Interesting this. I thought he was speaking quite well if not really saying any profound. But some of the players look disengaged and bored out of their minds.
Probably wanting to get home, or wherever. Not sure if that type of speech is needed. Fantastic performance, we will chat about it on Monday, have a great break, maybe its just me
Totally artificial situation with the cameras in the dressing room though. He’ll have felt obliged to say something for them. If you put a camera in any work place where you wouldn’t normally have one, everyone acts differently.
Well he shouldnt have felt obliged, no need to do anything different, if that was different to his normal aftermatch speech. FFS where is our new headcoach?
Made me smile for the first time today, been up since 04:30 (normal) but in a ****ing **** mood, may have to kill one of the dogs if it irritates me one more time!
Been looking on RTG and the amount of people saying we shouldn’t be playing possession based football at SAFC baffles me. It’s became the new normal and there’s a load of people moaning about the fact we won’t just get it straight up the pitch. I personally don’t think we should be stuck playing a certain way because we are SAFC also Mowbray’s style was very possession based but with a bit more attacking emphasis and that was only a couple years ago so not sure how that’s the definitive way Sunderland should play. I dunno just think a lot of people are writing off this style even though it’s becoming the preferred style of a lot of teams these days
A lot of fans are still pining for the football we played under Reid, that’s why. Even in the ground you hear moans and groans when a pass is made backwards and sideways.
As ever, much of the debate on things from politics to football essentially boil down to ‘things were better when I was young’
What’s the craic? OTR are saying OTR (here) have been talking about zee Germans. I’m eating a cooked breakfast and trying to regain my cognitive abilities following a late night so a quick and simple situation assessment would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Not sure it was. We only held significantly better possession stats in 8 games. Might just be my memory but I remember being frustrated with lots of passing it about at the back and then lumping the ball forward hoping for the best. We used to do that hoping Stewart would latch on which he would often do (making a bad ball look good) and then we continued to do it after he got injured. We looked much better getting it out wide quickly and then overloading the final third with players. Unfortunately I don't think our fans tolerate possession football and scream for the ball to be played forward quickly so I'm hoping if we do end up playing possession based we get some good early results to get fans of backs
I think there's an element of 'Football Manager' creeping in whereby people are transferring their 'skills' into real life. There can't just be A Style, set in stone, because you have to play against visiting teams that may come to park the bus or press high. Then you have to go away and adapt to the opposition ... some teams are PL, some L1 in their styles and ability ... you have to play differently if you're winning/losing/drawing ... you sometimes have to change style to cope with the loss of players to suspension/injury/sale or when a tactic/player has 'been sussed' and the opposition 'double up' or whatever. That's why I'd like a manager who can think on his feet and not just carry on regardless ... ... otherwise the choice of manager is obvious please log in to view this image
Yes mine got me up at 6.30 this morning. Bit earlier than normal. Wouldn't be without them though. Worth the early rises.
I’ve been reading some of the comments over there and I’ve never seen so many wailing fannies in all my life. One poster said the majority of fans don’t want possession football, have they done a poll of all Sunderland fans? There’s not a chance LR or anyone will be given a chance by them and there will be threads once we lose a game or 2 wanting them to be sacked. It’s embarrassing and toxic as it’s ever been on RTG. Some have completely lost their heads.
I have chilled now, but the greedy cow (thats one of the dogs) that starts whinging just after 4 doesnt get me off to a good start
That's a horrible image while I'm having my porridge mate ... ... seriously though, those who post the most are actually killing the forum. Some are posting every five minutes but never actually saying anything. The only people signing up are similar types and just clogging the place up.
