Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Bournemouth FC - Saturday 29th November 2025 - KO 15:00

My answer to that Bournemouth fan would be shut the **** up!

 

Same here - I thought a bad result today with the December fixtures to follow would be a bit of a worry. Nerves were a bit shredded in the last 15 minutes but all good in the end.

 

The referee spoilt the game

 

It's seems like we've been saying for a while that the lads needed a proper captain, a Kevin Ball type, to grab the game by the scruff of the neck and get the extra 5% out of his teammates. Nobody's saying that now!

 

what a season so far man and jan window already around the corner again with a canny bit of dosh exciting !

 

Out again today. What a comeback. Can't wait to watch the match later on. Love this team.

 

That's the closest comparison I can make as a captain. Bally got extra % from his teammates but (with respect to Bally) Xhaka is a much better footballer as well. When xhaka won that freekick late on and got the East stand going I was saying to the bairn "look at him, he fooking loves it" .

 

This, from their forum, had me laughing

“Feck Sunderland and their cheating tactics, the referee waves away a clear dive from their player when he should have been booked, they commenced theatrics all over the pitch, they got away with handball, the ball went out and was blown back in when it should have been our throw they got a corner. It was constant not giving decisions to us and giving them stuff for diving. Awful refereeing. Awful fans. Awful result, again we were the far better team with nothing to show for it.
They were a bunch of fscking cheats, throwing the ball on to disrupt and waste time.”

 

Bournemouth were canny going forward. Their players were moaning fkn cheating w*nkers.
The referee lost control.
Who gives a flying one. We won. 3 points. 4th. Yeef*ckinghaw.

 

What we thinking for the MOTD running order?

 

Wasn't expecting that kind of match mind!

It felt unfair being 2-0 so early on, although their second goal deserves credit as it was a good one. Proud of the lads for battling on in horrible weather conditions and managing to bag all three points. They all worked well together and the team work paid off.

Thought the ref lost the plot at times. Also noticed he got in the way of our passing more than once which was frustrating.

 

I cannot accept their 2nd goal was a good one. It was a complete fk up by us. So frustrating

 

Which game was he watching?
Even at 0-2 I felt we were still in it. Looked threatening, we made 2 errors.

 

Equally poor for both sides imo.

 

It's strange how people see the same game of football differently. I said at full time, "two decent teams today but we deserved the win. Bournemouth are a horrible dirty team, but to be honest I wish that we had more of a nasty streak to our game." No one agreed with me and just said they were a set of dirty bastards
I need to read up on what's a foul and what isn't, that ref was very poor today and close to losing control.

 

Aren’t Cherrys meant to be sweet not bitter?

 

I honestly hope we are last. I'm still in 'nothing to see here' mode and hope we fly under the radar as long as possible. But, it seems that these lads and RLB are ****ing mint so we will probably be first up.

 

I like this lad




“The Sunderland side that got promoted through the Championship play-off final cost less than £10m to assemble, it had finished a distant 4th in the Championship... it was filled with players signed in League One.

To rebuild an entire first team squad, land a number of players with serious European experience and lead them to 22 points after 13 games...

Beating Chelsea and Bournemouth and taking points off sides including Arsenal, Villa and Palace along the way...

I genuinely think it's one of the most impressive feats of recruitment I've seen in my lifetime”

 

What a game. They're a good team and we showed how good we are.

Didn't think we deserved to be 2 down. 2 mistakes led to their goals. We stuck in and dug it out.

This team man

 

I've never counted it up, but since Regis took charge, our second halves have been outstanding. It just keeps happening.

He, and his coaches see things, he plans on that, and the players clearly listen to him.
Some cocktail!