Wullie Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 When you've already had a funeral director pay to take out ad space on the front page, surely you'd go with a different headline? :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ryan Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 The Chronicle I hope that's not the final print. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 The defending on their goal was fucking pitiful. All of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 what was mbemba doing at the end there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 what was mbemba doing at the end there He was pretty dodgy today. Hopefully just a bit rusty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Yeah I thought he looked like he was going to make a mistake every time the ball went near him. Would have been unforgivable if Borini had scored at the end there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 God i love Mitro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Defoe saying they were the better team and that he can only remember us having one chance other than the goal. I guess having 4 more shots in total than them, double the amount on target (one of which was cleared off the line), and 60% possession counts for fuck all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 If you look at the financial outlay that has been made on these players, you are shocked at how bad they can be...also, in the first half especially, there was a distinct lack of bite and willingness to get stuck in to win the second ball..Perez especially guilty, had a mare in the first half, and Wijnaldum disappeared(as usual) too. We lost possession far too easily up front and the only player to cause them any problems was Townsend when he used his dribbling/pace to run at them. If we go down - and its still odds on as far as I am concerned - both Carr and Charnley should be fired for some awful transfer buys as well as pathetic decisions about management. Clearly, Rafa will make a difference but was brought in FAR too late to have a realistic chance of keeping us up. Sunderland were clearly the better side in the first half and we have Elliott to thank for keeping them out for so long. They had a better balance throughout the side and the fact that we signed Colback from them shows what a mess our transfer policy is compared to their recent signings. Colback was dire and I am glad Rafa took him off because he and Janmaat were odds on to be sent off. Shelvey does not look happy in his current position, although it should be his forte. Although we got a late equaliser, it is hard to see how this side can survive - Norwich look a side determined to fight to stay up and that is something we lack in many positions throughout the side. I will be very surprised if we beat them when we meet and frankly, on this performance we will be lucky to get a point. Survival is Sunderland and Norwich's to lose....it is now a distant goal for us because we have dropped too many vital points to relegation rivals, cannot score goals and lack physical courage(apart from Mitro, although he lacks other necessary qualities for a striker). If Rafa had ANY doubts as to the size of his task, he will have had them well and truly dispelled after watching yesterday's game. If he had been able to sign a couple of players, I have no doubt he would have done so........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Can't believe how shit we were. Thank god for that goal, probably won't be enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Defoe saying they were the better team and that he can only remember us having one chance other than the goal. I guess having 4 more shots in total than them, double the amount on target (one of which was cleared off the line), and 60% possession counts for fuck all. If you can't see they were the better side, there really is no hope for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Defoe saying they were the better team and that he can only remember us having one chance other than the goal. I guess having 4 more shots in total than them, double the amount on target (one of which was cleared off the line), and 60% possession counts for f*** all. If you can't see they were the better side, there really is no hope for you. I think we were as dominant in the 2nd half as they were in the first, neither team looked anything special. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 The defending on their goal was fucking pitiful. All of it. I know it was hit hard but Elliott's parry was fucking terrible too, I have no idea what the defenders were thinking though, 4 of them followed the ball and left every Sunderland player in the box free, bizzare. We're really bad at getting the ball away from danger in general though, it's worrying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Defoe saying they were the better team and that he can only remember us having one chance other than the goal. I guess having 4 more shots in total than them, double the amount on target (one of which was cleared off the line), and 60% possession counts for f*** all. If you can't see they were the better side, there really is no hope for you. I think we were as dominant in the 2nd half as they were in the first, neither team looked anything special. As far as I saw they controlled the game until they dropped deep protecting what they had and took off Kirchhoff and Khazri. We were better second half agreed , but definitely not the better side overall. I do believe under our previous three managers we'd have lost the game convincingly though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Their players were 'smarter' than ours in the respect that they won fouls often accompanied in Borini's case with a full throated scream. Every time they were touched they threw themselves to the floor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 The defending on their goal was fucking pitiful. All of it. I know it was hit hard but Elliott's parry was fucking terrible too, I have no idea what the defenders were thinking though, 4 of them followed the ball and left every Sunderland player in the box free, bizzare. We're really bad at getting the ball away from danger in general though, it's worrying. Any half decent keeper would have parried it over the bar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Their players were 'smarter' than ours in the respect that they won fouls often accompanied in Borini's case with a full throated scream. Every time they were touched they threw themselves to the floor. They know who the clumsy tacklers are and our lack of pace and exploited it well in their pressing and the stuff you describe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Their players were 'smarter' than ours in the respect that they won fouls often accompanied in Borini's case with a full throated scream. Every time they were touched they threw themselves to the floor. They know who the clumsy tacklers are and our lack of pace and exploited it well in their pressing and the stuff you describe. Mind you, these theatrics won them the reverse fixture too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 God i love Mitro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 1st 5 minutes ok last 15 minutes decent bit in between absolutely abysmal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I'll take a hard shot as a victory at this point. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 1st 5 minutes ok last 15 minutes decent bit in between absolutely abysmal. The early part of the second half was pretty much even stevens with us having one cleared off the line early in. They were on top most of the first half, largely due to them targeting our left side. Leicester scored from a Colback error too, so sorting that side out is priority number one. Number two is working on combinations for opening teams up once we get to their 18 yard line. We got there numerous times but lack of runners, poor delivery and poor decisions cost us in both games. We've finished both games under Rafa stronger than our opponents and have edged the shot count. Under McClaren we averaged 10 for and 16 against. Whether we'll get results is a different matter, but I can see us competing in most of our remaining games. Compared to the Bournemouth home game, that's a big change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Was it Antonio for West Ham (winger/striker) who had a stint at RB for them which worked quite well? Defended ok and was also a major plus for them going forward down that side with two natural attacking players. With our injuries/suspensions, I'd be half tempted to keep Sissoko at LB until a natural LB is fit/available. Would also free up for us to play quite a few attacking players and really take the game to Norwich. Also thought it was interesting that Rafa chose Anita rather than fistipumps to replace Janmaat. Clearly doesn't rate him, which isn't a bad thing. Makes me laugh that it has taken Rafa less than two weeks to spot the deficiencies in our squad that previous managers have just attempted to ignore and paper over the cracks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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