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Its no secret Sunderland have had a poor start compared to the expectations when Bruce brought in no fewer than 10 players.

However looking at the fixtures it seems after this Saturday there are points to be taken both home and away

Man Utd v Sunderland, Tough
Sunderland v Fulham, Should win at home
Sunderland v Wigan, Should win at home
Wolverhampton v Sunderland, Wolves look poor at home - Point
Sunderland v Blackburn, Should win at home
Tottenham v Sunderland, Tough
QPR v Sunderland, Promoted team should get a point at least
Sunderland v Everton, Should take a point at least

If Sunderland cant take 12 points from these games then there could be trouble ahead.
 
I think 12 points is a minimum target from those 8 games. Anything less would be a poor return imo.
 
I think that the Blackburn game could be the key one. If by then we have done well, that means winning the winnable games thaen the Blackburn game will set up Bruce in the transfer window.

If we have had poor results then Blackburn could be Bruces last stand.

Big month ahead for everyone.
 
Last Minute Hero said:
Its no secret Sunderland have had a poor start compared to the expectations when Bruce brought in no fewer than 10 players.

However looking at the fixtures it seems after this Saturday there are points to be taken both home and away

Man Utd v Sunderland, Tough - Yup

Sunderland v Fulham, Should win at home - Fulham are a good side, so I wouldn't be so expecting of a result like that

Sunderland v Wigan, Should win at home - Yeah probably, although as you saw from our game, they can put up a fight when they want to

Wolverhampton v Sunderland, Wolves look poor at home - Point - Possibly, although Wolves do put up a fight as well

Sunderland v Blackburn, Should win at home - Yeah probably

Tottenham v Sunderland, Tough - Too right

QPR v Sunderland, Promoted team should get a point at least - I don't think promotion has anything to do with it. QPR are a decent side on their day, but if QPR's misery continues and they get low on confidence, you could get 1 point, or even 3.

Sunderland v Everton, Should take a point at least - Everton are a good side, so again I wouldn't be so expecting of a result

If Sunderland cant take 12 points from these games then there could be trouble ahead.
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There are teams there where you would expect the game to be easier, but the fact is that all those teams are capable of turning up on the day (often as underdogs) and putting up more of a fight than anyone expected, so if you guys got less than 12 points, then I don't think it would be so shocking.

We were expecting of results against some of those teams (Wolves and Wigan inparticular), but both of those matches were tougher than we expected, and both of those games relied on grinding out the result (and even a bit of luck here and there) to get the win. I think it was down to our players underestimating the side, so whilst you may expect wins from these games, just hope that your players don't expect them either like ours did.
 
Last Minute Hero said:
Its no secret Sunderland have had a poor start compared to the expectations when Bruce brought in no fewer than 10 players.

However looking at the fixtures it seems after this Saturday there are points to be taken both home and away

Man Utd v Sunderland, Tough.........................................................probabley lose/hopeful draw
Sunderland v Fulham, Should win at home.........................................win
Sunderland v Wigan, Should win at home..........................................win
Wolverhampton v Sunderland, Wolves look poor at home - Point...........draw
Sunderland v Blackburn, Should win at home.....................................win
Tottenham v Sunderland, Tough.....................................................lose
QPR v Sunderland, Promoted team should get a point at least.............draw(winnable)
Sunderland v Everton, Should take a point at least............................win

If Sunderland cant take 12 points from these games then there could be trouble ahead.
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...............12-14 points
 
Man Utd v Sunderland = nul points
Sunderland v Fulham = 3 points
Sunderland v Wigan = 3 points
Wolverhampton v Sunderland = 1 point
Sunderland v Blackburn = 3 points
Tottenham v Sunderland = nul points
QPR v Sunderland = 1 point
Sunderland v Everton = 1 point

12 points from me, depending on Bruce's famously erratic tactics.
 
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