sunderland

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

Very light in midfield and West Ham were nicely in control for the first half. Their forwards look like a threat but lightweight. Big result today but can’t see how it’ll last. West Ham were terrible and not because of how Sunderland played. 
 

West Ham looked like relegation certainties on that second half showing, Sunderland will be in and around lower mid table/relegation when the adrenaline runs out.

[tgarve]

10 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said:

 

Easy six points for us apparently. They'll go straight back down apparently. They'll be worse than Southampton apparently. 

 

Some shite been talked about them on here. They've spent a good amount, they set up to play on the break which suits a bottom half team in the PL and they've improved their squad and team. Every chance of staying up, every chance of taking points from us just like league one Luton did a few years ago. Anyone who wanted them up is a fool. 

Stop wetting the bed fool

[TRon]

4 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

Very light in midfield and West Ham were nicely in control for the first half. Their forwards look like a threat but lightweight. Big result today but can’t see how it’ll last. West Ham were terrible and not because of how Sunderland played. 
 

West Ham looked like relegation certainties on that second half showing, Sunderland will be in and around lower mid table/relegation when the adrenaline runs out.

 

 

Moyes is in for an interesting season that's for sure. It won't take long for the spiteful spammers crowd to turn on him big time. 

[Heron]

SMBs wearing their shirts walking around Whitley Bay for no other reason than to be antagonistic

 

Alreet chaps, you won your first top flight game in like 9 years against a shite West Ham outfit...

 

 

Edited August 16, 2025 by Heron

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

6 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

Moyes is in for an interesting season that's for sure. It won't take long for the spiteful spammers crowd to turn on him big time. 

is this a bit? 

[Smal]

I’m been trynna work out how Everton are called the spiteful spammers for a bit. Spiteful I get but not the spammers bit

[54]

"HMS Piss the League" lasted 2 and a half hours.

[TRon]

1 minute ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

is this a bit? 

 

Nah genuinely forgot he was at Everton now. 

 

Once Moyes has been at a club I always associate him with them.  

[Whitley mag]

8 minutes ago, Heron said:

SMBs wearing their shirts walking around Whitley Bay for no other reason than to be antagonistic

 

Alreet chaps, you won your first top flight game in like 9 years against a shite West Ham outfit...

 

 

 

Like wood lice crawling out the woodwork. Rarely see them in these parts must be feeling brave after a few pints of Vaux piss.

[Moose]

The last 6 teams to get promoted before this season were all utterly pathetic and never stood a chance at surviving. I begrudgingly respect that Sunlun went down the Notts Forest route of building an whole new team instead of the Sheff Utd route of bending over for 38 games until cashing in the marrachute payment. Hopefully their rebuild blows up in their face and they get punted back down to the doldrums where they belong.

 

Today has me worried that they'll survive though, not so much because they're good but because I'm concerned that the years of coasting it as midtable dross will catch up with West Ham and Wolves this year. Brentford have done their very best to weaken themselves too. 

 

The relegation scrap will be a lot more open this year. 

 

 

Edited August 16, 2025 by Moose

[El Prontonise]

2 cracking headers for their goals mind.

[1964]

Their xg was low, I think I saw 0.7

[Infinitely Content]

49 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

2 cracking headers for their goals mind.

Great goals, especially the first with the cross in from the new centre back. Difficult to replicate though.

[Rod]

1 hour ago, Moose said:

The last 6 teams to get promoted before this season were all utterly pathetic and never stood a chance at surviving. I begrudgingly respect that Sunlun went down the Notts Forest route of building an whole new team instead of the Sheff Utd route of bending over for 38 games until cashing in the marrachute payment. Hopefully their rebuild blows up in their face and they get punted back down to the doldrums where they belong.

 

Today has me worried that they'll survive though, not so much because they're good but because I'm concerned that the years of coasting it as midtable dross will catch up with West Ham and Wolves this year. Brentford have done their very best to weaken themselves too. 

 

The relegation scrap will be a lot more open this year. 

 

 

 

sunderland will finish rock bottom.

[ChicagoMagpie]

I see the MLF’s were upto their usual standards today, racially abusing Calum Wilson.   Vile creatures. 

