Winter transfer window

Over playing can lead to much worse injuries than a couple of weeks out, especially when he’s still physically developing. I really don’t get the not resting him bit.

 

We have quality on the ball
Clarke
Roberts
Prichard
There is a few others showing potential
However it’s work rate fight and desire that will get us moving on
Show some heart and comitment fight and the skill they have push on and close down
Play high tempo football and then we might get some where

 

I think the fact that he's injury prone is a big factor here.

 

I don’t think any worse than we have injury prone

 

Any player over 25 does not fit in with the model

 

I honestly believe the model will change this week.

 

In terms of going towards more experience?

 

Can you enlighten us Bob? You don’t just make statements like that without context. Well you normally do aye, but in general

 

It’s a massive week ahead. Feel we’re desperate for a lift before our next fixture.

 

It depends if he turns up.

Adil has a bigger ceiling but he can't reach it when he's not playing.

 

More info needed, c'mon man tell us all

 

If that means signing experience we've done that before with Batth etc so not a change maybe, more of a flex.
I'd imagine they'd go against their preferred youthful route as a last throw of the dice before they admit they've made a horrendous head coach appointment.

 

I believe the implosion started after the Boro game. Since then we've deployed a more slower, cautious approach and reacted in a similar way as we did under Poyet, when we got humped at Southampton. The free flowing, full high press has all but stopped. With Roberts out, it's turned into 'give it to Clarke' like we did with McGeady. Opposition knows that if Clarke doesn't score or create, neither does Sunderland.

The team looks imbalanced. Personally, if we can get a centre forward in, I would go back to 2 up top, like we did successfully with Simms and Stewart, particularly if we can get an experienced CDM in too. Our current shape is all wrong and too easy to defend against.

 

We pressed Hull on Friday.

 

Yes i noticed this, does look well on a manager/coach to have a player dig back as if we dont have clue what you want

 

Believe or know?

 

Roberts has been a waste of a shirt this season in a straight 3, he might be better in a front 2 where he would face competition, you don't always have to play wingers hugging the touch lines to utilise the width of the pitch.

 

We did not.
Clueless observation that like.

 

Hull must be the masters of counteracting the high press then mate, because they passed through us with ease far too often

 

We did like. It went a bit messy but we did first half and apart from the goal they barely got out of their half for that reason. We just have an aversion to going right.