Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Coventry City – Play-off Semi Final 2nd leg Tuesday 13th May 2025 - KO 20:00

LD19SAFC · May 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM

Usually get to the ground just before KO but that’ll be a lot different on Tuesday. Want to be in my seat when the players come out to warm up

master-simpson · May 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM

Not able to go as I fly very early on Wednesday.
Think it’ll be a tight affair, that will end in a tense draw.
That’s good enough for Wembley, so good enough for me.

Enjoy your night everyone who’s going, it’ll be electric.

Bart

TonyG · May 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM

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Sunderland host Coventry in the second leg of the Championship play-off semi-final.
Last time out Sunderland beat Coventry 2-1.
Eliezer Mayenda scored an 88th-minute winner to give Sunderland a crucial advantage over Coventry City after Wilson Isidor had opened the scoring and Jack Rudoni headed in the equaliser.
Regis le Bris started with Dan Ballard replacing Chris Mepham in defence and played in a 442 formation but he could change things around at home with the view of having more possession.
Romaine Mundle could be available but might not be risked.

Coventry only have one goal to claw back at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday but a sellout crowd is expected after the performance they've put in. A testing atmosphere awaits the Sky Blues that's for sure.

Regis le Bris:
"It was a tough game, Coventry played really good football.
"We decided to play with two forwards, so we accepted their domination in midfield.
"We felt early in the second half they played different kinds of balls and it was now possible to escape the pressure and create the link with our strikers and it worked well.
"We'll have another tough game at home, so it's not done.
"It's really clear the mindset in the dressing room. No complacency. We know we'll have another tough game, another scenario, difficult opponent, so let's reset."
"It's just half-time. I think we showed today that we were in our plan. We were fresh, we were connected and had all of our players available.
"We knew it'd be tough because Coventry are good and the second leg will be tight."
Presser Monday 2pm:

Frank Lampard:
"It was a good performance. I don't need to dwell on the mistakes too much but the performance was good.
"We couldn't break the deadlock because they defended their box so well, but we did everything we could for large parts of the game without maybe that little end bit.
"It didn't happen and so we go again. The game may look different on Tuesday and it may feel different at their stadium whether they play the same way.
"But I'm proud of the players, we obviously didn't get the result we deserved and we didn't deserve to lose, but we can't drop our heads and understand there's loads to play for."

Form:
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Match Appointments
Referee: ANDREW MADLEY
Assistant referees: Nick Hopton and Craig Taylor
Fourth official: Tony Harrington

Team Lineups:
Sunderland AFC: (4-4-2) Patterson, Cirkin, O’Nien, Ballard, Hume, Neil, Jobe, Le Fee, Roberts, Isidor, Mayenda
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Subs: Moore, Hjelde, Mepham, Seelt, Rigg, Browne, Samed, Jones, Watson.
Injured: Danns, Abdullahi, Poveda, Huggins, Alese.

Coventry City: (4-2-3-1) Wilson, van Ewijk, Thomas, Kitching, Dasilva, Grimes, Sheaf, Sakamoto, Rudoni, Wright, Thomas-Asante.
Subs: Collins, Allen, Bidwell, Binks, Eccles, Latibeaudiere, Mason-Clarke, Paterson, Simms.
Injured: Dovin

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Betting Odds:
Sunderland 6/5 Coventry 21/10 Draw 12/5

My two pence:
A good away performance and an excellent result at Coventry.
I trust that Regis has them totally focused again and I do think that we can finish them off at the Sol.

I’m going to this one, so hopefully we play the way that we did in the opening games of the season, high press, quick passing and deadly finishing. Hope to see a few lads off here before the game

I’m going for a 2-1 home win.

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Eagerly awaited this post so thank you mate !

TonyG · May 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM

kirkyboy said: ↑

Cannot wait for this! I’m not sleeping. I was wide awake at 3.00am this morning thinking about the match and couldn’t get back to sleep!

just wanted to take this opportunity to thank RTB for his sterling efforts this season with all the match day threads. They really do help set the scene. You’re a credit to the board mate

I’ve been thinking a lot about the old man recently in the run up to the game and the stories he used to tell about Roker Park in the 50’s and 60’s - specifically stories about the Roker Roar. A lot of people have talked about it and over the years I’ve heard many commentators elude to it but it’s this one particular conversation I had with my Dad many many years ago about it which I’ve never forgot.

