Splintered arse on the fence - Yes he should start if he's fit as he is our best defender. But, as Grandpops says, he'll probably get injured after half an hour so it's a waste of a sub!
100% YES, he's our best defender by a country mile and looking back, way, way back like, our best defensive performances have been when Brown & JOS have been playing.
The report I just saw from Saturday said he looked good and organised the back four well but was really slow. Compare this to John Oshea who doesn't look good ever cant organize a defence but is painfully slow then its a big yes from me for the inclusion of Brown. He's our best defender by a mile. id like us to go with three centre halves and wingbacks too
With the old fella on this one he will only break down after 10 minutes, keep them both out the team and try the new lads instead, again nowt to lose so get at them from the off and hopefully our defence will have a quiet day.
Yes, our best defender by a mile. Put him in instead of O'Shea, though I very much doubt Mr Distribution will be dropped.
Black Cats hope injury-ravaged former England international and Premier League title winner can fix their leaky defence Two years of hurt: Wes Brown's last Sunderland appearance was in January 2012 Gus Poyet is poised to take a massive gamble by recalling forgotten man Wes Brown for Sunday's crunch derby against Newcastle. Sunderland and former England defender Brown has not played a first-team match for 21 months but has fought back from repeated injury setbacks to be fit for the North-East derby. Poyet has wiped the slate clean for all his players since succeeding the sacked Paolo Di Canio, and admits he is crying out for some defence-steadying experience to prevent a morale-sapping eighth defeat in the season's first nine league matches. The Black Cats are searching for their first win of the season and while throwing former England international Brown into a game of such intensity might be a risk, Poyet may reason he couldn't do much to worsen a defence that has leaked 20 goals in the eight league matches so far. Brown, a former title winner at Manchester United, has come through a training ground friendly and a U21s match in the past week, along with other misfits including Cabral, Modibo Diakite and Connor Wickham. Poyet said: "Wes is fit and he's been training with us all week and he played in a behind closed doors friendly we had on Tuesday. It's a decision we need to make. "Whether somebody's fit enough to play 90 minutes or not or how many players there are in that situation you can't take a chance. "But you can't have too many on the pitch that can't play 90 minutes. Golden Brown? Ex-England defender "could be everything you need" claims Poyet "Depending on that, we will make a decision on it. "He could be everything that you need in the Premier League. He's experienced he's played at the highest level, at one of the best teams in the world, and he knows the game well. "Hopefully we can see him very soon on the pitch." Skipper John O'Shea admits Sunderland, beaten 4-0 at Swansea on Saturday in Poyet's first match in charge, are staring at a relegation season unless they toughen up. "We were under no illusions before the game about the position we're in in the league. When you're letting teams score that many goals against you, it's going to be a long, hard season. "We know where we are in the league and we know what we have to do - we have to win matches. There's only ourselves whose going to help us. "The manager has come in and we have to show him why he wanted to take this job and how we can get out of this position. There's no better way of doing that than against Newcastle. "We have to make sure we keep our heads up. They go down too easily at the minute. "When you see the way the team played in the first half, to what we did in the second half, heads dropped too easily after the first goal went in. "We need to be stronger mentally." Cat-astrophe: O'Shea knows what's coming unless Sunderland improve There is some good news for Sunderland - Newcastle are facing defensive problems of their own, with captain Fabricio Coloccini out for at least a couple of weeks. However, Steven Taylor is likely to return from injury and go straight into the line-up at the Stadium of Light. Boss Alan Pardew said: "Paul Dummet is ready and he showed me that against Liverpool, but I think Steven with one leg will tell me he is okay for the derby. "I will make the call on Thursday."
NO, NO AND THRICE NO I SAY!!! Secondly, its a bit rich JOS saying "We have to make sure we keep our heads up. They go down too easily at the minute.. He's supposed to be the bl**dy captain!! It's his job to keep them up on the pitch!! An admission he's not doing a captains job as it should be! Give the armband to Catts and have JOS sit on the bench and watch how its done!
So would you take the same stance with Cattermole? Another injury prone player. I understand where you're you're coming from Talc, but you can't not play one of your better players when it's backs to the wall time cos he 'might' get injured.
Read he's looking pretty slow, however, if JoS went any slower he'd grow roots. Yes, With roberge only.
Yes. If we never played players because of what MIGHT happen, we would be in a worse state than we are now. He is by far our best defender and should be on the pitch.
What do we have to lose, our defence with O'Shea in is ****e. Brown is a good defender, can organise the defence and has played against much better teams than Newcastle as well as playing in big derbies. If he gets through this game, and we win, he can retire in comfort as far as I'm concerned.
