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

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FTM Dave said:
I've never got this thing that a team that plays pretty well for long periods of a game, then makes stupid defensive mistakes and loses ... somehow didn't deserve to lose. Yes they did.

I have a mate who is a Derby fan. He's told me that during their infamous 11-point season they weren't total ****e and getting hammered 5-0 every week. During home games they took the initiative for long, long periods ... and then made daft defensive mistakes and ended up losing.

Coventry could have drawn the first leg - but then cry baby defender made an idiotic back pass you wouldn’t see in the Northern League.

Coventry could have won the second leg - but they couldn't defend a corner with just two seconds to go, the daft match-fixing gets.

**** them.

If Lampard was a half-decent manager he should be putting his arm around his players but also pointing out that we can defend and his bunch of cheats can't.

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Lampard is a reasonable coach, and has done canny this season, though he did have a good squad to work with.

But, over two legs, his team was predictable. Almost all the crosses, nearly eighty of them over two games, coming from too deep and after too much dithering. Meat and drink to good defenders, and we have those.

From memory, their right back got to the line twice and delivered two great crosses, getting our defenders facing our own keeper. No defender likes that. Goals came from both of them.

Mr Lampard might want to consider that bare fact before indulging in any more self pity and self justification.
 
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Dan Neil hails importance of Chris Mepham

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https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/25166220.dan-neil-hails-sunderland-importance-chris-mepham/

DAN Neil has hailed Chris Mepham as Sunderland's unsung hero and says the Bournemouth loanee deserves immense credit for his hugely important role on and off the pitch this season - and how he reacted to losing his place (to Ballard) in the team for the play-offs....

"For me, Dan Ballard, when he's fit, is one of if not the best centre-half in this league," said Neil. "He's strong, quick, powerful, he organises, he's good on the ball. He's an outstanding centre-back, we've seen that over the last two legs.
"But I have to give big credit to Chris Mepham as well. He's been outstanding this season on and off the pitch. Off the pitch he's brought the squad together like you wouldn't believe. Not many people would know that and it's obviously gut-wrenching for him to be taken out in such big games but he's handled it so well.

"He's stuck by the lads, he's given us all his advice because he's played in games like this. We've said this in the changing room a lot, it's not just about the starting XI, it's about the subs, the lads not in the squad, the staff, everyone plays a huge part. Chris Mepham is the biggest example of that."

Mepham's future is unclear as he nears the end of his season-long loan with Sunderland. His Bournemouth contract is due to expire this summer but the Cherries are thought to have the option of extending the deal by 12 months. Regardless of what happens moving forward, Neil says Mepham has played a starring role this season, on the pitch and in the dressing room.

"He's just an unbelievable character," said the midfielder. "He's funny, he gets on with everyone, he does quiz nights on away games, he plays card games. It's little things like that but you don't realise how much that brings the lads together. Since he's come in he's been outstanding on and off the pitch."
 
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Robertson said:
Dan Neil hails importance of Chris Mepham

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https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/25166220.dan-neil-hails-sunderland-importance-chris-mepham/

DAN Neil has hailed Chris Mepham as Sunderland's unsung hero and says the Bournemouth loanee deserves immense credit for his hugely important role on and off the pitch this season - and how he reacted to losing his place (to Ballard) in the team for the play-offs....

"For me, Dan Ballard, when he's fit, is one of if not the best centre-half in this league," said Neil. "He's strong, quick, powerful, he organises, he's good on the ball. He's an outstanding centre-back, we've seen that over the last two legs.
"But I have to give big credit to Chris Mepham as well. He's been outstanding this season on and off the pitch. Off the pitch he's brought the squad together like you wouldn't believe. Not many people would know that and it's obviously gut-wrenching for him to be taken out in such big games but he's handled it so well.

"He's stuck by the lads, he's given us all his advice because he's played in games like this. We've said this in the changing room a lot, it's not just about the starting XI, it's about the subs, the lads not in the squad, the staff, everyone plays a huge part. Chris Mepham is the biggest example of that."

Mepham's future is unclear as he nears the end of his season-long loan with Sunderland. His Bournemouth contract is due to expire this summer but the Cherries are thought to have the option of extending the deal by 12 months. Regardless of what happens moving forward, Neil says Mepham has played a starring role this season, on the pitch and in the dressing room.

"He's just an unbelievable character," said the midfielder. "He's funny, he gets on with everyone, he does quiz nights on away games, he plays card games. It's little things like that but you don't realise how much that brings the lads together. Since he's come in he's been outstanding on and off the pitch."
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Posted before about our emphasis on characters and personalities on top of the youth side of recruitment. It has worked incredibly well. Some group of lads we’ve got wearing our badge.
 
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J Flash said:
Posted before about our emphasis on characters and personalities on top of the youth side of recruitment. It has worked incredibly well. Some group of lads we’ve got wearing our badge.
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yeah its brilliant, makes poveda more baffling
 
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Evil Jimmy Krankie said:
I know the SMB gets a bad rap at times. And at times deservedly so. But I was searching on there yesterday for any info on where the Krankie’s will be watching the game here in Perth.
Anyway, I came across this thread which shows just what an impact this game had on supporters. I’ve said it before but we really are a special club.

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/sunderland-a-club-that’s-help-save-my-life.1655306/
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That op, wow while it's got a positive it's heart wrenching reading and hope the bloke is getting the help he needs!
 
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Evil Jimmy Krankie said:
I know the SMB gets a bad rap at times. And at times deservedly so. But I was searching on there yesterday for any info on where the Krankie’s will be watching the game here in Perth.
Anyway, I came across this thread which shows just what an impact this game had on supporters. I’ve said it before but we really are a special club.

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/sunderland-a-club-that’s-help-save-my-life.1655306/
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Cheers for posting this mate. Hope the lad can get the help he needs and start moving in a good direction.

The SMB does get a bad rap but there's a large kernel of really solid people on there.
 
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LD19SAFC said:
Not a chance for me

Sheff United won 23 more points over a full season
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Whilst tending to agree it would be interesting to see the points totals from when Lampard took over. As much as I hate Coventry (maybe not so much now that we have gained partial revenge) Lampard has done a decent job with them.
 
vic9 said:
Boils my piss this debate,started by Micky piss.head Gray, resides over in Manchester now, always spouting on about Man U his bairns support Man U, but guess what SAFC are in the headlines so he makes a appearance, doesn’t he know what this club has been through in last decade, doesn’t he know what it’s like to celebrate a last second goal to take us to Wembley against a team certain group of fans despise, and to think he gets referred to as a SAFC legend, well I’ll tell you Micky, no we didn’t over celebrate,and we honoured a TRUE legend before the game,so get back in your box and p*** off back to Manchester because if you don’t get it you’re not one of us
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Was at a SAFC and NUFC charity dinner thing years ago, guest speakers were Super Kev, Micky Gray, Lee Clark and Micky Quinn. Biggest dickhead and most anti-SAFC out of them all was Gray. Can't stand him.
 
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