Revolution Number 9 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 I think we all know the best African playing in that game is going to be Cheickmate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Bent eclipses anything we've got or could hope to have. The rest is moderately comparable. Though our strength in depth is slim-to-none. Anything we could hope to have? I'd say even from the little I've seen of HBA that he would eclipse all NE players quite easily even Darren 'scuffed shot' Bent. Darren Bent has a s*** load of goals to back his case, Hatem Ben Arfa just has enthusiastic Geordies. That won't change till he's fit and has had a decent run of games for us. True, but when you talk about anything we 'could hope to have' I can't prove it either way! I just don't want the mackems getting praised on here without comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 What type of midfielder is Henderson anyway? I imagine with Cattermole he's meant to be their forward thinking midfielder but I can't say I've noticed him make or score that many. Can't say I've seen much of him either but he's big and strong with decent ability and they see him as a future England player. They were asking a sunderland fan about him on Talksport and he reckoned he was quick, could score goals and had a decent cross on him. If he's right-sided then Enrique will snuff him dead. If he's up against Simpson I'd be concerned...unless he turns out to be shite and it's all hype. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 He's scored 2 goals in 50 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/sunderland-afc/safc-news/2010/10/26/bruce-to-play-midfield-five-against-newcastle-72703-27543900/? Wonder if we'll set up the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Tiote is actually 2 people, so we only need 4 in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/sunderland-afc/safc-news/2010/10/26/bruce-to-play-midfield-five-against-newcastle-72703-27543900/? Wonder if we'll set up the same. Think their best shot at beating us is with the two up front. Strange decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Is Bardsley their first choice LB? I'd be tempted give Routledge a go against him, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/sunderland-afc/safc-news/2010/10/26/bruce-to-play-midfield-five-against-newcastle-72703-27543900/? Wonder if we'll set up the same. so he's paid 13m for this fancy new striker and he switchs to a 4-5-1 right after that, something doesn't add up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 You cannot afford to play against big teams and give them good possession. GEORDIE MAG SKUNK BARCODE BASTARD IN 'NEWCASTLE ARE BIG CLUB' GLOAT BRUCE OUT FTM 2-1 /rtg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Is Bardsley their first choice LB? I'd be tempted give Routledge a go against him, like. i thought richardson was Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 I remember bardsley kicking Jonas all over last time at SJP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
broonalegeordie Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/sunderland-afc/safc-news/2010/10/26/bruce-to-play-midfield-five-against-newcastle-72703-27543900/? Wonder if we'll set up the same. so he's paid 13m for this fancy new striker and he switchs to a 4-5-1 right after that, something doesn't add up realised bents shit when playing along side someone else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/sunderland-afc/safc-news/2010/10/26/bruce-to-play-midfield-five-against-newcastle-72703-27543900/? Wonder if we'll set up the same. so he's paid 13m for this fancy new striker and he switchs to a 4-5-1 right after that, something doesn't add up realised bents shit when playing along side someone else? But Gyan is one of the 23 best players in the world! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/sunderland-afc/safc-news/2010/10/26/asamoah-gyan-on-list-for-fifa-s-ballon-d-or-72703-27543903/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Presume it's something to do with the accents of foreign journalists, barn door, Ballon d'Or, it's an easy mistake to make. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Is Bardsley their first choice LB? I'd be tempted give Routledge a go against him, like. i thought richardson was I think he is injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/sunderland-afc/safc-news/2010/10/26/bruce-to-play-midfield-five-against-newcastle-72703-27543900/? Wonder if we'll set up the same. I think for this match I'd be tempted to since their best bet of scoring is to sit back and hit us on the break. They do have some pace up front so if we push too far up the pitch I'm not sure we've got the players to deal with the ball over the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LucasUnger Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 There's only four of us, with two of them being mom and dad Sweden's out on second thoughts how does your mommy look like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 The few mackems at work are giving it the big one this week, thinking they are going to tonk us. We'll wait and see. They're going into the derby game at yours for the first time in a while as, what they consider to be, favourites, and a clearly better team. Personally, I think they're getting ahead of themselves - their 2 wins have been a debatable last minute penalty scuffed in by Bent, and an own goal (in a game they were by some distance 2nd best). I think they're just putting on a face of confidence just for the hell of it. Are Sunderland really a clearly better team? Man for man, I really don't see where they are clearly better. I'm not sure how many of their squad I would take to be honest. Their team for their last match was: Sunderland 22 Mignolet 02 Bardsley 04 Turner 15 Onuoha 19 Bramble 06 Cattermole 08 Malbranque 10 Henderson 27 Al-Muhammadi 11 Bent 17 Welbeck (Gyan 65) Substitutes 01 Gordon, 05 John Mensah, 14 Da Silva, 29 Ferdinand, 07 Zenden, 16 Riveros, 33 Gyan A quick trip to RTG to read one of their many "Do Newcastle have a better first XI than us?" threads will tell you that the majority believe that man for man they are better than us in almost every position. Which of course is nonesense. They reckon Bramble's better than Coloccini. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Also love the fact they mock Jonas' end product, but hail their attacking midfielder as the next big thing despite 2 goals in 50 career apps for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 RTG does make for interesting reading. I think the teams are pretty much even (I've tried to look at it as objectively as possible...) but the majority of them seem to reckon at least an 8-3 man for man. I obviously haven't seen enough of the Sunderland magic this season. The only definites from them would be Onuoha, Gyan and Bent. After that - I can't see much quality there. They do have more strength in depth currently though. However, if we had HBA, Gosling, Harper, Campbell, S Taylor all fit, I can't say their squad would be much stronger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Who's their left back that's better than Enrique? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 RTG does make for interesting reading. I think the teams are pretty much even (I've tried to look at it as objectively as possible...) but the majority of them seem to reckon at least an 8-3 man for man. I obviously haven't seen enough of the Sunderland magic this season. The Mail had an article on the game and said it was going to be a close match, some of them are going ape shit and saying the journalist must be a mag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Who's their left back that's better than Enrique? Bent is the only player they have that I'd have in our team tbh, the rest are fading, dirty, or shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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