I think I'm more pissed off today. Anderson and Wood giving it the mag ****e. Totally dominated. Loose passes galore. What a **** Friday night.
Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Nottingham Forest FC – Friday 24th April 2026 - KO 20:00
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I understand why we are playing out from the back. If Roefs launches it long all he has as a target to hit is Brobbey. He’s not great in the air either. So the likelihood is we’ll be handing possession straight back to the opposition almost every time. We do need to get better at playing through the press, the last couple of games have showed that teams have identified it as a weakness for us. That doesn’t mean it’s the wrong style of play for us. There’s still times when it should be launched but in general, I think we need to get better at it, not change it.
Only Arsenal can recover it now.........and I am not even hopeful of that at the minute.Over reaction to say weekends ruined?
So that did happen,
Had hoped it was a dream.
Had hoped it was a dream.
Just had the worst nightmare ever. I was lost in a Forest being severely beaten by 11 blokes dressed in a Blue shirt and shorts........
Hang on a minute
Hang on a minute
Whoever invented passing it out from the back, I hope -
You always step in fresh dog poi
You pillow never has a cold side
That you car fails every MOT
That always get a speeding fine
That you always get the wrong takeaway order
Your pint is always flat
That you get bit by bat
That your plane leaves without you
That your smoke alarms always go off and you have no spare batteries
(Please keep this going)
How many times have we conceded from doing that.
You always step in fresh dog poi
You pillow never has a cold side
That you car fails every MOT
That always get a speeding fine
That you always get the wrong takeaway order
Your pint is always flat
That you get bit by bat
That your plane leaves without you
That your smoke alarms always go off and you have no spare batteries
(Please keep this going)
How many times have we conceded from doing that.
first 15, we were by far the better side. We give them a goal head start I thought “it’s ok, we’re good at coming from behind”…….
We were ****, but forest didn’t play scintillating football. But they didn’t have to!
They were simply effective and clinical. Something we could do with. Pretty much proven by the fact that we had more shots than them!
What pissed me off most, is the fact that it’s the first chance I’ve had to hang around at the end to show them appreciation for the season, might be the last chance too due to work! And that’s what was served up.
Mind, the Possession stats were similar to Coventry against us in our favour though. So guess, by sky standards, we deserved to win?
I’ll get my coat….
We were ****, but forest didn’t play scintillating football. But they didn’t have to!
They were simply effective and clinical. Something we could do with. Pretty much proven by the fact that we had more shots than them!
What pissed me off most, is the fact that it’s the first chance I’ve had to hang around at the end to show them appreciation for the season, might be the last chance too due to work! And that’s what was served up.
Mind, the Possession stats were similar to Coventry against us in our favour though. So guess, by sky standards, we deserved to win?
I’ll get my coat….
Sorry but what? We have been very good at passing it out from the back most of the season. Got us some good goals over the years too (Reading and Huddersfield)
Or would you rather we play like Wimbledon in the 80s and simply hoof everything long?
It is madness. Every time I see this passing it around at the back **** it makes me nervous. It puts so much pressure on ourselves, because all the passing has to be perfect or you end up gifting the ball to the opposition in a position where it is highly likely that they can score a goal. Forest manager has obviously taken note of this and punished us. Needs to stop.
I think there are times where you need to be pragmatic. Early on it was clear that Forest were pressing use high and they were very good at it, yet we continued to play out from the back and invite pressure. In those situations there is no harm in going long for 10 mins just to take the pressure off, that 2nd goal was coming a mile off and to be fair we’ve been flirting with conceding like that for a while. Doesn’t mean there has to be an overhaul of the system, just adapt to the situation.
As for going gung-ho with Ballard and Alderete up front in injury time, that was just naive
We just need to get better at it, mate. Booting it long is almost certainly going to hand possession back to the opposition and put us under pressure, again.
There’s times when they’ll be no free man so going long will be the best option but that’s very rare, if our movement and short passing gets up to scratch.
Some people are still stuck with the old mindset. Football has moved on.
Oh I agree. That was kind of my Point. I’m still too ****ing angry! 2 large glasses of whiskey when I got in didn’t help and didn’t erase the memory!
Agreed mate. At times we have been very good at it. Then other times (more than just yesterday) we haven’t! We’ve been lucky, as topcat says,that this hasn’t happened sooner.
Right am over it now. Disappointing evening but is that due to ourselves getting carried away? We achieved safety with 8 games to go. Unbelievable. Every single one of us would have accepted that at the start of the season.
We dont even have to go long mate and hoof it, just pass it to someone further away than the edge of our own box lol... We saw it with Onien against the Mags aswell, i literally have my heart in my mouth everytime i see us do it.
One of the lads who used to be on here posted this on X.
Summer - Sunderland appoint “elite defensive coach” Luciano Vulcano.Sunderland until 1st January - 3rd best defence in the leagueJanuary - Vulcano leaves. “Not the right fit”Sunderland since 1st January - 3rd worst defence in the league
Summer - Sunderland appoint “elite defensive coach” Luciano Vulcano.Sunderland until 1st January - 3rd best defence in the leagueJanuary - Vulcano leaves. “Not the right fit”Sunderland since 1st January - 3rd worst defence in the league
Every time we do it I get nervous. It’s inviting pressure on the back 4.
Fine to do it when you are 3/4/5 up and you have the luxury to do so.
Not when your are 1-0 down, at home to side battling to avoid relegation.
Last night Forest looked like the side battling for Europe not us.
IMO playing it from the back is stupid
I thought we started well and dominated for the first 15 mins. Then they scored against the run of play and our heads fell off. Questions need to be asked there about why it went so wrong after the first goal. Even a goal down, there's still a chance to pull one back and press on. They just lost the plot though and kept making mistakes which led to disaster.
Credit to Forest as they were tidy and played some lovely football.
That VAR check on our goal really peed me off. It took too long and everyone was just left in limbo waiting. If it can't be a quick decision, they should just move on. It's too disruptive when it takes that long.
Credit to Forest as they were tidy and played some lovely football.
That VAR check on our goal really peed me off. It took too long and everyone was just left in limbo waiting. If it can't be a quick decision, they should just move on. It's too disruptive when it takes that long.
We did against Bournemouth 1 and 2 down. Would you prefer a hoof upfield from every keeper interaction? Effectively gifting the ball back to the opponents? I’d rather we play football. What’s the point having Xhaka and Le Fee if you’re hoofing it over their heads?
I get that we need to be more clever and sometimes try to force the press back. But to completely do away with it is literally 80s long ball football (Steve Evan’s and Parkinson style)
No thanks. Time and place though
Using O’Nien as the yardstick against the nags, when he was trying to go long (he was going over the top and slipped as he kicked it eyes never looked towards Xhaka) is a bit unfair. He dies that long pass well. Agree totally with what you say though, long ball versulonger pass to player in space.