Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Brighton & Hove Albion – Saturday 14th March 2026 - KO 15:00
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Inexcusable for me when we're at home and losing with Wilson on the bench.
If he's that out of form then why even have him in the squad?
Considering that 50% of our season so far has suffered from AFCON and injuries we're doing fine. Still feel dissappointed though. Feel that we wont have anywhere near a full strength team or fully match fit team for the rest of the season. Shame.
Me neither. he looks half asleep, same as at the AFCON . Improvement required no question.
Awful game and 2 awful looking teams going through the motions.
We must remember where we’ve come from as it’s becoming apparent the season has burned out now and we just limping to 38 games.
Great season but massive graft in summer to step forward.
Reg needs to be more flexible. He needs to let it loose more often and sooner.
Diarra concerns grow. I don not see much of a player there at all.
We must remember where we’ve come from as it’s becoming apparent the season has burned out now and we just limping to 38 games.
Great season but massive graft in summer to step forward.
Reg needs to be more flexible. He needs to let it loose more often and sooner.
Diarra concerns grow. I don not see much of a player there at all.
I wouldn't have him in the squad. Hes done nothing in recent times. At least Cirkin grafts when he's not injured.
My take on today.
Shocking goal to concede. Diarra made some strong runs but bad decisions including lying on the floor.
We are unsettled with this keeper.
We need better attacking players and a stronger squad but this is stage one .
Despite that we could easily have won 1 nil, crap game but a draw was fair without our comedy of errors.
Shocking goal to concede. Diarra made some strong runs but bad decisions including lying on the floor.
We are unsettled with this keeper.
We need better attacking players and a stronger squad but this is stage one .
Despite that we could easily have won 1 nil, crap game but a draw was fair without our comedy of errors.
Injuries have crippled an already poor attacking team with zero depth. It’s been a good season but I fear we’ll just go through the motions and crawl over the line, which we all would have taken at the start of the season. Going to be a massive summer and we can’t rely on the 3 promoted teams to be poor. Hopefully get 3/4 mukilele type signings to help push us on.
A fear for RLB long term, we’ve looked poor going forward most of the season, we just don’t look like we know what to do. Thought rigg played well today.
A fear for RLB long term, we’ve looked poor going forward most of the season, we just don’t look like we know what to do. Thought rigg played well today.
Probably created more chances than we have for a while but still look way short in the final 3rd. Keeper doesn't fill me with confidence though 1 brilliant save 1st half.
Again though we've conceded from a second phase of a corner that we gave away through a moronic back pass. We have a negative mentality and it's costing us at present.
Again though we've conceded from a second phase of a corner that we gave away through a moronic back pass. We have a negative mentality and it's costing us at present.
I've said it before, the players and the club have set the high standards this season, not the fans. I think it's reasonable for supporters to ask why are we off the boil, that includes managements tactics and of course, injuries. Rofoes in goal and that fluffed miss hit into the six yard box doesn't go in in my opinion. I'm sticking to my opinion of Diarra aswell which is I just don't see it. Enzo a big miss today but apparently fit for the mags next week. Ballard sub apparently a precaution. I'd like to think the players have had one eye on the mags game aswell. Disappointing result made slightly more bitter due to the FA Cup defeat last week. Fact we took 4 points from Bournemouth and Leeds has been overshadowed by the last two weeks. One massive issue I think we have is the lack of firepower up front, something I'd imagine would be looked at in the summer.
Mind on another day, Brobbey burries that absolute sitter and the ref doesn't bottle a second yellow card for Minteh.
Maybe a bit more balance in the squad especially up front , our game management is questionable, we need at least two strikers up front when chasing a game in the last 10 minutes, Mayenda for Brobbey is so tame and yet very predictable,
Not sure we were going through the motions mind. A lot of players missing there, and two just back from injury.
I thought we got on top at times and just come out the wrong side of a tight game. We came out the right side against Leeds. It's just the prem.
I think we'll get Nordi and Reinildo back in, maybe Traore and get a couple of good results before the end of the season.