Actually it’s not such a story, more of his “explanation” as to what he believed was behind it and why it became famous. He would describe the types of supporters that would go to the match during that era - typically men, working class men who would usually have worked hard, manual jobs down the pit or in the ship yards. Jobs that they had worked for years and would probably work for many more and within that would lie a deep sense of anger, frustration……a sense of…not hopelessness, more an acceptance of that was going to be their lot in life and any opportunities to improve their lives would be few and far between…..and that anger and frustration would need to be vented. It would need an outlet…

Imagine then a match day, a packed Roker end filled with these men. All that pent up anger and frustration having been at work all week in those hard manual jobs……ready to be released!

The Roker Roar, as my dad described to me wasn’t the crowd singing songs, or chanting players names….it was literally a roar that would cause opposition teams to freeze. All that pent up anger and frustration I described being released in unison by thousands of supporters in a simulated, primal roar!!! I get goosebumps when I think about it and how I would love to see it return at the SOL.!!

Tuesday night may well be one of those special nights and I can’t stress enough how important the crowd will be to the team. Will we sing….yes of course! Will we sing the players names??? Absolutely! ……but will we ROAR!!!???? I bloody well hope so!
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Great post, the roar is still there mate believe me. I think we’ll hear it again on Tuesday

TonyG · May 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Rade Prica said: ↑

That’s on us mate. I sit in the east stand and not a lot goes on there. I will be turning it up, and I hope everyone does the same. We need to make this firing.
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I’ll join ya we are row upper tier row 37

Smug in Boots · May 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM

kirkyboy said: ↑

Cannot wait for this! I’m not sleeping. I was wide awake at 3.00am this morning thinking about the match and couldn’t get back to sleep!

just wanted to take this opportunity to thank RTB for his sterling efforts this season with all the match day threads. They really do help set the scene. You’re a credit to the board mate

I’ve been thinking a lot about the old man recently in the run up to the game and the stories he used to tell about Roker Park in the 50’s and 60’s - specifically stories about the Roker Roar. A lot of people have talked about it and over the years I’ve heard many commentators elude to it but it’s this one particular conversation I had with my Dad many many years ago about it which I’ve never forgot.

Actually it’s not such a story, more of his “explanation” as to what he believed was behind it and why it became famous. He would describe the types of supporters that would go to the match during that era - typically men, working class men who would usually have worked hard, manual jobs down the pit or in the ship yards. Jobs that they had worked for years and would probably work for many more and within that would lie a deep sense of anger, frustration……a sense of…not hopelessness, more an acceptance of that was going to be their lot in life and any opportunities to improve their lives would be few and far between…..and that anger and frustration would need to be vented. It would need an outlet…

Imagine then a match day, a packed Roker end filled with these men. All that pent up anger and frustration having been at work all week in those hard manual jobs……ready to be released!

The Roker Roar, as my dad described to me wasn’t the crowd singing songs, or chanting players names….it was literally a roar that would cause opposition teams to freeze. All that pent up anger and frustration I described being released in unison by thousands of supporters in a simulated, primal roar!!! I get goosebumps when I think about it and how I would love to see it return at the SOL.!!

Tuesday night may well be one of those special nights and I can’t stress enough how important the crowd will be to the team. Will we sing….yes of course! Will we sing the players names??? Absolutely! ……but will we ROAR!!!???? I bloody well hope so!
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Post of the season for me ...

... this club was built on the backs of decent people, let's recreate that roar on Tuesday.

monty987 · May 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM

away they are bad Coventry that should be in our favour i would start Watson instead of Mayenda(for resting purposes), bring Mundle on 2nd half, we need to be defending though again but get attacks in when possible will the red/white bags be under the seats again, need flags scarfs etc but no fireworks please or late buses.

Smug in Boots · May 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Blond Bombshell · May 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM

kirkyboy said: ↑

Cannot wait for this! I’m not sleeping. I was wide awake at 3.00am this morning thinking about the match and couldn’t get back to sleep!

just wanted to take this opportunity to thank RTB for his sterling efforts this season with all the match day threads. They really do help set the scene. You’re a credit to the board mate

I’ve been thinking a lot about the old man recently in the run up to the game and the stories he used to tell about Roker Park in the 50’s and 60’s - specifically stories about the Roker Roar. A lot of people have talked about it and over the years I’ve heard many commentators elude to it but it’s this one particular conversation I had with my Dad many many years ago about it which I’ve never forgot.

Actually it’s not such a story, more of his “explanation” as to what he believed was behind it and why it became famous. He would describe the types of supporters that would go to the match during that era - typically men, working class men who would usually have worked hard, manual jobs down the pit or in the ship yards. Jobs that they had worked for years and would probably work for many more and within that would lie a deep sense of anger, frustration……a sense of…not hopelessness, more an acceptance of that was going to be their lot in life and any opportunities to improve their lives would be few and far between…..and that anger and frustration would need to be vented. It would need an outlet…

Imagine then a match day, a packed Roker end filled with these men. All that pent up anger and frustration having been at work all week in those hard manual jobs……ready to be released!

