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Match Day Thread Norwich City FC v Sunderland AFC – Tuesday 8th April 2025 - KO 19:45

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Apr 6, 2025.

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Your Prediction:

Poll closed Apr 8, 2025.
  1. Home win

    7.9%
  2. Away win (safc)

    73.0%
  3. Draw

    19.0%
  1. Frazier the Lion

    Frazier the Lion Well-Known Member

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    Yeah. Probably a bit of a reaction to tired legs and unavailable players though
     
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  2. Southern A

    Southern A Well-Known Member

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    Regis making our team organised is why we’re in the playoffs and not midtable. And if you can’t see that I can’t help YOU
     
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  3. Frazier the Lion

    Frazier the Lion Well-Known Member

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    If we get a nil nil in the first leg of the playoffs we'll be looking fairly decent
     
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  4. SourPatch2

    SourPatch2 Well-Known Member

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    The sooner we can get a midfield 3 of Neil, Jobe and ELF the better. Would go with Browne at right back for the foreseeable also.
     
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  5. samwise_new

    samwise_new Well-Known Member

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    cheers again RTB...

    so, RLB keeping his powder dry eg, all but guaranteed the play-offs and it makes no odds who the other 3 are it will be the usual lottery.

    totally disjointed and slow but that is 3 clean sheets in a row with 2 wins and the draw so something is working.

    can't pick a single player for MotM.

    ref was ok i guess, can't remember him getting much wrong or 'helping' one side or the other.
     
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  6. MadMackem77

    MadMackem77 Well-Known Member

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    Playing poor does not equal not trying to win by the way
     
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  7. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    They play Boro next which will be a 0-0 draw and let Bristol City in.
     
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  8. Hudson92

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    Que sara sara….
     
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  9. Southern A

    Southern A Well-Known Member

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    ELF looked unreal in that role when he came on. That midfield 3, if Neil refines his mojo, is so exciting
     
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  10. Frazier the Lion

    Frazier the Lion Well-Known Member

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    Anywhere but midfield for Browney. Can't wait for DC to get back though!
     
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  11. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    Their fans have made it their whole identity to mock Leeds for falling apart last week.. I bet they feel like right wazzicks now ffs at least wait until there’s a bit of a gap :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  12. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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  13. Flash Gordon

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    Not our best performance but we ended it brightly and we've just taken 7 points from 3 top half teams without conceding a goal or looking in any real danger. We're guaranteed playoffs with 5 games to go which is a tremendous effort. We have our best player to come back into that team... And Le Feè is just getting his fitness back.
     
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  14. Frazier the Lion

    Frazier the Lion Well-Known Member

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    Another good performance from Mayenda too. Think he's got the start wide left for now. Watson kinda perked up late on in his appearance, which is useful too
     
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  15. SourPatch2

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    Can't believe there isn't more criticism for Browne and the signing of him. A highly experienced Championship central midfielder who's best games have been at right back because he's dropping 2/10 performances in his normal position, where he looks worse than a 19 y/o, a 17 y/o and now a 20 y/o.
     
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  16. LD19SAFC

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    Another solid game for Patterson. Pleased for him
     
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  17. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    And a month before the end of the season ...

    ... that's quite an achievement for a bunch of kids and a rookie manager.

    What a season this has turned out to be :emoticon-0103-cool:
     
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  18. CR17

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    Great work from everyone to secure playoffs. That said. We need to start showing some intensity in our performances in the final 5 games. We looked awful until those changes were made.

    Need a confidence boost for the playoffs. Enzo le fee is the game changer. He makes us 5x better when he’s on the pitch.

    Also Mayenda LW for Watson.

    It’s clear to see how crucial it is for us to have a creative 10 in the side. Le fee is my main confidence of us winning the playoffs
     
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  19. Southern A

    Southern A Well-Known Member

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    definitely looking trimmer as well. He’s definitely got a good future
     
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  20. MadMackem77

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    Think in the transfer window if we don’t go up we need to buy a creative midfielder. We haven’t got enough assists from midfield this season for me

    le fee shows what we miss, he looked for multiple through balls in 20 minutes, how many before that
     
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