Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v RCD Mallorca - Friendly - Saturday 29th July - KO 15:00

100% this, the result doesnt matter its about getting minutes in the legs against a good sode

 

It's a friendly not a league game. Subs for fitness and precaution not for tactics.

 

Looks to me like he has a 50% duty cycle.

 

O'Nien missed a few days training as well for being ill after America didn't he?

The players coming off / on / starting will have been influenced by data as well. O'Nien will need more minutes than Ballard or Batth

 

I wonder if certain players have been allocated to play in certain matches so that they all get roughly the same amount of minutes in the legs ready for Ipswich

 

Clever subs by TM, protecting your only real CF, easing Ballard in gently and looking after a 17 year old...what's not to like.

 

Don't forget Batth had that knee injury at the end of last season, so probably needs a bit of nursing back

 

Yep - Mowbray had originally said he'd expected something similar to our approach in USA... with different players playing the 90 in this match and on Hartlepool.

 

If you play to win games in pre season you’d end up with some players playing every minute and some hardly getting a game.

 

Can see Batth playing alongside the Amber Nectar at Pools with either Ballard or O'Nien coming in as sub

 

Exactly if we lose this game 4-1 now and have no injuries it will have been a brilliant workout. For us and the ticket system

 

Huggins, Jewi and lihadji on for cirkin, Clarke and Roberts

 

perfect subs that. Love it when he does exactly what I'd have done

 

Just admit it - you got in the phone to TM and told him who to put on!

 

You can kinda see the imbalance in our side though, that Neil and Ekwah would ideally come off for a rest and there's no obvious players to fill their roles on the bench. Unless Rigg goes into one those roles

 

You'd think TM knew what he was doing.

 

only been managing like 20 years

 

Jewi looks like he's beefed up a bit over the summer.

Lovely from Rigg there

 

I had to google that phrase, mate and I'm still not 100%. I'm just seeing posts about air compressors.

I'm gonna assume you're saying he's a bit off and on. Maybe, but when he's on it's easy for him and he's brilliant. One of the first names on the team sheet for me.