The Roker Roar, as my dad described to me wasn’t the crowd singing songs, or chanting players names….it was literally a roar that would cause opposition teams to freeze. All that pent up anger and frustration I described being released in unison by thousands of supporters in a simulated, primal roar!!! I get goosebumps when I think about it and how I would love to see it return at the SOL.!!

Tuesday night may well be one of those special nights and I can’t stress enough how important the crowd will be to the team. Will we sing….yes of course! Will we sing the players names??? Absolutely! ……but will we ROAR!!!???? I bloody well hope so!
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Hhhaaa'wwwwaaaaayyyyyy the lads

Snaggey · May 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM

Smug in Boots said: ↑

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Brilliant that, love that lads videos and analysis.

Thanks for posting that Smug.

Essayyeffcee · May 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM

Smug in Boots said: ↑

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Aww man! Now I'm excited and nervous as hell at the same time! Tuesday can't come quick enough

marcusblackcat · May 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM

Jesus! Talking to “one of those” fans today! I **** you not

“Coventry were far better than us. Our first goal was offside too”

Jesus! Funnily, his wife, a Sunderland fan in the same place, was saying RLB got the tactics spot on, when he said it was rubbish and I pointed out that we had the 3 or 4 best chances of the match, he tried to say he was agreeing with me!

Smug in Boots · May 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM

Snaggey said: ↑

Brilliant that, love that lads videos and analysis.

Thanks for posting that Smug.
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I realise, after watching his posts, that I watch games in a totally different way, naively ...

... I suspect we all do tbh.

"I pictured a rainbow
You held it in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw the plan.
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon."

JimHeron92 · May 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM

4-0 mayenda all 4

Smug in Boots · May 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM

*Snowflakes ignore*

If there was a bare knuckle match between Lampard and Reg ...

... who would you back?

MadMackem77 · May 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM

Smug in Boots said: ↑

*Snowflakes ignore*

If there was a bare knuckle match between Lampard and Reg ...

... who would you back?
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Our Reggie isn’t the violent type he’s too calm for that

Smug in Boots · May 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM

MadMackem77 said: ↑

Our Reggie isn’t the violent type he’s too calm for that
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Seeing the pent up aggression, when we score, I'd be wary of taking him on tbh.

Smug in Boots · May 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM

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Essayyeffcee · May 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM

Monkey69 · May 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM

kirkyboy said: ↑

Cannot wait for this! I’m not sleeping. I was wide awake at 3.00am this morning thinking about the match and couldn’t get back to sleep!

just wanted to take this opportunity to thank RTB for his sterling efforts this season with all the match day threads. They really do help set the scene. You’re a credit to the board mate

I’ve been thinking a lot about the old man recently in the run up to the game and the stories he used to tell about Roker Park in the 50’s and 60’s - specifically stories about the Roker Roar. A lot of people have talked about it and over the years I’ve heard many commentators elude to it but it’s this one particular conversation I had with my Dad many many years ago about it which I’ve never forgot.

Actually it’s not such a story, more of his “explanation” as to what he believed was behind it and why it became famous. He would describe the types of supporters that would go to the match during that era - typically men, working class men who would usually have worked hard, manual jobs down the pit or in the ship yards. Jobs that they had worked for years and would probably work for many more and within that would lie a deep sense of anger, frustration……a sense of…not hopelessness, more an acceptance of that was going to be their lot in life and any opportunities to improve their lives would be few and far between…..and that anger and frustration would need to be vented. It would need an outlet…

Imagine then a match day, a packed Roker end filled with these men. All that pent up anger and frustration having been at work all week in those hard manual jobs……ready to be released!

The Roker Roar, as my dad described to me wasn’t the crowd singing songs, or chanting players names….it was literally a roar that would cause opposition teams to freeze. All that pent up anger and frustration I described being released in unison by thousands of supporters in a simulated, primal roar!!! I get goosebumps when I think about it and how I would love to see it return at the SOL.!!

Tuesday night may well be one of those special nights and I can’t stress enough how important the crowd will be to the team. Will we sing….yes of course! Will we sing the players names??? Absolutely! ……but will we ROAR!!!???? I bloody well hope so!
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Fantastic post mate and a fine description of the angst that must of been felt by the people of that time.You also could not be more right about how the crowd will influence this game. Our players will embrace it not sure Coventry players will!
HWTL

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