Doctor Zaius

He's woeful against teams that sit back. When you need a bit of craft, guile and quality to unlock a defence and he's not the one. If we're playing on the counter or pressing high up, he can be useful, otherwise he's no good. The lack of right foot is astonishing for a player at that level too. He's been exposed massively over the last few weeks for his refusal to use his right. He just can't do it and it limits him massively. Just one example from the past week - any other footballer drills that across the box, but Almiron cuts back onto his left. It's not good enough for a top level player and he needs replaced in the starting XI asap.

Absolutely fucking shite that like. We don't have enough players who can play with the ball at their feet. Need to get ruthless.

Aye, because it's absolutely worth keeping Dan Burn on the pitch for 85 minutes when you're chasing the game and have the majority of the ball. Fuckin hell.

You know when the ball falls to Almiron it isn't going in. Worst possible game for him given we need a bit of a craft a guile to break them down. Need rid sooner rather than later

Would have hooked Longstaff tbh

Were absolutely pathetic on the ball. Constantly giving it away. If it's not Miley, Schar or Bruno on the ball, forget about it. We simply don't know how to play with it. Outfight us and you've won.

Trippier done twice already

Happy with that team if we can rotate for boxing day

14 games minimum. Okay.

Of course Chelsea get Boro. Jesus man

Don't play Ritchie, that's all I ask

I think his confidence has taken a hit. A few mistakes and he's second guessing himself. When you lose a bit of confidence, its that split second hesitation that we saw last night. Its that hesitation that makes you second guess your technique and miss a pen, that hesitation that makes you misplace a pass. I dont think his sudden issues are down to age, I dont really think last night was down to fatigue either. Unless he explicitly says he needs a rest and his body is shot, id have him straight back in the team for Luton. A couple of solid games and he'll be back imo and where better to start that one of the weakest teams in the league.

The thing is with sitting back, you still need an outlet. Tonight we had Ritchie who is finished. A knackered Almiron and Wilson who can't really play more than an hour. I know it's the same old story but if we were able to make changes, we'd see that game out. We couldn't stretch them or hit them on the break. Even so, it was an individual error that cost us. Howe's hands are largely tied at the minute.

Worst injury crisis/fixture congestion I can ever remember and he's barely had a minute. Ritchie can barely run, he'd have gave us an outlet on the left. He's not suddenly going to be introduced when Burn and Targett are fully fit in the second half of the season. Fuck knows why we signed him like. Not a fan of these appearance based condition deals.

Also, Matt Ritchie is a complete waste of a shirt. He can barely run man. There's no point in putting him on unless it's a total last resort.

Milan, PSG, Chelsea. We've had some stinking last minute goals. Sick of it. Injuries too. Every single game more and more. Sick of this season.

Sick of this season like

Not a chance we're gonna be able to see this out giving the ball away like this

Gordon is knackered. Needs taken off asap

Ride out luck since our goal. Defence has been good. Gordon very poor. Would have had a great chance if Almiron would use his right. Never known such a one footed player.

Hell of a team to put out. Fair play. HTL

https://x.com/LeeMarshall9/status/1736775169933213735?s=20 Thread on the Sunderland allocation and 'corporate'. Good communication from the club.

Double yellow card? Wtf

Darwin Nunez isn't good enough for a team that want to win the league. Don't think he ever will be.

There's loads of reasons why people are 'day trippers' tbf. There's people who will have supported us through shite for years who can only go so often. However anyone filming themselves or large parts of the match for fuckin tiktok or whatever needs told to pack it in. Whatever happened to 'When in Rome...'?