Thought he was ****e when we played them earlier in the season. Dropping deeper and deeper to try and get on the ball
Wouldn't surprise me, their manager seemed to suggest they have at least one significant absentee ... ... Bannan being out would deflate them a bit imo.
Heard it could be Lowe and Otegbayo at centre half. Bannan out will deflate them like you say. Hopefully I’ll hear a lot of moans and groans in the stands tomorrow as I’ll be sat next to my mate in The Kop!
He has looked a little better recently and I am going for Roberts to repeat his heroics of the play offs and score the winner. I expect a big response from the lads after last weeks debacle and hopefully RLB has learned he needs to use his subs and not when its too late. I would be disappointed if we did not win although we have no right. Cheers for another tremendous write up RTB.
I like Wednesday. Always have. Great away day memories in the Super Kev era, I believe their last season in the PL. Great club and fans, decent side. We are better. We’ve reacted time and time again this season and we will again. An entertaining and hair pulling 2-1. Ha’waaaaaay
We should beat these tomorrow, they're not as good as us. But I think it depends on the starting XI. Drop Jobe and Rigg for me.
Thanks again RTB for a brilliant thread. Never ceases to amaze me the effort you put into these MDT. Back on the road for this one providing the stitches come out my knee OK tomorrow morning. Always a good ground to visit always good away support . I've predicted to.many wins lately which haven't happened so we will get trashed tomorrow night. Personally wouldn't drop jobe Rigg yes and get some extra pace up top mundle Wilson and mayenda make them worry about us for a change. Attack attack attack as @Nig usually says. Been having a few whiskys as we said goodbye to my SAFC loving friend today. Sleep well pal.
If Cirkin is out I wonder if RLB will go 3 at the back with onien on the left and Brown at defensive midfield with Neil. Can't see him dropping Bellingham or Rigg personally.
And the camera will pan to him n the exec box seats at least 5times, commentators, if we are winning, will be “it’d be so much different if he was fit!”
If it's the same rumour I heard, I've since found out that it's bollocks. He was apparently driving behind the person in question and was not involved.
Hull's Matazo becomes the third Hull player to suffer an ACL injury this season along with Liam Millar and Mohamed Belloumi, who are not expected to return until July at the earliest. It comes as another blow for head coach Ruben Selles after loanee Louie Barry returned to Aston Villa this week to undergo rehabilitation for a knee injury suffered in the 1-0 win at Sunderland last weekend.”
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/s...s-set-tough-conversations-sunderland-players/ REGIS Le Bris is ready for more "tough conversations" with his Sunderland players as he prepares to rotate in the weeks ahead to ensure the Black Cats don't run out of steam in the promotion run-in.… That means he won't be afraid to tweak his side in the final 12 games of the season. "Our main output will always be on the football output, rather than physical data or anything like that," he said. "It's the stage of the season where this is important. We have done well so far, and we have to remember this. "The team and the squad are in a good place, but it is possible we can struggle for a period. We were good at Leeds, I think - it wasn't our best performance against Hull but at the same time it wasn't a disaster. We could have won the game but sometimes you can make a mistake and be punished - maybe in the next game it doesn't happen this way. “It's important to manage the squad for sure, to finish the league with good momentum. We have had many injuries, sometimes suspensions, so it wasn't always possible [to rotate]. Now we have this opportunity a bit more because we are closer to a full squad. We will see. "In a long season like this, this stage is like 'the wall' in the marathon and it is tough for everyone. We have to manage it properly and we know it's normal to have fatigue, but at the same time it creates the condition to manage the squad and to involve the players in the recovery process." What Le Bris won't accept is fatigue being used as an excuse. He said: "If we have the ambition to be in the top bracket of the league, we can't complain that we are tired and say we can't play well as a result. If we want to play at the top level, Premier League, European competition then there are many games to play. We have to learn and experience this dynamic. "We have these two focuses, I think. We want to take care of the team but we also want take care of our players - it's always connected. If we only think about the [short-term] performance of the team, the players will not trust us. It's always a question of balance. “If we just make decisions for the team that damage the career of the players, we won't be connected for long. We have to find the balance. We are really connected because when we have to have tough conversations, we do this. "So for example, we had the conversation about Meps a couple of weeks ago. It was really important for him to recover because his dynamic was a little bit low, even for a player as important and impressive as him he needed to recover. Now he's fresh again - sometimes the players don't like this conversation but they understand it is good for both them and the team."
Interested to see how we line up if these whispers about no cirkin are true, onien left back and seelt straight in? edit forgot hjelde exists id just play him left back and leave Mepham and onien less disruption that way
