Positives

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BlackCatGaz said:
Well how do I sum that up ?? I thought we were by far the better side for most of the game bar mins 46-52. It looked as though the Lads had a half time nap and were still drowsy !! And why oh why as schoolboys do we get taught to have a player defending each post at Corners .......... for exactly the reason their goal went in !!

Sess was poor, I like the look of Celustka, Roberge, Altidore and Giaciarini considering it was their home debut. We just lacked a little composure in the final 3rd. Hopefully that will come when things start to settle down a little.

Somebody should tell JOS to cease forth from the aimless looking punts up to the front men. We have wide men to play through !!

In summary overall, I was pleased with what I saw posession wise and although a defeat was far from ideal........ I keep the faith in what lies ahead.
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Cheers mate you saved me writing the same post
 
It will take a little time for the players to gel, it's best not to become too pessimistic after one game, they did play some good stuff. Obviously Fletcher will be a massive boost when he returns but he will maybe need a few games. However, I reckon if Altidore gets a goal to boost his confidence he could really be something. Leave the judgements to about 10 games then we will know a lot better.
 
I thought we played well. Nice to see us passing out from the back and nice to see us keeping possession. Maybe we were too nice though? I thought Altidore looked good, most players had a good first half. Thought it was a foul on our keeper for their goal would have to see it again though? They were definitely blocking Westwood! Think we will win more than we lose this season. Still think a couple of players in the transfer window could make us. Had a good day out regardless.
 
The PDC effect said:
**** you
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Is that all you can manage PDC.....you must be out crying a river in some gutter are you....was expecting a whole rake of excuses and what if's from you, well dissappointed :-/

Or maybe you watched the same game that i did and realised there aren't any..... we played like a team who have been together for a few weeks, and it showed badly..... can only get better though.

Oh no, theres all of my bonus points gone, i'll be -300000 again now, dawn it!!!! Pmsl :-)
 
BlackCatGaz said:
Well how do I sum that up ?? I thought we were by far the better side for most of the game bar mins 46-52. It looked as though the Lads had a half time nap and were still drowsy !! And why oh why as schoolboys do we get taught to have a player defending each post at Corners .......... for exactly the reason their goal went in !!

Sess was poor, I like the look of Celustka, Roberge, Altidore and Giaciarini considering it was their home debut. We just lacked a little composure in the final 3rd. Hopefully that will come when things start to settle down a little.

Somebody should tell JOS to cease forth from the aimless looking punts up to the front men. We have wide men to play through !!

In summary overall, I was pleased with what I saw posession wise and although a defeat was far from ideal........ I keep the faith in what lies ahead.
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A comment from someone with a football brain who was at the game, how refreshing.
 
safctillidie said:
Is that all you can manage PDC.....you must be out crying a river in some gutter are you....was expecting a whole rake of excuses and what if's from you, well dissappointed :-/

Or maybe you watched the same game that i did and realised there aren't any..... we played like a team who have been together for a few weeks, and it showed badly..... can only get better though.

Oh no, theres all of my bonus points gone, i'll be -300000 again now, dawn it!!!! Pmsl :-)
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Wtf u on about u cock?
 
philray said:
Same ****e, different skin! Typical Sunderland. Huge crowd - full expectations and again a serious let down. Who told john O'Shea he is Paul Scholes? What idiots put high balls into a defence with the biggest CH in the league? ARRRRGH!
Westwood hardly troubled. RB nervy start but played well after that and a great attempt on goal. Colback was excellent and improved in going forward. JOS good but distribution will never improve! Roberge - excellent footballer. Johnson - good in flashes but tends to overhit crosses. LW - the italian was not up to speed on what I thought would be there. Cabral - excellent game, finishing poor but will pose some threat infuture from midfield. Altidore - good game overall and unlucky not to get on the scoresheet. Seb and Sess - mediocre and expect a bit more. Subs were just hopeful moves. Short passing has improved vastly. The 5-15 yards ones were where we did do well.
When you are on top you have to make it count and we didn't...sound familiar???
Come on lads. Could do better
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At least you wrote in some positives, most of last season there was very little to be positive about, I for one feel we are on the edge of some thing remarkable, that will make people take notice in the right way, hang in there, we are going in the right direction.
 
monty987 said:
We are going down this season no doubt about that, a manager who has no tactical knowledge, O Shea is league one standard, and when will ANYBODY score ?, reminicint of last season when we had to rely on Fletcher.
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You may be right Jokinear needs to get some signings in on the other hand Sunderland will be more than OK
 
Doesn't really matter how good you think the players are. Results are all that matters.

Our squad man for man is significantly better than yours, but does it mean anything if we don't have the right system to benefit them? No.
 
Paolo's Pecs said:
Don't think so mate, he tried to get in the game, but was just poor.

No ulterior reasons for me.
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Fulhum set out to get a goalless draw (and scored a goal due to sloppy defending - not to blame Roberge who was playing his 1st premier league game), choked the center and limited our attacks in the final 3rd. Dont think we can say Sess (or anyone else) was poor, just Fulham's game plan worked.

We'll do better against teams that play an open style of football imo
 
dansafcman said:
Fulhum set out to get a goalless draw (and scored a goal due to sloppy defending - not to blame Roberge who was playing his 1st premier league game), choked the center and limited our attacks in the final 3rd. Dont think we can say Sess (or anyone else) was poor, just Fulham's game plan worked.

We'll do better against teams that play an open style of football imo
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Seems fair mate.

I prefer today to look at the positives, mainly Cabral & Altidore for me, both look handy as ****.
 
LiamMoran said:
Celustka, Roberge, Giaccerini, Cabral and Altidore > Colback, O'Shea, Johnson, Larsson and Sessegnon.

By about 20 country miles...
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As much as I wanted MON out, can't see your point there MON only bought Johnson out of that list, the rest he inherited
 
We are now 3 managers and 3 years down the line and the big problem for me is Sessegnon.

He is simply not doing it on any kind of regularity and hasn't for 3 different managers over the last 3 seasons. If today is anything to go by then we are in for yet another season of mainly ****e, with a splash of average with 1 or 3 quality games only.

I really hope these rumours are true about him going so we can at long last get a proper striker in and maybe we will score some goals at last. Sess will not get 10 goals in one season if he lives and plays for the next 50 years.

We cannot afford the luxury of a player that performs every leap year. We need strikers that offer a goal threat. That was the glaring hole in our play today and Sess didnt even know how to try fill it let alone actually fill it.
 
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