Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Sheffield United – Championship Play-off Final - Saturday 24th May 2025 - KO 15:00

I said a few times during the season that I don't think their squad is as good as folk make out. They have a few players that I'm huge fans off, especially Hamer and Souza who are special at championship level. However, the squad has poor balance and I really don't rate their CB pairing.

I know Hamer played well on Saturday, and all season, but he's so much better in the middle of the pitch rather than wide left imo

 

Philips - great player for us but useless analyst on us.

 

Aye balance is the one. You read their squad list and think ‘best playing off left’ about 5 times, then you see them playing Hamer, bet centrally, off the left. It’s daft.

Don’t rate Ahmedhodzic at all. Burrows is quality.

Too many ‘same players’. And I’ll say it louder for everyone at the back 3-5 times I said I don’t want Cannon, delighted it never happened.

 

I really like Burrows but defensively he is poor - loved him as a LWB when I've seen him play there

 

I just don't think he is an analyst or pundit, I always feel like he has minimal interest in SAFC and probably extends to football i general these days, but he isn't going turn down a paying gig is he?

I must be I a good mood as I usually slag him right off whenever I hear him talk about SAFC because of him being out of touch!

 

In tribute to our lads and a cheeky nod to Mickey Gray ...

... I'm taking a lead from ZZ TOP and wearing cheap sunglasses for our first match

 

Bang average yet couldn't beat us. We played a very dangerous game of chess and we won. RLB clearly makes in game decisions and adjustments accordingly. If their manager had any tactical nouse about him perhaps they would have won. Anyway, I hope they enjoy Wrexham away.

 

He’s certainly going to be in Patterson’s vision field. My take is Patto saves it if he’s not there. He made 2 far more difficult saves than that in the game with clear sight.

 

could you post the vid if you get chance? Not seen it!

 

That's what Wilder is crying about. Heard at least 2 interviews where he says keeper wasn't anywhere near it and I assume he means he wasn't saving it even if he wasn't their in front of him. Which is bullshit, it 100% prevented him having a decent crack at saving it.

 

i think he’s clueless and his attempt at Management confirms it.

 

I think I read that it’s the first time we’ve not lost with Kavanagh as ref! Might be wrong the fact but read it somewhere

 

Of course it did. Wilder's a misguided fool....all season he's had a chance to take his team back to the big time and they blew it....now he's looking for any excuses he can find. It would do him and his club a lot more good if he came out and said " we thought we were better on the day,but we came up short and got done by a team that never gives up. Good luck to them next season...we'll have another go."

 

I've just had a look at the Coventry forum and WOW!!!

They really know very little about SAFC, even football in general, and are incredibly childish ...

... it's so bitter and full of witless 'jokes' about Blunderland that we've never heard before

They're totally carried away with this Lampard hype and really confident that they'll make the automatics.

Even if they hang onto the three good players they have, which I doubt, the rest of the squad is pretty standard Championship level.

That 3-0, against us, was like a snort of cocaine ...

... it's made them ridiculously over confident and distorted reality.

 

That 3-0 was a cunning move by RLB to lure them into a false sense of reality!

 

Rigg

 

Anyway,which of us gives a **** what Sheff U and Coventry people think....they've come up short....they can deal with it!

 

What an amazing experience the last 3 games have been. Each one outdoing the previous one.
Absolutely buzzing with it. Seen Safc win at Wembley twice in a row now after 6 previous visits and disappointing losses. Barely recovered after the 72 hour bender that started on the train about 9.30am Friday.

What a club we follow. HTL.