*****Official Sunderland v Pompey Play Off 1st Leg Thread*****

[Boot Cleaner]

Maybe for the best we don't go up

 

[Pepe]

Our lack of pace in the middle needs rectifying no matter what happens.

 

[c1ark73]

Embarrassing thread as anticipated

Could you please put a positive spin on this first fifteen minutes apart from we aren’t being beat

 

[jackynutmeg]

Chest the ball in our box ffs

 

[Irishblackcat]

Gooch is shit

 

[TeamOfTalents]

Dreadful. Players look like they've no belief in whatever we are meant to be doing

 

[Lukas73]

Bit poor this.....I won’t hold my breath...

 

[Honess10]

Our lack of pace in the middle needs rectifying no matter what happens.

Pace all over really. Turgid best describes our play

 

[Pedrovansank]

Midfield is overrun here like

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Everyone back defending a free kick, dear me

 

[The Exile]

When the opposition can chest the ball down in the box you know you're in bother defensively.

 

[RossTheNinja]

Never a foul

 

[TDalt]

Ross is complete shite and he’s relied on McGeady. f***ing hit and hope shite. The midfield and defence isn’t garbage and Grigg has been the biggest f***ing waste of money at this level ever.

 

[sunderpitt]

In the words of the well known saying...

"We need to extract the digit"

 

[Lord Alfred]

Charlie Wyke's first touch in 15 minutes is to put the ball over his own bar

 

[KNGHTHOOD]

Knew Pompey would be doing their usual, going down every tackle. Same as the last game.

 

[keswickmackem]

I'd genuinely be surprised if we score a goal in either leg of this. Just look so sluggish right from the off.

 

[Geronimo]

Let's sub Gooch now. Better sooner than later

 

[Pepe]

Embarrassing thread as anticipated

I am all for calling out Match threads however our start has been extremely poor.

 

[jackynutmeg]

Dreadful. Players look like they've no belief in whatever we are meant to be doing

We have no style of play...it's a free for all and hope something comes off