Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v West Ham - Saturday 16th August 2025 - KO 15:00

The new players were no doubt impressed with the support against West Ham which they'd expect, to an extent ...

... but they'll find that the support at Burnley will be just as good, in it's own way, whether we win, lose of draw.

Adingra looked a bit shocked at the start as did a few others, probably contributed to the hesitant start.

Big SOL crowds can help our players ...

... I also really believe they can wear teams like Wes Ham down, even PL teams.

I said before the game going to a non-glamour match, like Sunderland, wouldn't fire them up, it didn't.

 

Bet the new lads, bar Granit who knows the league, will be in awe of the away support.

 

I love the way he mentions all the great teams in the prem. 6 or 7.
Not the mags though

https://www.skysports.com/football/...ualities-of-achieving-premier-league-survival

 

I agree with what you're saying and understand it to a point, but I don't think lazy is the right choice of word. These pundits are paid to follow the Premier League. They're watching full games or highlights of 10 league games a week, plus cup and European football. They don't have time to watch a lot of Championship football on top and to be honest, we're completely unfamiliar to them. That's why people took notice at the Xhaka and Adingra signings more than anything else - they were known quantities and Xhaka especially took them by surprise because it was so different to their perception of us.

 

That’s what I see every time I look at his stupid yap.

 

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On the crowd. I remember many moons ago, there was a suggestion our "hostile" atmosphere was counter productive to the squad, that there was an expectation and it made us shy in offence and nervous defensively.

I think the issue long ago is, we didnt have a strong side mentally or technically. I remember brilliant players like Welbeck, Sessegnon, Cattermole, Bent, Mignolet, Mensah, Brown, Reveleire, etc etc...I could quite easily go on.

But in that time, with Premier League lads we had that smattering of consistent lower grade lads who were always here, some done brilliant and overachieved you could say, like Colback at times, Bardsley and Collins, even Seb Larsson. But we had so many who just couldn't cut it nor did they have the balls or....whats the word I'm looking for? Temperament?

I have no doubt someone like Talbi who is very young and didnt hugely impress in pre season, has this sort of personality combined with drive and discipline. Like Mayenda, like Sadiki, like Rigg. Its so impressive.

**** it, I know its early doors, but I just don't see how we are not a long term success after years of yo-yo club rhetoric, slack ownership and overpaid puddings.

We will stay up and we will get to the semi finals of a domestic cup.