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We played well. Good but not great. A deserved win that was a little nervy.

Some fans said that in the last competition. Absolutely battered Arsenal and stuffed Liverpool in the final. We are a strange team. We can do any team on our day. PSG did you say?

We can do it!

Not allowed to have apop at Bruno on here ....... ever. I love him though 😍

Can you tell nufc4eva that.

Nah, not having that like.

Yes I agree, however the bloke that crossed the ball was allowed to purely because Murphy switched off.

MUCH MUCH better than Sunday. What are you watching? It's actually an enjoyable cup tie.

Totally unfair. Both Willock and Ramsey have played well. Especially Ramsey.

Ok then.

I never saw any sunderland player "having the time of their lives". I saw an absolute boring slog of a game.

Don't start him off man!

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I can't believe some on here would prioritise a centre back when we are struggling for goals. An attacker or attacking midfielder for me.

Hope Pope is fit.

His face was an awful pasty white. A sign that something is massively wrong. I actually suspect something more serious than a broken rib.

Forget about the own goal. Woltemade was terrible today. A nothing performance. Never won anything in the air. Made no telling runs and his pressing was half hearted and lazy. I honestly would have replaced him after 10 minutes with a plank of wood. Sorry but that's the way I'm feeling at the moment. Gutted!

You nailed it! And I'm a dyed in the wool Howe supporter.

Spot on actually. When he's upfront he barely gets 3 inches off the ground. The own goal was a superb salmon like leap. He could easily have just put a flick onto the ball that would have seen it sailing out for a throw in. The best option was to actually leave the ball altogether.

I'm Eddie's biggest fan but today's selection and formation were wrong. sunderland are a poor to average team. Get at them and we would have steam rollered them. Sitting back against mighty sunderland was just wrong. Let's hope he knows this and things improve. I'm so gutted!

Has Howe made any post match comments?

Yeah I said similar earlier. He can't read a game of football. Most good footballers don't need that much coaching to spot danger, when to cover, come wide, come deep etc. He basically can run fast.

Couldn't agree more. His honeymoon period is over. He was abysmal today. The first and only header he won all day ends in our net. However, forget about the own goal for a minute, his overall play was shocking. Against a very poor team also.

Woltemade just behind him mind you. The first and only header he "won" ends in our net. Abysmal.

The more I see of this lad, the more I think he totally chose the wrong sport. He's certainly not a footballer.