Got to admit, agree with this wholeheartedly, SF put one of his rare good shifts in. The guy has got the ability when he wants, just needs to work harder, cut a lot of the fancy sh;:e out and as you said get across defenders, he,s got a leap, good skill, can finish, needs to play more percentage stuff, holding it up and bringing others into the game
The question now is does he deserve a new contract if he can continue his form? Are we to trust he won't revert to type if he gets one. We know how important the wage bill is to Short. Can we afford him reverting to type? Every wage counts at the club. I'm not too sure but can see myself getting carried away if his form continues.
Contract aside is it not possible that the lad is just now fully recovered from that bad ankle injury he picked up whilst playing for Scotland. I thought he was outstanding yesterday and ran M,Vila close for mom, he needs to cut out those silly flicks/back heels that he tried in the second half but the lad won virtually every header he went for, long may his upturn in form continue.
I was at work yesterday and watched a recording this morning, whilst they had all the possession Pants didn't make a save of any note first half, and only Mitrovic's strike second half had him in any bother, all this talk of Newcastle being robbed is well off the mark in my opinion, if you don't score when your on top you deserve all you get, and they got exactly that NOTHING.
I agree, they kept the ball better but there's no doubt about it Big Sam out did Schteeve tactically. They were allowed to come at us knowing a fragile defence can be undone on the break. The fact the Mags carried on after the sending off meant we were gifted the game.
I must have watched a different game to everyone else. The few times he got the ball in promising positions he wasted it with a miss pass. His goal was off the shin. He has come out today with more bullshit about how big Sam is great blah blah blah. Quite frankly he is a waste of a shirt. Even if he score 30 goals I would hate the club to give him a new contract. Of course he will probably struggle to score 3. Hopefully Big Sam will bring in a proper striker in January.
From The Guardian today: Steven Fletcher has described Sam Allardyce as the most organised manager he has ever played for and believes the 61-year-old’s eye for detail and exceptional communication skills can save Sunderland from relegation. “The boys have got a lot of confidence now with the new manager coming in,” said the Scotland striker, who scored one goal and created another as Sunderland beat Newcastle United 3-0 in Allardyce’s first home game on Sunday. It was the team’s first home Premier League win of the season and has renewed belief that, under Dick Advocaat’s successor, survival is possible. “The new manager is very hands-on and likes to speak to the boys a lot, which is good,” said Fletcher. “He’s a lot more organised. He is probably the most organised manager I have worked with. He demands a lot from everyone but he works hard on the training pitch as well, which is good too. “Sam Allardyce is a big man with a big presence. When he walks in the room everyone shuts up and listens to him. So that’s a good start. “We hope it [beating Newcastle] can kickstart our season. We need to grow on this now and take it into the next few games. The gaffer has got us organised and is trying to make us hard to beat. We need to stop leaking goals and we need to score more. We did that against Newcastle.” Allardyce, though, stressed his players needed to improve after a victory facilitated largely by Fabricio Coloccini’s controverisal concession of a penalty and subsequent red card – the subject of an appeal by Newcastle – after barging Fletcher with a shoulder in first-half stoppage time. Needless to say, the striker felt Robert Madley, the referee, got both decisions right and the Scot was not about to offer Sunderland’s neighbours and fellow relegation strugglers any sympathy. “There was maybe a lack of belief [with us] at the start of the season,” he said. “We just manage to survive every season, and we were going into this one thinking: ‘Is it going to happen again?’ But football is a lot to do with confidence and a lot of the boys can build from this.” The usual platitudes towards a new manger or Sam really the man? Hopefully the players get more than a temporary lift this time. If he can sort Fletcher out that would be brilliant. I've wanted rid of him for ages as he's offered nothing - sometimes not even nioticed he's on the pitch. But Fletcher on top of his game will be like a new signing to use that old cliche.
I can't help it mate ha ha I hate him playing for us, the relationship between player and this fan has broken down
