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

Didn't think as a 36 year old I'd be close to a heart attack but **** me.

We can pick the bones out of the performance at a later date.

If any man deserved a goal it was Ballard, immense all tie.

1 shot at glory and these lads don't know when they're done x

 

His post match interview on sky, mate. Frame it! Absolute gold. Bitterness on a whole new level.

 

On a 6 40 train in Newcastle and still not home. Found out the fellow hidden mackems on the coast metro line tonight.

 

Just watched there hahahah amazed we won tbf with them being just so much better then us hahahahaha

 

can't really complain about anything he said there, they played some good stuff and kept hold of the ball well...only thing he missed was that you have to use that to score goals and we simply sat and waited, bar some lousy final balls/choices we should have made the game far easier for us.

 

what a ending nerves were totally gone expected to lose on pens GTFI were going to Wembley

 

All the times Coventry have been a bogey team for us. Ages since we've beat them and they've rubbed it in. Well it was worth all the **** we've had to get a night like that. What makes it better? ....... we didn't really deserve it. But I couldn't give a Chinese sh*te.

 

Much of what he says is true. Just wanted to add something to it. Which of his tremendous Cov players would you pick off for the prem when we go up?

 

Them Coventry lot are a weird bunch mind. Make the mags seem pretty normal.

 

Id take Rudoni and Sakamoto.

 

same here

 

Bloody missed the game; but maybe that was lucky given how stressful that must have been.

How good is that; one match from Premiership football. I won't miss that final

Thanks for the nod Snaggey. All set to watch the highlights

 

Agreed. Sakamoto V Roberts tonight was like light v darkness. Grimes impressed me over the 2 but came close to a second yellow tonight.

 

Watch the sky sports highlights. For a team that battered us Coventry had very little

 

for taking Simms back to Everton of us(and why did he not play tonight?) and for 1977 finally payback time best end to a game at the SOL in it's 28 years.

 

The goal, mundlke shot, mayenda shot and hume volley are the 4 best chances of the game

 

Don't want to dampen the mood but needs to be said.

Don't want to see Roberts anywhere near the lineup at Wembley mind. Rigg was 10x more effective out of position than Roberts was all night (and season). Lost the ball so much, shooting was horrendous as per, gave away so many stupid fouls. Awful.

 

Love to here why the ref didn't book wright for an identical dive to Wilson like, there was a few calls like that and it really pissed me off.

But them young men are ****ing warriors and this trip next weekend is gona be something else

 

Rudoni...maybe, I'm sure plenty of teams will offer him a chance. Sakamoto not for me. He's at his level now...can't see him doing out impressive in the PL.

 

Balance of the team was so much better with Rigg and Mundle. While Roberts works hard defensively I think he needs to because opposition know he can’t kill then with pace and just needs shadowing until he runs out of space. Gives you more freedom to push up on him. Top marks to Rigg and Mundle for changing the momentum.