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Yup, could have cost us big time today if it wasn't for the superior Perez & Joselu.

As soon as Gayle goes off. Thank fuck for that.

Still enough time to come back into this like. Come on boys we're better than these.

He isn't.

Brilliant from Perez.

More sharp play from Perez, he is looking really good at the moment, loving watching him play with confidence.

Looks tactical to me. We're at our most dangerous winning the ball high up the pitch and breaking on them. It's working as well, if only we had of taken our chances/can take our chances.

Tom Carroll at left back is nearly playing him on, it's pretty tight tbh. Only cause Carroll didn't push out though. Gayle wasn't aware of that yet was still a good 4-5 yards offside from a corner. Not good enough. He wouldn't have got near the ball if he was 4-5 yards back though So standing offside is the solution...

Tom Carroll at left back is nearly playing him on, it's pretty tight tbh. Only cause Carroll didn't push out though. Gayle wasn't aware of that yet was still a good 4-5 yards offside from a corner. Not good enough.

Not sure how he's so offside there. His movement & finishing are meant to be his strong points but they're both bloody awful atm. Perez & Joselu much better options upfront.

Really like Atsu, does a great job both going backwards & forwards.

Turned into a mint goalkeeper like.

Lovely run & great find from Ritchie.

Fucking howay Gayle man. Easy pair of chances missed.

Pleased to see Shelvey starting as well, need his quality in a game like this. Looking for a big game from him.

Good side, right to start Diame over Merino in my opinion. Only change I would have liked to see is Joselu instead of Gayle who has been poor lately. We'll win this.

Looking for a Junior Hoilett thunderbolt from range. He can hit them well given the time & space.

Reckon we'll win without too much hassle. We're better than them.

An honest attempt from the lad, foot on the ball but momentum means he rolls over it, probably looks bad to the ref at a glance but really isn't a bad challenge. Oh well

Harsh red that imo.

Sunderland's goalkeeper is rough as fuck. Their backup is even worse as well.

Any good?

This is exactly what will happen and we can all see it a mile off. So frustrating when we can't do anything about it. At this rate, we're going to get relegated and all the hard work done by Rafa/players in the Championship has been for nothing. That's not being dramatic, it's just very realistic. I wouldn't be so sure, at this current rate we would stay up given our points tally/form. Another couple of wins and we would all start feeling very confident of staying up. I don't think we're getting relegated this year personally, new signings or not. If we however start flogging key players like Shelvey, that's when I'd start to question our chances a bit more.

That Charly Musonda looks good I reckon, fwiw. Though I wouldn't be surprised to see him loaned out to a Southern club rather than us, Bournemouth/Brighton for instance.

Ah yes, that was a lack of concentration for sure. Good shout.