People won't put up with that for long thats for sure. It came as no surprise, we've been poor for a while now, some of the suckers on here need a reality check.
True, but we were expecting better the starting line up left a lot to be desired, and the tone was set from the off, the team that ended the game was better than that that started, but still not the best eleven we could have fielded imo.
Thank **** we got it together in the second, still massive room for improvement but more like it. Dobson and McGeough were good I thought, never seen Mac have a good game but now I have.
Roker Report - Ratings Jon McLaughlin - 4/10 Poor performance. Sold himself easily for the opener, made more basic errors and was bailed out by the referee after getting pinned on his line for a soft disallowed goal. Conor McLaughlin - 6/10 At fault for Oxford’s opener, played fairly well outside of that costly error. Jordan Willis - 5/10 Atrocious in the second half, probably Oxford’s best player. Shame as Willis had looked reasonably assured in the first half. Tom Flanagan - 5/10 Looked sharp early on, but Oxford’s goal seemed to bring out all his worst traits. We saw the return of the baffling defensive decision-making and ridiculous overly ambitious passes we came to loathe last season. Lynden Gooch - 6/10 Nerveless to bring Sunderland level from the spot, outside of his devastating penalty and crafty run to draw the foul, Gooch was quiet looking unsure of himself as an out and out wing back. George Dobson - 5/10 It took Dobson three tries but finally one of his dumb, blind hospital back-passes resulted in an Oxford goal. Tried too hard to impress and made several basic errors. Dylan McGeouch - 8/10 Sunderland’s most consistently effective footballer by a distance. Snuffed out counter attacks with ease and played smart progressive passes consistently. Denver Hume - 5/10 Hume wasn’t a total disaster. Maybe one of his ten-plus crosses was actually good and he did play a few smart slide rule passes to Embleton. But for the most part this was a horror show from the youngster. I can’t imagine there was a worse display of decision-making across the EFL today. Elliot Embleton - 5/10 Too lightweight and nowhere near effective enough as Sunderland’s main creator. Will Grigg - 5/10 Like Flanagan, Grigg started well, but then started displaying all his worst traits after facing adversity. The Northern Ireland international just didn’t compete with anywhere near enough intensity or aggression. Marc McNulty - 7/10 Looked sharp on the few occasions Sunderland were able to progress the ball to him, had the team’s only reasonable effort in a toothless first half, looks more at ease dropping into midfield and linking play than our other options up front. (SUB) Duncan Watmore - 6/10 Would have been Sunderland’s best player if he’d brought his first touch onto the pitch with him. Even without it, he made his presence felt winning free kicks and creating dangerous situations. (SUB) Aiden McGeady - 6/10 Wasn’t able to take over the game as you’d hope, did play one incisive through ball in limited minutes. (SUB) Chris Maguire - 6/10 Was a real nuisance to the Oxford defence in a late cameo role. Man of the Match: Dylan McGeouch
Disaster averted, but Ross must do better than this though, the first half was dreadful, no co-ordination, players looked lost, and baffled by the system they were supposed to be playing, it makes you wonder if the training systems are adequate. Even so their were a few positives and plenty of time to sort out the glitches before the next game. OaU.
Who is the number 4 ? worst SAFC defender in history, along with Flanagan the jock is trying to take us to league 2, he will not start our 2 best players, then the clowns out there are crap, Grigg is without doubt the worst striker we have EVER had he got slagged off like hell in the stand behind me bring danny graham back then, he cannot do out, our defence was all ower the shop and yet another first half goal conceded, Oxford just got stuck in and should have won we are finished if we do not get investment into this club. And was Mcnulty playing ?
