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Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Swansea City FC – Saturday 12th April 2025 - KO 15:00

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Apr 9, 2025.

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Your Prediction:

  1. Home win

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  2. Away win

    6.5%
  3. Draw

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  1. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Yes you were wrong, it's just your opinion.

    They're stronger than Oxford, stronger than Millwall and stronger than Plymouth but lost to all three.

    At the moment they're not playing well so their previous points total doesn't mean a lot.

    When the pressure came onto them they've become weaker and there's no pressure like the playoffs.
     
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    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Sunderland facing potential EFL fine after West Brom game - according to ex-PGMOL referee

    So Sunderland could expect to be sanctioned after coming out slightly late at West Brom ...

    ... I wonder what Hackett has had to say about Chris Wilder starting a mass brawl at Plymouth <laugh>


    Sheffield United and Plymouth players brawl in tunnel after Chris Wilder loses his cool

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  3. Teessidemackem

    Teessidemackem Well-Known Member

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    Must just be then mate, im not saying my opinion is right just saying what i see. Jobe i agree is massive for us, infact we're too reliant on him especially being such a young lad
     
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  4. Daz

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    The most punchable person in football.
     
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  5. Southern A

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    Everyone talks about momentum, and of course it’s important. But currently we are above Sheff Utd, Coventry, and West Brom, and level with Boro, in the 5 game form table. If momentum is bad for us it’s bad for them as well.

    I know that it’s the form rather than the result that’s the problem, but the playoffs aren’t decided on form, they’re decided on results

    We have as good a chance as any. We’re not favourites necessarily but we don’t need to be
     
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  6. MadMackem77

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    The main gripe from fans is ‘if we play like that we won’t win the play offs’

    we won’t. A few of that team yesterday won’t start where they did, we’ll have players back, players fresh and have our near strongest 11.

    these games mean nothing we all know that
     
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  7. Southern A

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    agree. Now of course we MIGHT play like that in the playoffs. And if we do there should be questions asked. But those questions should be asked then, not now.
     
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  8. Smug in Boots

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    I'm sure everyone knows that ...

    ... but some will never pass up the chance for yet another dig at the club.

    It's so engrained in some people I don't think they know how they come across ... it's abysmal.

    Imagine being sat between two of them at Wembley,

    "I don't like the way we're warming up, not stretching the hamstrings enough." <doh>
     
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  9. Essayyeffcee

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    I would say that some don't realise that
     
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  10. TonyG

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    Aye we are going down on Friday fingers crossed
     
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    A few of that team yesterday may not even make the bench if we get everyone back that RLB mentioned the other day.
     
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  12. Teessidemackem

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    We do mate but the key word here is 'momentum". We cant go into the playoffs playing at this level and expect to win.
     
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  13. Smug in Boots

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    RLB would be daft to play these upcoming games in the way he'll play when it matters ...

    ... why give the entire game away by making the starting eleven, tactics and approach totally obvious.

    We have players like Enzo, Mayenda, Jobe, Rigg, Isidor, etc who can do things no one is expecting <laugh>


     
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  14. MadMackem77

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    Momentum is good. But it doesn’t win you the playoffs mate

    Southampton won 4 of their last 10 last season and went off

    had only won one and lost 3 in the last 4 games of the season
     
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  15. Teessidemackem

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    Ive not digged that deep mate, i just cant help but think we should make a statement now going into the playoffs to give us all a big boost players/fans etc and also make anyone else that makes it know that we will be a big force.
    Getting outplayed from teams like Swansea and Norwich a few weeks before potentially winning the playoffs, getting back in thr Ptem and gaining a 100m windfall doesnt sit right with me at all, and its causing me major concern
     
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  16. Southern A

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    our momentum is currently better than 2 of the other 3 teams in the playoff positions, as well as the team in 7th and the same as the team in 8th
     
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  17. Smug in Boots

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    And those teams are absolutely desperate to win ...

    ... Sheff Utd are on minus-momentum <laugh>
     
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  18. Teessidemackem

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    Im speaking about our last 2 performances which have been absolutely shocking
     
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  19. Southern A

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    indeed. The point is nobody is in good form and we’re the only ones that didn’t need to be
     
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  20. Teessidemackem

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    I love your optimism mate, i really wish i had that same outlook in life. Im nervous because this is a huge opportunity for us, this is the closest weve been to getting back in the big time now for years. Even more than when we played Luton in the final imo.
     
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