With Martin at RB though, you can bring Whittaker on and move Martin centrally, you can't do that with Martin already a CB. Really hope we see Wes today in a 4-3-3/4-5-1 I feel we miss his spark in the middle.
Sorry I wasn't clear - if we have all three CBs in a 3-5-2, yes we won't have cover on the bench so if a CB gets injured, we will bring on Whittaker and change to a flat back four. Which is no different from your change, it just means the formation is tweaked.
Obvious thing to say, but I'm going to say it anyway. Vital game. Not just because of CH's future, but because a victory would drag Hull down into the scrap alongside us. If we won, both Hull and ourselves would probably have five points to spare over the relegation zone, although it could be as little as three depending on other results. Always worried about players making their debuts, though. Keen to impress and really going the distance. Come on you yellows!
Got a feeling that we're going to win today, probably 2-0. You should put money on it because I'm not going today
I feel bad that it has reached the point where I am looking at which other teams will lose today to keep us out of the relegation zone rather than looking at how we can rise up the table with a victory. Anyone got any reasons for optimism?
4-4-2... Ruddy; Martin, R Bennett, Bassong (c), Olsson; Snodgrass, Fer, Johnson, Gutierrez; van Wolfswinkel, Hooper. Bench: Bunn (GK), Whittaker, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Becchio, Redmond, Tettey. No Elmander anywhere? I'll wait and see the Hull formation, but if they've got an extra midfielder, I think we're in for a long afternoon. Edit: Here we go... McGregor, Rosenior, Bruce, Chester, Davies, Huddlestone, Koren, Livermore, Jelavic, Sagbo, Elmohamady. Subs: Harper, Figueroa, Meyler, Fryatt, Boyd, Faye, Quinn No Long! Sagbo and Jelavic up top, but I'm not sure how the rest of their side lines up, I think they've got more central midfielders on than us? Is it a 3-5-2?
Well if RvW and Hooper can't work well together against Hull, I fear that partnership might not be as good as we hope. I think 4-4-2 is naive, but perhaps Pilks wasn't fit enough to act as the support player in a 4-5-1. Lots of effort there, but Snodgrass is the only creative outlet.
Why doesn't this ever happen to us? Sunderland have just equalised against Southampton (2-2) when the statistics were showing 3 shots on target versus 17!
I think 3 (Bruce, Davies, Chester) are all CB's though? Rosenior is a RB. Elmohamady is the only wide player, Livermore, Huddlestone and Koren all play through the middle I think? 3-5-2 would beRosenior and Elmohamady as wingbacks, Livermore alongside Huddlestone, and Koren behind the front two? 4-4-2 means a CB playing at LB, and presumably Koren taking up a wide midfield role.
Unbelievably Sunderland have come back from 0-2 down and look like they may well get a winner, bad news for us
