By some distance it is the worst football programme on the telly. I never ever watch it, and as it happens, never pay the TV Tax either.
Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Manchester United FC – Saturday 9th May 2026 - KO 15:00
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Shocking programme, and typical of the whole shambles the BBC is becoming of late right across the board. I
Amad is a good player mind, and has shown enough for them often enough. But he does like space to run into, and they couldn't make him any. And when he did have it, as you say he bumped into a full back who knows how to defend. You can get past him, but you have to very clever or very quick, or both .
Totally agree. Couldn’t do anything against Reinaldo.
Probably!! Or the “well I didn’t send Martinez off for a punch on the face so….” FactorDid Angulo benefit from 'the Ballard factor'
The thing with Amad at Man Utd as well is that Amorim played him as a wing back but wanted him to be more defensive in his duties and with Carrick he's just not getting a run of games because he prefers Mbuemo.
It's possible Amorim has set him up perfectly for us with improving his defensive side of the ball and with a run of games he would gain the confidence and you would see the best of him again. It's a no brainer for me if he is available and especially if the reported price of 40m is correct!
It's possible Amorim has set him up perfectly for us with improving his defensive side of the ball and with a run of games he would gain the confidence and you would see the best of him again. It's a no brainer for me if he is available and especially if the reported price of 40m is correct!
Really enjoyed the game yesterday, still not sure how we didn’t win, despite the referee being totally biased.
We played with an intensity and a smile and produced some exquisitely beautiful moments. The move that put Sadiki through on goal was excellent and the skill from LeFee to set up Brobby for a shot was outstanding. That’s what I go to the SOL to see, long may it continue, with a few goals added for us too.
We played with an intensity and a smile and produced some exquisitely beautiful moments. The move that put Sadiki through on goal was excellent and the skill from LeFee to set up Brobby for a shot was outstanding. That’s what I go to the SOL to see, long may it continue, with a few goals added for us too.
Reinildo is used to”that” sort of player. Would’ve been his bread and butter at Atleti. Knew when to press and when to give him space before the tackle. He was superb yesterday. But they all were
I was on a Man U forum last night and 90% of the posters were calling Amad sh*te and want rid. Seems this was not just about the game yesterday but the season in general. Some were saying we might be interested and if they could get 30mill for him snap our hands off
He's still a quality player and has been important for Man U since going back there. I don't think he's been over hyped by us, though there are a couple of things to take into account about his time here that we forget. One, the Championship is a lower standard than the EPL, so he's going to have had more opportunities to show his ability and two, the way were set up allowed us to get the best out of him regularly. Roberts could be frustrating as hell at times with his end product, but his off the ball work was excellent. That gave Amad space and support to do his thing.
With Man U there's stuff there that's limited him a bit. Amorim had him playing as a wing back for one, which clearly didn't suit him. Add in players like Mbeumo that they've signed and the size of their squad and you can see how he'd have naturally reduced game time. Then consider that I don't think they're set up to get the best out of him regularly, it often looks to me that they're shoehorning him into doing a specific role that limits what he can do. And on top of that we didn't let Man U play well at all yesterday, we bossed them and player for player I don't think any of their out field players matched their Sunderland equivalent. If Cuhna, for example, hadn't dived and been petulant yesterday I'd have forgotten he was on the pitch! In a game like that, no matter how good you are you can be nullified. I think that's what happened yesterday.
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Agree with this, football wise I thought it was probably our best 90 minutes.
Also, the footwork of Sadiki at the start of the move when he went through 1 v1 was outstanding.
It’s a really strong argument that was one of the best performances of the season, lads absolutely deserved the 3 and it does **** on some of the ‘on the beach’ talk.
We need 2 wins last 2, Villa and Palace to win and a bit of luck for something Euro to happen, but the fact that’s even being written shows how phenomenal these lads have been.
We should all be excited for the summer window and next season.
Be a slow window due the World Cup we must remember this.
We need 2 wins last 2, Villa and Palace to win and a bit of luck for something Euro to happen, but the fact that’s even being written shows how phenomenal these lads have been.
We should all be excited for the summer window and next season.
Be a slow window due the World Cup we must remember this.
Just watching that now, it boils my piss the way we are ignored by main stream media
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It'll be interesting to see Ref Watch on sky on Monday. See how many of these incidents are analysed.
They'll only analyse the Angulo/Whiny Bitch incident.
I was watching Fernandes closely in the second half and he was becoming more and more frustrated as possession was lost by Man Utd time and time again. They lost the midfield battle to our 3, who were magnificent.
That was a whole level of moaning, never seen anything like it. Was like watching a moody kid in a school game