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Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Manchester United FC – Saturday 9th May 2026 - KO 15:00
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Wilson, it was Diarra at Villa.
We will enjoy him, however, I can't see the current ownership ripping the first team to bits only to start again next season.
My thoughts.
Great performance and with a bit of luck (or a better referee) we win that. Sadiki should score early on but I think nerves got to him as he broke through and prepared to shoot, that gave Lemmens a chance to save, but otherwise I thought he had a great game. In fact I think everyone had a great game, some excellent football played only really let down by final passes played/not played and at times a reluctance to shoot and hold onto the ball a bit too long. Overall we were much the better team and though they had a decent opening few minutes to the second half the pattern returned to normal with us the better team. Gerty was really unlucky when he hit the post, I honestly thought it was going in and overall had a great game, close to MOTM.
It honestly would have been a tragedy if Man U had snuck a win today, they only looked threatening in the last few minutes and stoppage time. So a frustrating result in one way but a good result overall.
Now the referee. Atwell is a useless twat. Nothing else can describe him unless I want to get banned from here. He set the scene after 10 minutes when Cuhna went down (dive) and begged for a free kick. Initially he wasn't going to give one especially as they had the ball, but caved in and gave it. He got worse from there, soft free kicks to them, nothing for us. I need to see the handball shout again, it happened that quickly I didn't see it clearly, but from our players reactions and reactions I've seen online (even from a couple of Man U fans) that it should have been a penalty. I'm willing to bet that if it was the other way round it would have been given and VAR would have backed it. Yet another occasion where we've been on the rough end of a VAR decision in recent weeks.
Great performance and with a bit of luck (or a better referee) we win that. Sadiki should score early on but I think nerves got to him as he broke through and prepared to shoot, that gave Lemmens a chance to save, but otherwise I thought he had a great game. In fact I think everyone had a great game, some excellent football played only really let down by final passes played/not played and at times a reluctance to shoot and hold onto the ball a bit too long. Overall we were much the better team and though they had a decent opening few minutes to the second half the pattern returned to normal with us the better team. Gerty was really unlucky when he hit the post, I honestly thought it was going in and overall had a great game, close to MOTM.
It honestly would have been a tragedy if Man U had snuck a win today, they only looked threatening in the last few minutes and stoppage time. So a frustrating result in one way but a good result overall.
Now the referee. Atwell is a useless twat. Nothing else can describe him unless I want to get banned from here. He set the scene after 10 minutes when Cuhna went down (dive) and begged for a free kick. Initially he wasn't going to give one especially as they had the ball, but caved in and gave it. He got worse from there, soft free kicks to them, nothing for us. I need to see the handball shout again, it happened that quickly I didn't see it clearly, but from our players reactions and reactions I've seen online (even from a couple of Man U fans) that it should have been a penalty. I'm willing to bet that if it was the other way round it would have been given and VAR would have backed it. Yet another occasion where we've been on the rough end of a VAR decision in recent weeks.
Back home, what a performance that was.
Outplayed man utd for the full game, they were chasing shadows at times, and taking a point totally flatters them.
Met some great people from on here in the fans museum, and couple on my way there and in the ground. All in all, a great day...just wish we could have got the goal our play deserved.
Had me tea, a pork balti I made this morning, rice, tomato,onion and coriander, mango chutney, and a garlic naan.
Now ready to watch the Motherwell vs Hearts match.
(A gratuitous picture of me tea...just because it was lush).
Outplayed man utd for the full game, they were chasing shadows at times, and taking a point totally flatters them.
Met some great people from on here in the fans museum, and couple on my way there and in the ground. All in all, a great day...just wish we could have got the goal our play deserved.
Had me tea, a pork balti I made this morning, rice, tomato,onion and coriander, mango chutney, and a garlic naan.
Now ready to watch the Motherwell vs Hearts match.
(A gratuitous picture of me tea...just because it was lush).
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How thats not a penalty and a free kick to them I'll never know.
Because he gave the free kick to them does that mean VAR won't check it? Or have they checked it and agreed with the ref?
You can clearly see that Atwell had his Man U shirt underneath, bits of it popping out around the neck and his sleeve 
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Agree with a lot of what has been said. Best consistent 90 mins of the season. Some of the interplay was awesome to watch. Just needed that bit of quality in front of goal to get the win we deserved. Left the game disappointed we didnt win but overjoyed at the way we played. Le Fee is a maestro in the middle Xhaka was imperious in midfield Sadiki and others close to them in terms of quality. Cracking performance from all. Well done lads.
Outstanding performance today, just missing that goal. Loads and loads to be optimistic about for the seasons ahead.
Xhaka, Le Fee and Sadiki absolutely brilliant today - best midfield performance from a trio I've ever seen. Cannot split them for MOTM.
Xhaka, Le Fee and Sadiki absolutely brilliant today - best midfield performance from a trio I've ever seen. Cannot split them for MOTM.
Brilliant performance today. We battled hard and deserved something from that. This time last year, who'd have thought I'd be disappointed only to get a point from Man Utd!
Played some lovely football and the team worked together well. Just a shame we're not quite there in the final third.
Attwell is an absolute joke. I really hate the c word, but I would use it on him!
Played some lovely football and the team worked together well. Just a shame we're not quite there in the final third.
Attwell is an absolute joke. I really hate the c word, but I would use it on him!
Also that fucking referee was a fucking disgrace. You could genuinely use that performance as Exhibit A for the prosecution in a match fixing trial.
Man Utd rules are different mate!
Really pleased with that performance today. We were the ones who looked the top four side. The commentators over here were gobsmacked that Brobbey didn’t get the penalty by Shaw. Unbelievable Jeff.
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If he didnt give a free kick to them then it’s a penalty to us and he didn’t want that
Reading one of man utd forums match threads...
Match starts on page 7, im only at the bottom of page 8, but theyre quite complimentary of us so far. They were impressed.
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Match starts on page 7, im only at the bottom of page 8, but theyre quite complimentary of us so far. They were impressed.
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He could have just waved play on as a physical battle?