No complaints from me. We have over achieved and they'll be thinking of a studied build on it all.
Can’t remember exactly how long ago afcon was but I think we’ve had half of our first team players unavailable for something like 3 months.
We cannot expect to carry on as we started when we are missing so many really important players through afcon and injury when we just have a small squad to pick from. That bench today was probably the weakest we’ve had all season.
I hope KLD has noticed this and we go into next season with a larger squad with more Mucky level players so that we don’t have to cobble together a first team with little in the way of options to choose from the bench.
On today’s game.
Unlucky Rigg but to me, their goal looked far more of an offside goal than ours.
Diarra was poor.
Talbi was always losing the ball.
I thought our goalie was good.
Fingers crossed we haven’t lost Ballard for long if he’s injured.
Our throw ins are still rubbish, they should watch the other 19 teams to see how to do them.
Brighton were nothing special and a draw would probably have been a fair result.
We cannot expect to carry on as we started when we are missing so many really important players through afcon and injury when we just have a small squad to pick from. That bench today was probably the weakest we’ve had all season.
I hope KLD has noticed this and we go into next season with a larger squad with more Mucky level players so that we don’t have to cobble together a first team with little in the way of options to choose from the bench.
On today’s game.
Unlucky Rigg but to me, their goal looked far more of an offside goal than ours.
Diarra was poor.
Talbi was always losing the ball.
I thought our goalie was good.
Fingers crossed we haven’t lost Ballard for long if he’s injured.
Our throw ins are still rubbish, they should watch the other 19 teams to see how to do them.
Brighton were nothing special and a draw would probably have been a fair result.
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RLB tells me Isidor has an injury issue - he considered taking the risk late on but opted against it with all the other injuries in the group.
Reinildo looking good for next week. Nordi making progress but they'll have to decide on risk. Hopeful on Enzo.
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Ballard felt his hamstring. Too soon to say - hopeful early decision will pay off
Throw ins were decent imo., its our deliveries from corners that need addressing our record on them is close too or the lowest in the division I am told.
Very weak up front. Brobbey is a premier league striker but a limited one. Mayenda needs to play mens games and i don't care if Isidor doesn’t kick another ball. He has no balls. It’s easy blaming RLB but we are short in forwards and currently wide attackers.
A draw would have been a fair result imo. But if you don't take your chances you'll come out on the wrong side. We need a goalscorer or 2 in the Summer. For all BB grafts hard, he is not the answer up front. Lacked ELF's creativity today. Rigg, i thought played well but faded as we did.
Well, that was a bit deflating to say the least.
Not terrible, but far from good.
I'll probably get savaged for saying this but my heart sinks every time LON sets foot on the pitch for us in the Premier League. It tells it's own story, which is to be expected to a degree first season back in the big time... but we dont have enough strength in depth. If LON even gets on the bench next season it's a huge recruitment failure.
One major, major positive from today...welcome to the Premier League Chris Rigg! I thought he was great, should/could of been the game winner. He'll go from strength to strength now, I'm sure of it.
Not terrible, but far from good.
I'll probably get savaged for saying this but my heart sinks every time LON sets foot on the pitch for us in the Premier League. It tells it's own story, which is to be expected to a degree first season back in the big time... but we dont have enough strength in depth. If LON even gets on the bench next season it's a huge recruitment failure.
One major, major positive from today...welcome to the Premier League Chris Rigg! I thought he was great, should/could of been the game winner. He'll go from strength to strength now, I'm sure of it.
I was at work so didn't see it but from updates I got it was poor and for the first time I'm starting to question Le Bris. He/we have become tactically inflexible and his refusal to use more of the squad and change tactics is starting to cost us. I said earlier that I think we have at least half a dozen players who's form and confidence has dropped massively which means they're not contributing when and if picked. Add in the injuries, some of which I'm concerned are due to overplaying from the lack of squad rotation and I'm worried that the season is going to peeter out and that Le Bris either doesn't know how or is unwilling to change things. I'm not saying get rid of anything, but for the first time I'm having concerns and questions about him.