[NUFCDoog]

33 minutes ago, Rod said:

sunderland will finish rock bottom.

 not sure if this is just a defence mechanism or what, but there's no chance they're finishing rock bottom. No chance whatsoever. Good money could be bet on this.

[Stifler]

I said it in the other games thread. The drop off in quality between our game and their game was big. There were no really runs with any kind of pace. The passing was slow, it felt like they were passing to the nearest player and not with any sort of plan. Sunderland will face tests like never before this season. I honestly think Burnley next weekend will be hard for them. It’s Burnley’s first home match, it’s a fixture that Burnley know they need to make the most out of, and Burnley will make it difficult for the lower half of the table to create chances against them.

 

Sunderland's crowd was with them today, their first game back etc. The big test for them is how they will react when the crowd isn’t there? What happens when they go a goal down? What happens if they are on the back of a defeat in the previous game and the good buzz has gone? What happens when it gets to October/November and the weather turns, and they realise that they can either watch it at home or down the pub?

For as much as their crowd can prove the difference when they are with them, like today, and against Coventry etc, they are equally a barrier when hey turn, and as we have seen so many times before from them, they do turn quite easily.

[et tu brute]

32 minutes ago, Rod said:

sunderland will finish rock bottom.

I saw nothing to change my mind that they will be relegated. They could well be joined by Weat Ham though. Their keeper was abysmal and directly at fault for two of the goals. I agree with a post earlier, that Potter could be the first manager sacked. 

[huss9]

how much did west ham pay for that keeper.... and why?

[et tu brute]

6 minutes ago, Stifler said:

I said it in the other games thread. The drop off in quality between our game and their game was big. There were no really runs with any kind of pace. The passing was slow, it felt like they were passing to the nearest player and not with any sort of plan. Sunderland will face tests like never before this season. I honestly think Burnley next weekend will be hard for them. It’s Burnley’s first home match, it’s a fixture that Burnley know they need to make the most out of, and Burnley will make it difficult for the lower half of the table to create chances against them.

 

Sunderland's crowd was with them today, their first game back etc. The big test for them is how they will react when the crowd isn’t there? What happens when they go a goal down? What happens if they are on the back of a defeat in the previous game and the good buzz has gone? What happens when it gets to October/November and the weather turns, and they realise that they can either watch it at home or down the pub?

For as much as their crowd can prove the difference when they are with them, like today, and against Coventry etc, they are equally a barrier when hey turn, and as we have seen so many times before from them, they do turn quite easily.

As for the support, there were a good few groups of empty seats, and if I'm not imagining stuff I'm certain the camera panned onto a whole section of seats also empty. I don't know if this is something to do with crowd safety or segregation though.

 

 

Edited August 16, 2025 by et tu brute

[Stifler]

3 minutes ago, et tu brute said:

As for the support, there were a good few groups of empty seats, and if I'm not imagining stuff I'm certain the camera panned onto a whole section of seats also empty. I don't know if this is something to do with crowd safety or segregation though.

Yeah, I noticed quite a few. I think at the end the stadium announcer mentions a crowd that is 2k-3k below capacity.

[TRon]

35 minutes ago, huss9 said:

how much did west ham pay for that keeper.... and why?

 

He's fucking dreadful. After seeing the highlights the scoreline flattered the mackems tbh. Graham Potter handed them an easy start to the Premier. 

[huss9]

2 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

He's fucking dreadful. After seeing the highlights the scoreline flattered the mackems tbh. Graham Potter handed them an easy start to the Premier. 

they didnt even need a keeper.

spunked a load on him then got callum in on a free.

shite DOF methinks.

[Yorkie]

Sometimes you just gotta say fair enough. Looked an incredible day at the SoS and that Ballard goal was a belter. Hopefully that's the peak.

[Sibierski]

Their first three league games are literally against sides that they will be battling to stay up with (like they will all come bottom 5).

 

Giving themselves a chance by not dropping points to them sides, but the real tough games are to come where a few defeats and the morale will sink quick.

 

 

Edited August 17, 2025 by Sibierski