huss9 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 rafa really has to calm them down. they always look nervous as f***. he needs to avoid the "must win game" scenario as I think the players will s*** themselves. dare I say he needs to tell them its about the performance and we still have games to win after the derby. I think the less wound he gets them, the better we'll do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 0-2 loss for me. Can't see us not conceding (or Defoe/Borini not scoring) and unless there is a huge and miraculous improvement upfront, we can't score. Rafa would be the perfect answer longer term but he is working with a gutless and mercenary pile of s**** and even his ability ain't gonna be enough imo. Leicester have scored 18 more goals than the mackems and it took a spectacular overhead kick to get a goal at leicester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 We need an early goal, everyone knows this and I expect Fat Sam is planning on making the first 20 minutes truly awful and hope the nerves kick in from the crowd and players. Sissoko needs to turn up and Gini has got to disrupt their defensive shape. Rafa will need to spend most of the game in the technical area keeping the players at it. This game has echoes of the Play Off game, there is an expectation for us to win simply because we are at home and we have Rafa however, Sunderland are in better form and have the players who can hurt us. Hopefully Defoe and Borini both have unfortunate accidents in the next 24 hours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 We need an early goal, everyone knows this and I expect Fat Sam is planning on making the first 20 minutes truly awful and hope the nerves kick in from the crowd and players. Sissoko needs to turn up and Gini has got to disrupt their defensive shape. Rafa will need to spend most of the game in the technical area keeping the players at it. This game has echoes of the Play Off game, there is an expectation for us to win simply because we are at home and we have Rafa however, Sunderland are in better form and have the players who can hurt us. Hopefully Defoe and Borini both have unfortunate accidents in the next 24 hours. We don't need an early goal at all although it would be nice, we need one more goal than them and I don't care if it comes in the 100th minute. I think the only way the crowd becomes nervous is if they are all over us and that is not likely. As for the mackem form, their away from is not better than our home form and our last home performance was entirely down to the manager losing the dressing room as they simply were not playing for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 So much negativity and expecting a defeat around for my liking. Come on fella's, it's the first time in donkeys years we have actually had a real top drawer manager who can come in and do something. We all keep saying this team can't be as bad as it looks, this player has been Pardewed that player has been Pardewed, we all wondered what we might look like under a real boss. Well we have one now, and a f***ing great one at that. If anyone can lift these f***ers it's Rafa. We should all be buzzing and going into this game against a f***ing w*** team full of confidence, and expecting a victory. Now no more misery folks, it's going to be a victory and a f***ing cracker weekend, three points guaranteed, out the bottom three and not back in it from there on in. Mark my words. On a side note, I have had a slipped disc and tonsilitis and been on codeine all week, which has had me off my tits. So if you can't cheer your faces up then I highly recommend you get some. Buzzing for tomorrow I tells ya. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Nerves already kicking in, wish this was at lunchtime today rather than tomorrow to get it over and done with. I feel physically sick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Nerves already kicking in, wish this was at lunchtime today rather than tomorrow to get it over and done with. I feel physically sick. There is no need, Rafa has got this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Mackems playing in green. Didnt they use red and white last season? edit: ah it's cause both home kits have black socks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Maybe it has to do with our home shirt having too much white. We didn't wear it at their place this season either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 1-0 Mitrovic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Think Mitro deserves to sit out at the start tomorrow. But of I could choose one player to score the winning goal it would definitely be him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Nerves already kicking in, wish this was at lunchtime today rather than tomorrow to get it over and done with. I feel physically sick. There is no need, Rafa has got this. Rafa will have them ready. The ground will be rocking and we'll finally make that club sit the fuck down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 People do seem to be painting Defoe as some sort of latter day Van Basten who is bound to score (probably will now I've said this). Of his 11 league goals, 6 were against Swansea and Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 People do seem to be painting Defoe as some sort of latter day Van Basten who is bound to score (probably will now I've said this). Of his 11 league goals, 6 were against Swansea and Villa. Was thinking the same 11 goals isn't great anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 People do seem to be painting Defoe as some sort of latter day Van Basten who is bound to score (probably will now I've said this). Of his 11 league goals, 6 were against Swansea and Villa. So he scores most of his goals against the other teams at the bottom of the league? Nowt for us to worry about then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I beat the Mackems 9-0 in FIFA 12 last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I beat the Mackems 9-0 in FIFA 12 last night. See, this is the kind up uplifting feel good stories we need. Well done bonny lad, good on you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Backed a horse called Rafa this morning, it finished pretty much last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookidge Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Backed a horse called Rafa this morning, it finished pretty much last. Was it in the bottom three? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Backed a horse called Rafa this morning, it finished pretty much last. Was it in the bottom three? It was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Jesus, caring about a football match is weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I can't wait to have my tv belting tomorrow morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I can't wait to have my tv belting tomorrow morning. I can't wait to be belting my tv tommorow afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I can't wait to close Sky Go and find another game to watch when we go 1 down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Mackems playing in green. Didnt they use red and white last season? edit: ah it's cause both home kits have black socks Is it not because when we both wear stripes it's horrific to watch on tv? Usually just swap mis matching socks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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