The Bonk Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 16 minutes ago, TBG said: Seriously considering supporting Sunderland now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo123 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Just now, TheBrownBottle said: If their players are so shit, maybe we should hire their coaching team instead? I think they’ve bought reasonably well. I've never said their players are shit, tbf. They're extremely well organised. I just don't ever see what style of football they're playing, but that's also off a small sample of games I've seen. Their coaching staff are doing a very good job, clearly, but I bet le Bris is peddled before Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Just now, Pablo123 said: I've never said their players are shit, tbf. They're extremely well organised. I just don't ever see what style of football they're playing, but that's also off a small sample of games I've seen. Their coaching staff are doing a very good job, clearly, but I bet le Bris is peddled before Christmas. Let’s hope so, it would mean they’ve fell off a cliff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe1984 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) Been announced they've signed 22 year old Angulo from Anderlecht. Edited February 2 by Joe1984 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW1983 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Looks like another busy back shift at Nissan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 10 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: If their players are so shit, maybe we should hire their coaching team instead? I think they’ve bought reasonably well. I don't think their players are individually great, but they seem to have bought players to suit the system they are playing. Not sure how much input Le Bris has on incoming transfers, but it's worked out remarkably well for him if their DOF is buying players over his head. Disclaimer: I have no idea if they even have a DOF btw, for all I know they might have a mackem Lee Charnley doing all the admin stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFC L Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 10 hours ago, Pablo123 said: I've never said their players are shit, tbf. They're extremely well organised. I just don't ever see what style of football they're playing, but that's also off a small sample of games I've seen. Their coaching staff are doing a very good job, clearly, but I bet le Bris is peddled before Christmas. Low block, lot of effort off the ball, soak up the pressure and counter, and use a striker up front who can hold it up with runners off him. It’s similar to Forest under Nuno. It’s working well so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 game a week is also massive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 29 minutes ago, RS said: 1 game a week is also massive We of all fans should know that by now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) 1 hour ago, SAFC L said: Low block, lot of effort off the ball, soak up the pressure and counter, and use a striker up front who can hold it up with runners off him. It’s similar to Forest under Nuno. It’s working well so far. And here's why I don't get why our fans are drooling over your recruitment saying we should have went for them (keeper aside). Elanga would be incredible in that Sunderland setup going by the Forest model and his Forest numbers will likely piss on whoever plays on the wings for Sunderland. Far easier to scout a £10-25m player to play your way than someone for similar money and expect him to try and improve a top 5 side. Edited February 3 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFC L Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said: And here's why I don't get why our fans are drooling over your recruitment saying we should have went for them (keeper aside). Elanga would be incredible in that Sunderland setup going by the Forest model and his Forest numbers will likely piss on whoever plays on the wings for Sunderland. Far easier to scout a £10-25m player to play your way than someone for similar money and expect him to try and improve a top 5 side. I agree that the signings we have made won’t really get into your team week in, week out - bar the keeper. Maybe a couple of the defenders, Xhaka & Brobbey would be bench players for you. The main thing is though your recruitment has been really poor from the summer. Thiaw aside I don’t think any new signings have done well for you - Wissa’s been injured I suppose but the rest look poor from what I’ve seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo2 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 14 hours ago, Pablo123 said: People shouldn't be so presumptuous. Which of their players would start for us? Should we go for le Bris? Hopefully someone in France comes along and he fucks off sharpish. Annoyingly competent so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 16 minutes ago, Robbo2 said: Hopefully someone in France comes along and he fucks off sharpish. Annoyingly competent so far Things change very quickly for managers on Wearside. A lot of them wanted rid of him before, during and after their surprise play off success. Unsurprisingly that's no longer the case, with a lot of positive feeling around the place, but he's only ever going to be a few bad results away from the pitch forks being back out for him. It is difficult to pin point exactly what he has done for them, as their intended style of play is so difficult to grasp. But as the earlier post said they do work hard at it, whatever it is. Is it sustainable? Probably not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Only unbeaten team at home in the division, wild and grim in equal measure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Key for the mackems will be what they do next season. Remember Sheff United coming up a few seasons ago and finishing in the top half? (much to everyone's surprise?) They crashed and burned the following season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 41 minutes ago, SAFC L said: I agree that the signings we have made won’t really get into your team week in, week out - bar the keeper. Maybe a couple of the defenders, Xhaka & Brobbey would be bench players for you. The main thing is though your recruitment has been really poor from the summer. Thiaw aside I don’t think any new signings have done well for you - Wissa’s been injured I suppose but the rest look poor from what I’ve seen. We're in a bit of a limbo where the top targets will still choose the Sky 6, and the group of players underneath, clubs know we have money and will rinse us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 As I have said to some Sunderland friends its been a great welcome surprise and I am sure we would be had we been in their shoes. Better players will likely be poached so it will be how they hold the side together while trying to swap out core members. If they can continue to improve they could "do a forest" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 8 minutes ago, Benwell Lad said: Things change very quickly for managers on Wearside. A lot of them wanted rid of him before, during and after their surprise play off success. Unsurprisingly that's no longer the case, with a lot of positive feeling around the place, but he's only ever going to be a few bad results away from the pitch forks being back out for him. It is difficult to pin point exactly what he has done for them, as their intended style of play is so difficult to grasp. But as the earlier post said they do work hard at it, whatever it is. Is it sustainable? Probably not. Their set up relies a lot on discipline and working their arses off closing down the opposition. Once the promotion bounce has worn off and we are into a second season of grind, that's when we'll find out how easy it is to repeat. I think they'll struggle unless they can add some real quality in one or two areas. Their manager does seem quite focused on what he wants though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Xhaka would've been a great signing for us imo. A profile we needed. Experienced. A passer. But we don't seem interested in doing that. I like Mukiele but he's older than what we need although the price was good. Seen he went to Leipzig back in the day. That's the model we should have largely. The best 18-21 pushing 23 we can get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 What do we need passers for when we can get bleep test titans? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 We need more dribblers. No, not those kind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyUtd Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: We need more dribblers. No, not those kind Forum is full of them. 😆 Edited February 3 by KennyUtd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 4 hours ago, SAFC L said: Low block, lot of effort off the ball, soak up the pressure and counter, and use a striker up front who can hold it up with runners off him. It’s similar to Forest under Nuno. It’s working well so far. Oh here he is. Sunderland must have won yesterday then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFC L Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 48 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said: Oh here he is. Sunderland must have won yesterday then Hello mate. They did, yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFCDoog Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, Big Geordie said: Key for the mackems will be what they do next season. Remember Sheff United coming up a few seasons ago and finishing in the top half? (much to everyone's surprise?) They crashed and burned the following season. Sheff Utd amazingly did it with pretty much the same players that came up from league 1 and the Championship with them mind, so was always going to be a ceiling. These lot have made loads of canny signings and seemingly have enough money to go again in the summer. Completely different situation, think these are here to stay (not necessarily top 8 again next season, but pushing to for top half certainly) for the foreseeable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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