3 at the back has served us well recently so today we go to a back 4 with no pressing. Its bizarre to say the least, big 45 minutes coming up
Be surprised if Gooch comes back out. He's not the only one who could get hooked tho. Winnie has been ****. We look like a side that has never met each other.
Its very hard to keep optimistic when we perform in a 1st half like that... Getting difficult to be enthusiastic... So much for clean sheets, although their 1st goal is down to the keeper.... 2nd?
Poor all over the pitch. We play ourselves into trouble a lot of the time and it puts us on the back foot. We have created nothing, and Stewart may as well not be playing as he has no chance with the support he receives. Hope Johnson has the balls to change this as it's now becoming apparent that we are not going up automatically, as we are having too many of these sort of games.
I think he's changed it to go at them in midfield - and they've gone direct which has left us screwed. First goal was a hoof! Massively wind affected and anyone blaming Johnson for that is simply looking to blame him. Keeper and Doyle could and should both have prevented that goal. Second goal where were or full backs? NOBODY anywhere in there. Tried to foul him and failed and left the entire defence wide open. Guy strolled through untracked and had all the time to put the ball away! Utterly awful. Again not sure how Johnson is to blame for that. Don't understand this "Everything bad is because of Johnson and everything good is despite him" utterly ridiculous to say that
Sleepwalking into the playoffs yet again, we need to get rid of Johnson asap. This squad should not be 2-0 down ffs
our season long fault of not stopping balls into the box, which could so easily have given them at least another goal...our biggest, most obvious problem in my opinion and just not been sorted, i honestly thought at one point it looked like we had been working on it but once again it comes back to hurt us. i recognised we had a problem with this in pre-season yet here we are almost down to the final run in and still doing it and that is where my problem with LJ begins.
Big second half. Been obvious for weeks. We are a weak team. If we get on the front foot we can mask that but when we are not at it we really struggle. Come on prove me wrong lads
While I understand the goals were not LJ's fault and not wanting to be negative (although completely pissed off with following Sunderland all these years) the away form is and continues to be shocking - some of that I would expect a manager to address
