Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Sheffield United – Championship Play-off Final - Saturday 24th May 2025 - KO 15:00

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Your a bully mate short and simple, if anyone ruins match day threads time and again its you.

Fair enough, perhaps it's time I stopped posting and leave it to the likes of you.

In all honesty it's becoming more trouble than it's worth.

A bit of humour and harmless optimism seems to be more than some people can stomach.
 
It's not a lot of very good posters at all.

Perhaps I'm not supposed to have an opinion but I'll say it again ...

... there's a very small clique, who you've now lumped yourself in with for whatever reason, who are persistently negative.

Various people have said it puts them off posting and they don't come on at all if we lose.

That doesn't seem to concern you in the slightest but, then again, you come and go so the health of the forum probably isn't a concern.

I'll repeat, for absolute clarity, it has nothing to do with negative opinions ...

... you seem intent on ignoring that so it's pointless explaining it all again.
I haven't lumped myself in with anyone, people should be able to comment what they like and not be told what they can and can't say which is what you seem to be doing

I don't come and go, i left once for a little bit and came back as I missed discussing all things Sunderland with people. I regularly post when here, good bad and indifferent

I care about this forum, I love speaking all things Sunderland but it'll be ruined if people are getting told what can and can't be said
 
christ the point of the match thread for many is to comment on the good and bad, as it happens. Debate follows and all sorts of analysis comes out of it. People getting dug out during the early hours, getting literally told to FO with zero moderation is the issue (especially in realtion to derailing a thread) But it has been the same for a while and won't change, the same folk are part of the circle.

I like how we all see it differently and have different posting styles. Again, this has drifted into a Monday because certain people have been allowed to derail the thread and try to literally censor other people's posting. I am sure we will get someone come in soon and try to do a handshake emoji instead of calling out the people demanding the censoring.
It’s Tuesday ya drunken qunt. :emoticon-0102-bigsm:emoticon-0105-wink:
 
Anyway if we are still talking about the game, for all the praise Michael Cooper gets I thought he looked poor in goal for them. Maybe the day was too big for him but he spent the entire match stuck to his line - people rate him as one of the 3 best keepers in the league but he's certainly got some work to do for that.

Mind you he didnt have a lot to do , and both goals conceeded were class finishes, but would not swap him for Patto thats for sure.
 
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Fair enough, perhaps it's time I stopped posting and leave it to the likes of you.

In all honesty it's becoming more trouble than it's worth.

A bit of humour and harmless optimism seems to be more than some people can stomach.

The likes of me you know nothing about me, I know nothing about you , we have never met and never will , give over man and shut up .
 
Better not to check the Blades boards then <laugh><laugh>

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Interesting that, in some peoples opinion, because Coventry had more possession we were lucky yet despite us having more possession than Sheffield United we were still the lucky ones. Amount of goals scored mustn't count then <confused>:emoticon-0136-giggl
 
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I haven't lumped myself in with anyone, people should be able to comment what they like and not be told what they can and can't say which is what you seem to be doing

I don't come and go, i left once for a little bit and came back as I missed discussing all things Sunderland with people

I care about this forum, I love speaking all things Sunderland but it'll be ruined if people are getting told what can and can't be said

OK, I'll repeat myself once again for clarity.

I'm not telling people what they can or can't post.

I'm suggesting those who don't feel inclined to respect RTB's wishes, on a thread he's put his heart into, should simply have their own.

Seriously what is your problem with that?
 
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There's also people getting driven away because of the moaning about people moaning tho

If the solution is to have 2 match day threads then so be it

I don't want an audience at all, ridiculous statement to make about a lot of very good posters imo. Just because you don't agree with what they say doesn't mean they are looking for an audience. People comment on what they see, nothing wrong with that.

This thread got derailed by people going back and digging out a few negative comments on this game - i just think that's looking for an argument

The match day threads are done for the season and as a group we can decide how to best have these next season. If having 2 is the answer then let's do that, but what makes these threads so good is the differing opinions so a lot will be lost with 2 different threads imo
For my part,I welcome healthy debate on here presenting different views on a relevant subject,as long as posters can articulate the reasoning behind their various opinions.I often find thought-stimulating content raising points and information which I may not have considered,or not been aware of.
I wouldn't want to see any change to that,where people are expected to post on one thread or another,according to their point of view. I'm generally a glass half full kind of fella,and there are a small number on here who continually post in a negative vein without articulating a coherent argument as to why they hold their view.
I know who they are and I largely try to ignore them. What I would hope to see is that those who relentlessly criticise are able to hold their hands up when their criticism is clearly unfounded.
I can roll that ball in that I was critical of RLB team selection for the half a dozen games or so before the play-off matches, a plan I was sure he'd got wrong.
However,I'm delighted to say I got that completely mistaken and I now think RLB is a total genius! :emoticon-0102-bigsm
 
Interesting that, in some peoples opinion, because Coventry had more possession we were lucky yet despite us having more possession than Sheffield United we were still the lucky ones. Amount if goals scored must count then <confused>:emoticon-0136-giggl

Don't forget our goals were down to individual errors while all other team's goals were because they were dominating the game.

It's amazing that every bunch of supporters will claim we only scored from the attempts we had ...

... while totally ignoring all of our other attempts.

Coventry had no decent shots, Patterson made no noeworthy saves, there were no penalty shouts, no one on ones, no one going through on goal, no woodwork hit, no goal line clearances ...

... but they were robbed <laugh>
 
Seems to struggle every time he has come back from injury for a few weeks but he knew he wasn't great by admitting that himself. When he gets a good rest and a good ore season in him I am sure we will see the best version of Denis :1980_boogie_down:
Yep,there's a good player in there mate....as you say,let's hope we get to see it next season.
 
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Interesting that, in some peoples opinion, because Coventry had more possession we were lucky yet despite us having more possession than Sheffield United we were still the lucky ones. Amount if goals scored must count then <confused>:emoticon-0136-giggl
I've nicked this from OTR from after the semi final second leg but it was something along the lines of this:

After the first leg, "the fans were celebrating like we were already at Wembley."
After the second leg, "the fans were celebrating like we had already been promoted."
Now there will be comments like were celebrating like we've already stayed up next season.

Credit cant be given when it is due unfortunately. RLB nailed the playoffs, with his systems, his subs and the timing of his subs. Not to mention the work that went in before those games to get us ready. Unfortunately for the critics, they cant do anything about it and theyve got a long summer ahead as we can look back on a historic fortnight and speculate on what could be a bright future for our club. We dont know how things will turn out but Im happy to live in the moment, because it wont get much better than right now.