A day of emotion, its 5.15 in the morning and already I feel it. I have a feeling it will be a big crowd, like the Romans at the coliseum looking more at the technical area than the pitch at times. First emotion will come at 12.45 when I see Bruce arrive and go in, he has looked nervous for the last few games, unsure of the reception he will get so hurries in, today the nervous will be there for all to see. Next at 1 the players will start to arrive, they tend to look fine and give little away so lift the spirits. 2.10, in my seat with radio on and coffee in hand then I hear, its over to the SoL, we have team news, now that can be a killer, I hear Westwood, Bardsley, Oshea,Brown,Turner,Larsson,Sess, Bendtner, then the other 3 and its those 3 that lift me or depress me, what will it be today. The players come out for their warm up but I rarely see that, to busy talking to those around me, âWhat the **** is he doingâ, or, âWell I'm very happy with thatâ, debate follows with one chap who never fails to tell us how this is going to happen, I read it in The Sun, ffs is the group sigh. 2.55, the teams come out, we stand and applaud but all around you can see nervous faces and we break into a cheer that is more a release of tension. 45 minutes of heaven, hell or indifference later we stand, look at each other and prepare for the second half, we could be 4 up but would still fear the worst, we are after all Sunderland. Second half starts then 25 minutes in a substitution, usually followed with, what the ****. Full time and a final emotion, anger/joy/numbness, what will it be. Please, please, please, give us a little joy just this once.
I think we will win today but am now of the belief it is only delaying what is inevitable, SB out. I do not think we are far away from being a good side but we need someone with a bit more adventure and attack minded policies. Hope SB proves me wrong but statistics don't lie, win ratio is poor. Should be a minimum of 2 upfront today. SB, once again saying we should be aware of Wigan threat. No SB stop bigging other teams up, they are where they are cos they are w*nk. Give confidence to your own team. TELL them that we will win today, we are at home in front of our fans, ffs it should be easy enough, Stop worrying about other effing teams and concentrate on ours.
Hi Syd, make sure you've got that big bottle of whiskey handy you can drink it before the game to numb the pain or keep out the cold, either way I think you'll need it or you can leave it at home, waiting for you to celebrate or drown your sorrows Don't do what I have done and put it away untill we have won some silverware problem is, I've got a serious bottle of Malt that I've kept since 1978 and now I'm teetotal
With a win ratio of a pathetic 29% in his 2.5 years at Sunderland and with only 3 home wins all year, the chances of us actually winning today isn't that great to be honest but win we certainly must. No excuses. We should win comfortably of course as Wigan are the whipping boys of this seasons EPL but nothing is easy for SAFC these days. By 5pm tonight one of two things will emerge imo. Either Bruce will have kept the wolves (no pun intended) from the door for another week, or the calls for Martin o Neill will be deafening. Either way, I just get the feeling the pendulum has swung too far now for Bruce but only time will tell.
Here we go again, hours before kick off, no idea what the rsult will be but who cares, lets talk about the next manager even though we have one in place.
