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He's been brilliant but i must admit at some point yesterday i was thinking i'd rather have him in midfield rather than a more attacking position considering his usual end product, but fair play for him for the assist and the goal, he has everything except that final third output so if he can repeat what he did yesterday he'll be playing for the Brazilian team very soon.

Really happy for him, when he missed that free header i thought he's never going to score for us, a few minute later he cuts inside and scores with his right foot! hopefully this will give him more confidence in the final third and we see him get a few more before the end of the season.

There has to be some serious reaction to a defeat like this to show what sort of club we are trying to be, this game was the sort we used to see under Ashley and Bruce and expect the same to happen this year, it cannot be allowed to just pass.

Finally decided to take a shot like a footballer two seconds before he was taken off

Last time we discussed him here was August last year and it really should've stayed that way, i hope this is the last time we see him in our colors.

This is a big blow for us and for him, he needs to react the right way and send a strong message.

Shocking today, i was one who totally wanted him to stay and play with the first team but now i think it's time for him to go somewhere and play with less pressure on him.

It looks like he spent his time on the bench lifting weights and training for the WWE rather than football, how the fuck can a 29 athlete at the top level be this slow.

Just fuck him off honestly, let one of the kids have a chance at these minutes, he's costing us too many times now.

I'm happy he is just "ill" , felt this game would've been the perfect one for him and after carrying us by himself under the footballing cancer that is Steve Bruce i would've hated for him to leave on bad terms with the club.

Even Howe couldn't do anything with this guy's end product, the amount of chances he wastes is incredible.

I don't even think he gives a 100%, he runs and presses so lazily and gets beaten off the ball too frequently for a man of his size.

Thought he was comfortable in midfield and us not scoring had nothing much to do with him, interested to see how he will preform in the next game.

Poor game from him today, but it goes a long way to show how far we've come when his poor game is a game we dominated and kept a clean sheet in.

I thought he kept the players on for too long in the last game even though it was already won, perhaps he could've kept them a bit fresher for today's game but to be honest, we should've taken all three points easily, sometimes you have these games where the ball just wouldn't go in, hopefully we can pick ourselves up and give Arsenal a real game in a few days time.

Just came back from the match, when that ball fell to him in the second half everyone got up expecting him to score but i was still sitting on my seat because i have no confidence whatsoever in him scoring it, his movement, touch, finishing and overall play is nowhere near this league's level, its a good thing that he could take penalties because honestly i don't what else can he do.

He Looked so raw playing for Australia and is yet to start a single game in his career, a loan make sense even if it wasn't for work permit purposes but hope we pick the right club and opportunity for him.

I really thought that it was his moment, bless the lad this will go around in his head for a while but hopefully he can start forgetting about this once he joins us.

I think he made a good and unselfish call, if he had missed it would've effected his chances in getting another chance in other games. He played it safe and it resulted in a goal. I'm really pleased for him and for us, he always gave us his best when fit and he deserves to enjoy every bit of this moment, hopefully he will find the net the next time he's given a chance.

The Beauty of the friendly is that Al Shabbab are not a pushover side too, they've got Santi Mina, Evar Banega, Grzegorz Krychowiak and Aaron Boupendza playing for them, they might actually beast the scum :lol:

You honestly couldn't make this up, what a blow to them! excited to read that whole thread This is almost as good as the two "bilbao black cats" mackams who's entire existence was to promote love between Sunderland and Bilbao only for Bilbao to make a whole video montage celebrating their friendship with us.

Whatever it takes to win really, out side this club other teams hate everything about it us and if we can beat them while also pissing them off a bit i won't mind that one bit.

Absolute Monster, he does everything except be a goal threat, was hoping he goes for it when Mendy was after him.

Most underrated player in the league right now, it seems like only we talk about how good he is .

He runs with so much more purpose now, its making such a difference that he isn't doubting himself when attacking the other teams.