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Tried to reflect after a few hours and try to be as rational as possible without being a bedwetter like some over the road. first twenty minutes impressed by our press and how up we were - Jobe started well, Ekwah looks such a good prospect, Hemir well he looked like a young lad making his debut. Ballard could still be immense for us. We have a good chance for Jobe, a half penalty shout which could easily have been given and then fall foul to a fortuitous goal (however they had only attached twice and each time we had survived luckily)

Second half - why of why do we come out the traps so slowly - O9 loses his man and to be fair a smart finish. Hume then stupidly appears to go for kicking the ball away - I had said to my daughter I would have taken him off moved 09 to rb and brought on Baath just to avoid hat second challenge. We survived a couple of scares and then Pritch made a big difference - is that because he brings experience - if he does go Dack is going to have to perform that role

Last ten we gave it a real go - canny goal and very unlucky at the end

Positives - Ballard and Ekwah (why did he take him off?)

Honest negatives - why are we so easy to score against at home - TM has to really work on this as this has become a really bad habit.

Other points - Jack was quiet today - Roberts better but he must shoot (he had one great opportunity)

I honestly think we will play worse and win but this home form and defensive frailties especially given how individually the defenders are not awful players is a must to sort out

And - we all know we really desperately need an experienced forward who will really help the likes of Hemir
 
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King Kareoke said:
Tried to reflect after a few hours and try to be as rational as possible without being a bedwetter like some over the road. first twenty minutes impressed by our press and how up we were - Jobe started well, Ekwah looks such a good prospect, Hemir well he looked like a young lad making his debut. Ballard could still be immense for us. We have a good chance for Jobe, a half penalty shout which could easily have been given and then fall foul to a fortuitous goal (however they had only attached twice and each time we had survived luckily)

Second half - why of why do we come out the traps so slowly - O9 loses his man and to be fair a smart finish. Hume then stupidly appears to go for kicking the ball away - I had said to my daughter I would have taken him off moved 09 to rb and brought on Baath just to avoid hat second challenge. We survived a couple of scares and then Pritch made a big difference - is that because he brings experience - if he does go Dack is going to have to perform that role

Last ten we gave it a real go - canny goal and very unlucky at the end

Positives - Ballard and Ekwah (why did he take him off?)

Honest negatives - why are we so easy to score against at home - TM has to really work on this as this has become a really bad habit.

Other points - Jack was quiet today - Roberts better but he must shoot (he had one great opportunity)

I honestly think we will play worse and win but this home form and defensive frailties especially given how individually the defenders are not awful players is a must to sort out

And - we all know we really desperately need an experienced forward who will really help the likes of Hemir
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Batth doesnt play for us now despite being on the bench. Weve offered him a deal hes refused aswell as Stewart despite being out best players either side of the pitch. This causes me serious concern
 
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Scout73 said:
But spending money doesnt guarantee you that, luton went up last season with hardly spending any money - they signed players that fit a system, like we are trying to do

There are rules to adhere to that you cant just spend money.

I watch so many games of football from around the game on a weekly basis n its not as simple as saying lets just spend money as that guarantees success- it doesnt

The only time it does is the crazy money of sone of the top pl clubs

Brighton got into Europe without spending a fortune, brentford has become n establishes pl without spending stupid money so its doable.

What we are aiming for is possible but your making it down that its impossible
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In the season before they went up and the promotion season. Brighton had a net spend of about 20m.

Brentford spent about 30m the season before they were promoted. They used a couple of big money outgoings to fund this.
 
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many positives to take from yesterday, our one touch football especially in the first 30 mins was a joy to watch. However, we did look fragile at the back. But I posted a while ago as to why the club have taken so long to address the striker situation. When Stewart was injured in January, they knew a replacement was needed, we are now in August, into the new season and STILL not a replacement for our top striker who just might never play for the club again. I feel for TM, must be so frustrating for the bloke
 
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many positives to take from yesterday, our one touch football especially in the first 30 mins was a joy to watch. However, we did look fragile at the back. But I posted a while ago as to why the club have taken so long to address the striker situation. When Stewart was injured in January, they knew a replacement was needed, we are now in August, into the new season and STILL not a replacement for our top striker who just might never play for the club again. I feel for TM, must be so frustrating for the bloke
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TM is sick as a parrot over how this has been handled, you watch if the Connor deal goes tits up he will comment on the whole situation.
 
flandersmackem said:
many positives to take from yesterday, our one touch football especially in the first 30 mins was a joy to watch. However, we did look fragile at the back. But I posted a while ago as to why the club have taken so long to address the striker situation. When Stewart was injured in January, they knew a replacement was needed, we are now in August, into the new season and STILL not a replacement for our top striker who just might never play for the club again. I feel for TM, must be so frustrating for the bloke
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Spot on. I said last week that the striker situation should have been sorted before yesterday and was called negative. Goals cost money. If we don’t spend it it’s a gamble.
 
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Pure River Slut said:
Spot on. I said last week that the striker situation should have been sorted before yesterday and was called negative. Goals cost money. If we don’t spend it it’s a gamble.
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Not having 3 or 4 proper strikers does seem to be our achieves heel.

Not paying for experienced strikers does expose the experimental nature of our own peculiar brand of the sustainable model.
 
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Teessidemackem said:
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/spor...xeeTkC9cH8BwAGpa4P6HTcv_Yr45ThR7avOsX7L_gJYwM

Why else would he be dropped? He was a key player last season but once again money is an issue with us despite having a higher average crowd than most Prem teams and constant matches on Skysports.
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Why would you drop a player because he has rejected a contract offer??? Seems madness to me. The only thing I can think of is that it maybe down to an imminent departure (which I hope to God I'm wrong).
 
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