http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/premier-league-sunderlands-luck-may-already-have-run-out This was my worry the moment the fixture list came out! It seems even more apt after the Fulham game! If we had a reasonable fair fixture list, I'd have been more confident despite the loss on Saturday! Now, my anxieties have returned.....after just one game.....MENTAL!!!
One game mate... we bossed it but we're beaten by a stout defence and a badly defended goal. We may be better hitting the opposition on the break v the bigger teams.
Ok. So the home run is bad, but we have Crystal Palace and Southampton away. Minimum of 4 points required for me. What are the next few away games like? x
Cant see us getting anything at Southampton! A lot more difficult game than it would have been last season! I honestly think the team is potentially good enough to stop up comfortably (with a half dozen games to go, maybe). But the fixture list is capable of taken about 10-15 points off our season total! An amount that could see us around that relegation zone....again!
Do see any reason why we carnt pick up points at home tbh,yes it's a tricky run but I'm still confident we can have a good season,we bossed Fulham when was the last time we bossed a game?we moved the ball well and all that was missing was the result . I feel a lot worse if the performance was bad but we scrapped a1-0 or 1-1 ktf
We've played one game, no need to panic just yet. Wouldn't look too much into fixture lists & get all analytical thinking about other teams & stats and all that ****. We've got half a new team out there & none of us really know what their capable of least of all these football "experts" in the tabloids & on the news. Most of them will be chomping at the bit to twist the knife whatever chance they can get. We needed a revolution, we've got one, time to sit back & watch it unfold & let fate take it's course.
I've said I expected a slow start to the season but once the players gel we get Fletch back in and a CM with Cabral we will be more than OK. ffs we have played one game and some people are doom and gloom already. I'm relaxed about the situation. Lets stay positive and more importantly give our backing to our team. If we are adrift at Xmas then kick off. Even if the worst did happen what I saw on Saturday was better than anything I watched last season.
