sunderland

[Joelinton7]

12 hours ago, andycap said:

It's not looking good for them mind going into the playoffs bang out of form. 😂 Every season it seems to be the same. That's why the fans have a complex about getting rid of there manager every year before the run in. 

It’s a holdover from when they used to play us so now they always feel like they have to appoint a new manager to win their big games. 

[Joelinton7]

16 minutes ago, TK-421 said:

^ pic taken after our match against Villa

** pic taken when Targett was ruled out for the season 

[joefromlyntons]

1 hour ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Forgot about him - that's Spurs, so they're obviously good, we can see that from the league table

 

*checks league table*

 

Oh

Would be harsh to tarnish one player based on the clubs position. Individuals can still be good players whilst not in a team performing well. Says more about spurs then him

[Dancing Brave]

35 minutes ago, joefromlyntons said:

Would be harsh to tarnish one player based on the clubs position. Individuals can still be good players whilst not in a team performing well. Says more about spurs then him

Do you think your team will win the play-offs ? 

[Wolfcastle]

6 hours ago, et tu brute said:

 

10x more the catchment size  The clubs are only 13 miles apart. They love a good lie over there

Crystal Palace and Bournemouth have had 10x more 'good times' than them in recent years and bigger catchment areas.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Wolfcastle

[joefromlyntons]

1 hour ago, Dancing Brave said:

Do you think your team will win the play-offs ? 

No team i support is in them so sorry not sure of the relevance that has to the previous comment made?

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by joefromlyntons

[ianbeany]

joefromhylton

[joefromlyntons]

39 minutes ago, ianbeany said:

joefromhylton

Actually Lynton is a place in Devon. Valley of the rocks is a lovely place , great cricket ground set amongst it as well, very picturesque 

[Big River]

only a mackem would be thick enough to sign up with their real name that has authored articles on a Sunderland fanzine

[Harry 209]

He's very polite tho. 

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

58 minutes ago, Big River said:

only a mackem would be thick enough to sign up with their real name that has authored articles on a Sunderland fanzine

He didn't man, did he? 

[Dokko]

8 hours ago, Benwell Lad said:

The play offs will be the usual lottery, anyone can win and the team who finish 6th have almost the same chance as the team finishing clear 3rd.

I have to admit to not watching much of Sunderland, sometimes part of the games they have televised if nothing else to do, but what I have seen of them leaves me unconvinced they are anything remotely resembling a serious promotion team.

Take away their impressive start, when they seemed to catch the opposition cold, and they have looked nothing other than an average mid table championship team since, and often not even that.

They never win convincingly, if at all recently.  They lack any stand out individuals (despite the hype and claims of "generational talents") and often look cumbersome and awkward in possession.

 

Felt like a lot of the games they won early in the season they used up a lot of luck doing so. You could say they've been equally unlucky in their defeats, but not so sure. They are a young team which has been played into the ground. The manager has had no real choice but to ease off (not bscked in jan) just depends whether the row of defeats has climbed inside and knocked their confidence. 

 

Fans as usual haven't helped, kicking off about the tail off. Same fans who booed off their teams 1st home defeat sometime in November (or near that). Not sure the fans have the stomach or bottle for the playoffs. Theyll point fingers and nash their teeth at the players if thry don't win, but that lack of support, energy, nerves and entitlement will seep into the players and it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

 

Just takes one moment though. If thry get it things quickly change. Very interesting to see how they handle it.

[Dr Venkman]

1 hour ago, Big River said:

only a mackem would be thick enough to sign up with their real name that has authored articles on a Sunderland fanzine

[The Fountain]

10 hours ago, Benwell Lad said:

The play offs will be the usual lottery, anyone can win and the team who finish 6th have almost the same chance as the team finishing clear 3rd.

I have to admit to not watching much of Sunderland, sometimes part of the games they have televised if nothing else to do, but what I have seen of them leaves me unconvinced they are anything remotely resembling a serious promotion team.

Take away their impressive start, when they seemed to catch the opposition cold, and they have looked nothing other than an average mid table championship team since, and often not even that.

They never win convincingly, if at all recently.  They lack any stand out individuals (despite the hype and claims of "generational talents") and often look cumbersome and awkward in possession.

Recently it hasn't been that much of a lottery.In the last 14 seasons 3rd has won 6, 4th has won 5 and 5th has won 3.

Blackpool were the last team to finish 6th and win it in 2011.

[Norseman]

3 hours ago, joefromlyntons said:

Actually Lynton is a place in Devon. Valley of the rocks is a lovely place , great cricket ground set amongst it as well, very picturesque 

 

[Danh1]

First time I’ve watched Bristol City. Christ they are terrible. 

[KennyUtd]

10 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

First time I’ve watched Bristol City. Christ they are terrible. 

They'll still beat Sunderland. Leeds are just too good for this division. 

[Wallsendmag]

15 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

First time I’ve watched Bristol City. Christ they are terrible. 

 

The standard of the division is absolute dross nowadays. 5 seasons ago this Bristol City side would have finished bottom half.