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Match Day Thread Luton Town FC v Sunderland AFC– Tuesday 16th May 2023 - KO 20:00

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, May 14, 2023.

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Your prediction:

Poll closed May 16, 2023.
  1. Home win

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  2. Away win (safc)

    58.8%
  3. Draw

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  1. Hudson92

    Hudson92 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah your right technically he looks fine in the brief stints we’ve seen, but I’d worry about having him up against a brute of a forward like we faced tonight
     
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  2. Montysoptician

    Montysoptician Well-Known Member

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    Tend to agree. Speakman has a path mapped out for this club and will not waver
    I think TM is gone in the summer
     
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  4. Southern A

    Southern A Well-Known Member

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    I think our performance this half of season will have surprised all but Speakman won’t dodge from his “plan”.

    I guess time will tell if that’s proved right because it’s been nothing but rapid onward progress since he joined.

    he’s either a genius or thinks he’s a genius. I hope it’s the former!!!
     
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  5. Downeys Loup

    Downeys Loup Well-Known Member

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    To get out of league one fill the team with players good enough for championship. Get out of championship by filling team with premiership quality players. Same has to apply to the coaching team. Only way to stabilise and survive when you step up.

    TM is a good championship manager and has been unbelievable with kids but to follow the model you need a head coach capable of been successful in premiership. And the model would bring them in while still in the championship to bed in and get used to the English game (I’m assuming foreign based), Big TM may have just moved the plan forward a year and done himself out of a job.
     
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  6. Southern A

    Southern A Well-Known Member

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    understand but the “need a coach ready for the premier league” approach sounds awfully Watfordy
     
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  7. Essayyeffcee

    Essayyeffcee Well-Known Member

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    #827
  8. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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  9. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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  10. Montysoptician

    Montysoptician Well-Known Member

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    It's one of his post match interviews, I'll try to find another link

    There you go
     
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  11. Mikki Disco

    Mikki Disco Well-Known Member

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    Nowt to do with anything but wish sky wouldn’t roll out Phillips for our matches, talks utter ****e and offers nowt
     
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  12. Bank of England 2

    Bank of England 2 Well-Known Member

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    The publicans won't
     
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  13. Essayyeffcee

    Essayyeffcee Well-Known Member

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  14. Bank of England 2

    Bank of England 2 Well-Known Member

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    Speakman has done very well so far, but this would be a huge risk. The fans expectation levels have been raised considerably. If a new guy comes in and fails to get us promoted, then getting rid of TM would be a huge stick for the fans to beat him with.
     
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  15. Sol97uk

    Sol97uk Well-Known Member

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    Truth about Italian coach being linked expected to replace him?

    I think we need to seriously look at why we get so many injuries. Can't be purely bad luck
     
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  16. Arlyman

    Arlyman Well-Known Member

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    Disappointed and Proud.

    Main positives - we should have enough players to be around the playoffs next year, and thank God we didn't struggle like tonight at Sheff Wed last year. We are in an infinitely better place.
     
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  17. Dave_39

    Dave_39 Well-Known Member

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    exactly
     
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  18. Hefty fullback

    Hefty fullback Well-Known Member

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    The cameraman finally lost track of those three non-blondes in the visitor's end he was so fond of.
     
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  19. monty987

    monty987 Well-Known Member

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    it's the championship we always play crap and won't be anywhere the top 6 a year time with this lot in charge as bad as Short etc.
     
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  20. Prehab26

    Prehab26 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah. People seem to get raged when you say we dropped it last night.

    We have done great to get there but the players themselves know they didn't perform when it mattered last night. Very very poor display in many areas.
     
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