Monnone in goal doesn't fill me with confidence. I would have preferred Westwood. I honestly don't think he would have flapped about for the goal like Mannone did last week.
Anybody have any links? I wouldn't know where to start in finding one. Wes Brown makes his first league start for Sunderland in 22 months. Fernandinho and David Silva are injured for Manchester City as Joleon Lescott and Micah Richards start. Sunderland XI: Mannone, Celustka, Bardsley, Brown, O'Shea, Ki, Larsson, Colback, Johnson, Giaccherini, Fletcher. City XI: Pantilimon, Richards, Demichelis, Lescott, Kolarov, Milner, Toure, Garcia, Nasri, Aguero, Negredo
Let's see how many Sunderland people applaud during the minute's silence after the criticism regarding last week ............... my guess is, none.
Well without Kompany they are 'beatable' and without Silva they do miss a bit of a spark (if they hadn't brought him on against us I don't think they would have scored) but... Toure and Aguero are immense. Going to be a tough tough game but so long as you keep it tight there's a chance of something, need to start believing you can win these games (if you don't already). The longer it takes them to score the more you come into the game. Good luck, you'll need it as if they bring their A game they'll turn almost anyone over.
Is it me or does JOS look like he is going to give the ball away everytime he gets it. Apart from that the passing is looking nice, were keeping possession well.
