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Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Luton Town – Saturday 18th March 2023 - KO 15:00

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Mar 16, 2023.

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Your prediction:

Poll closed Mar 18, 2023.
  1. Home win

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  2. Away win

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  3. Draw

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  1. Daz

    Daz Well-Known Member

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    Thought he had a cracking game again
     
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  2. Robref62

    Robref62 Well-Known Member

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    1-1 draw. Pleased with that.This season has been a good one for me so it would be disappointing if we just let the season grind away. Let's just go for it, we've been left short so what's to lose?
     
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  3. Daz

    Daz Well-Known Member

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    Set pieces are so bloody annoying, hoy it in the box where we have no height. Better of playing them short and trying a shot from the edge of the box.
     
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  4. Daz

    Daz Well-Known Member

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    Have to say mind, I’ve not seen Luton at all this season but that’s one of the worst teams I’ve seen here. They were awful.
     
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  5. Sunderpitt

    Sunderpitt Well-Known Member

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    The problem often with well laid plans, they seem great, then you meet the enemy, plans become useless!
     
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  6. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Sadly most of the top half have looked ordinary and can't match the kind of football we're capable of.

    Luton, Millwall, Blackburn, etc, are all L1 style lumpy shytehousing teams who'd be annihilated in the PL.

    With Evans, Stewart, Huggins, Alese, Cirkin, etc, available plus a few summer signings we'd be capable of a top two finish next season ... If Southampton, Bournemouth and Forest came down I'd be quite confident.
     
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  7. Sunderpitt

    Sunderpitt Well-Known Member

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    Ballard made MoM by Roker Report and Echo... I probably agree with that.
     
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  8. FellTop

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    Odd game that. Both teams seemed off the pace. I have seen Luton a couple of times and they are better than that, as we are.

    I am not going to moan about it though. These young lads dont give up that is for sure. We nearly always score and did again today. Too many years recently we wouldnt have got the point. Today we did and a few more lessons learned I suspect. A few more games left to enjoy, because all in all this has been the most enjoyable season in a long long time for me. I am going to enjoy watching Amad for a few more games, I would like Pritch to play a bit and we get to say thanks to him, I am going to watch and see where these young lads from foreign shores might be next season. I dont see the season fizzling out personally and I suspect we have another one or two of those wonderful team goals in us.
     
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  9. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    I think not having an outlet doesn’t help though, how many times do we have the ball around the box and there’s just nothing? We break with 3/4 players running at a few defenders and it never comes to anything. We’ve looked toothless for over a month now.
     
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  10. vinkel

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    After Burnley it's a decent run in.
     
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  11. TopClub

    TopClub Well-Known Member

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    I was very pleased wirh Ekwah today, much better performance, well sharp and good positioning, would be good to see him start a match.
     
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  12. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Beating them could make it a great run in.
     
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  13. Essayyeffcee

    Essayyeffcee Well-Known Member

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    I thought he looked more comfortable and confident today
     
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  14. monty987

    monty987 Well-Known Member

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    Millwall lose and we draw 7 point gap now Alex neil come back !
     
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  15. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    <laugh>
     
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  16. Paperback Ruiter

    Paperback Ruiter Well-Known Member

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    His presence alone helped break up play.

    I'd like to see him in the sitting role behind Neil and Michut
     
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  17. Snaggey

    Snaggey Well-Known Member

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    That's the spirit Monty....
     
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  18. Prehab26

    Prehab26 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah he did. Loads better.

    09 was class today for me. MOTM.
     
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  19. WorkyTicketFTM

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    My only worry for next season is us not utilising the loan market to its full potential because we want to develop our own players. Obviously you want the players who take you up to be your own but realistically look at someone like Burnley. 5 loans in every matchday squad from City, Chelsea, Monchengladback, Southampton.. Having a few players with Diallos quality would be massive.
     
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  20. young2077

    young2077 Well-Known Member

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    Alex Neil please come back and stop playing our young lads. We will play ****e lump ball!
     
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