

 

Roefs
Mukiele Ballard Aldarete Reinildo
Xhaka Sadiki
Traore Le Fee Talbi
Brobbey​

Subs: Patterson, Hume, Geertruida, O'Nien, Neil, Adingra, Rigg, Mayenda, Isidor

 

Dunno why but this bloke has caught my eye over the last few days ...

... probably cos he's just so enthusiastic about everything.

https://x.com/martinsafc1973/status/1994158370375205354

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Think last week was a combination of a few things, poor weather, Poor referee, players returning from internationals, and I also think RLB got his tactics a bit askew.
Hopefully that is all behind us this week and I am hoping the team attack this week with a new vigour so will go for a 2-0 win

 

Both sides had to deal with it, Fulham just coped better than we did. Forecast doesn’t look great tomorrow either. Never mind the weather, it’s time for the back 5 to go and us to attack a side.

 

Like I said there were a few contributing factors, I get that both sides had to deal with the weather and you are right Fulham did deal with it better, but the other factors still stand. The referee was woeful and IMO Regis was maybe a little off tactically and in truth the team itself looked a little flat.

 

Definitely agree there. Last week was ****e

 

He gets in the museum when he’s over, really nice bloke

 

Régis Le Bris has provided an update on the availability of Romaine Mundle, Dennis Cirkin, Leo Hjelde and Habib Diarra.

Le Bris has plenty of options to choose from ahead of this weekend’s Premier League game against Bournemouth with no fresh injury concerns but admitted that his long-term absentees are still building their way towards matchday selection.
Mundle and Hjelde played their first minutes for Sunderland Under-21s last week whilst Dennis Cirkin completed his first 90 minutes.
On the trio, Le Bris said: “We’ve got him (Mundle) some minutes and that has been successful but we have the squad available so we don’t need to rush him.
“For Dennis and Leo, they still need time to build their fitness level but they are not too far.”
Regarding Diarra, Le Bris admitted that he is making positive strides on his comeback trail from an injury that has ruled him out since September.
With the Senegalese midfielder set to represent his country at next month’s 2025 AFCON tournament, Le Bris admits they will approach his comeback with caution through constant dialogue with his national team.
“Habib is making good progress at the minute,” Le Bris stressed. “He is pain-free but he still needs time to feel right within himself.
“We try to manage the output for the club and the national team so it’s a balance. We can manage that through conversation so that is ongoing.”

 

Really good side these tomorrow, been impressed with them every time I’ve watched them especially going forward but they give you a chance at the other end, and that’s why I think it will come down to who defends better will come out on top, which is why I’m confident of a good result because I believe we have a far better organised defence

 

Good lad is Martin. Comes from the best city in Canada

 

Interested to see what we do with Hjelde. RLB clearly rates him, and he's a great character around the dressing room but let's face it, he's nowhere near the first team

 

Thanks @RTB for another great thread, I think we respond positively after playing Fulham and the ref last week.

Im hoping for a home win and a clean sheet which will set us up nicely for the Liverpool and City games .

2-0 to the lads with Le - Fee and Ballard with the goals.......HTL & FTM !!!