Well boys and girls, itâs Monday morning and Osca and I had our morning stroll through the park at 5.15, he was in a stuborn mood and decided it was his pace or none, we had a domestic.
I love that early morning peace, it gives you time to think in the quiet with just the sound of birds in the trees and the world waking up. My thoughts, as always, are never far from Sunderland, the game just gone and the one to come and I must admit that a nervous, excited calm is with me, a contradiction I know but it kind of sums it up for me.
The great thing about the Liverpool game, for me, was not how good we played but how poor we were compared to the potential we have, OâShea, Vaughan,Gardner,Wickham,Turner,Bramble,Campbell,Meylar,Gordon Ji all non starters then the good crop of kids behind them. Yes we played well at Liverpool but I get the feeling it could just get a lot better.
Don get me wrong, we still have problems to solve and I wont even say what the problems are, if you donât know by now and all that.
What gives me so much hope is calm authority being shown, Brown, everyones worst buy of the window, if he is the worst I cant wait for the good ones! Anton, still heart in mouth but TBF he was good and maybe Brown is giving him that confidence back. Bardo, on his way out to superstar in 12 months. Cats and Colback looking assured and in Cats case looking like his head is finaly using its brain. Larssen, forget the goal if you can because even without it did he look a class act.
Elmo, still learning and by no means a regular starter for me but looking better all the time. Sess looking like one of us and can only get better. Ji little glimpse of what might just be the buy of the season, just got that feeling, raw and lots to learn but I just think he may learn fast.
We now look forward to Saturday and again I approach the day full of hope and confidence but full of fear and nervous tension, its like that on derby week because you know how it can all blow up in your face.
At least, at the very least, I just cant see us freezing like last year, a big game for us but a low key one for Brown and OâShea and what they have been used to.
Keep our heads, play the way we can and it could be a good week next week, it just might be.
Fingers crossed boys and girls, a think another coffee is in order now.
I love that early morning peace, it gives you time to think in the quiet with just the sound of birds in the trees and the world waking up. My thoughts, as always, are never far from Sunderland, the game just gone and the one to come and I must admit that a nervous, excited calm is with me, a contradiction I know but it kind of sums it up for me.
The great thing about the Liverpool game, for me, was not how good we played but how poor we were compared to the potential we have, OâShea, Vaughan,Gardner,Wickham,Turner,Bramble,Campbell,Meylar,Gordon Ji all non starters then the good crop of kids behind them. Yes we played well at Liverpool but I get the feeling it could just get a lot better.
Don get me wrong, we still have problems to solve and I wont even say what the problems are, if you donât know by now and all that.
What gives me so much hope is calm authority being shown, Brown, everyones worst buy of the window, if he is the worst I cant wait for the good ones! Anton, still heart in mouth but TBF he was good and maybe Brown is giving him that confidence back. Bardo, on his way out to superstar in 12 months. Cats and Colback looking assured and in Cats case looking like his head is finaly using its brain. Larssen, forget the goal if you can because even without it did he look a class act.
Elmo, still learning and by no means a regular starter for me but looking better all the time. Sess looking like one of us and can only get better. Ji little glimpse of what might just be the buy of the season, just got that feeling, raw and lots to learn but I just think he may learn fast.
We now look forward to Saturday and again I approach the day full of hope and confidence but full of fear and nervous tension, its like that on derby week because you know how it can all blow up in your face.
At least, at the very least, I just cant see us freezing like last year, a big game for us but a low key one for Brown and OâShea and what they have been used to.
Keep our heads, play the way we can and it could be a good week next week, it just might be.
Fingers crossed boys and girls, a think another coffee is in order now.