*~*~* Rotherham v Sunderland match thread *~*~*

[nessen]

Aye that was the problem. Clarke being shite in the box.

Oooh and you called me a name. Nails

Here’s another. Yer fuckwit!

 

[Perryqhill]

Difficult for someone like Burstow coming on in a game like that. I think he's absolutely garbage and he can clearly only run towards the opposition goal (though has problems with composure when he gets there) and we seem to have made a habit of buying centre forwards who can only do that.

we struggle more to open up sides who sit in deep and are organised rather than against those who leave space in behind, yet haven't seemed to have brought in a forward who can also drop deep, hold the ball and play in others running past them.


"the traditional number nine is not as prevalent in our team as it would be in other teams in terms of how we play the game"

A quote from Speakman back in January. Maybe it's about time we made it prevalent?

 

[MoneyballII]

People are happy with a draw against Rotherham.
What a time to be alive and supporting Sunlun.
FFS

That’s football. Sometimes we are shite.

With 72mins on the clock you’d have took a point no?

We were shit and didn’t lose. I’m far from happy but things ebb and flow.

 

[palm 1]

Mate, regardless of who we played today, we were shit.

So many misplaced passes, clumsy touches, half-hearted tracking back etc

No one is saying we played well but the overreaction is comical . People sitting with their cocks in their hand hoping Beale fails .

 

[Geppetto]

Speechless! No passion no fight. Rotherham were there for the taking. We hardly broke sweat even at a goal down. We seem to think we’ve got the game won before we start. These players need to be fired up before the game but they push the ball around in our own half as if it’s just a friendly game. Kevin Ball would have been kicking 10 arses every game We aren’t going to progress as long as we bring young inexperienced players in. The seasons going to fizzle out when we don’t strengthen the squad with an experienced striker.

I don't know why an experienced striker makes a difference.

We just need someone who scores, age and experience really doesn't matter. There's a lot of utter shite experienced strikers.

 

[Rocky77]

Here’s another. Yer fuckwit!

You're shite at calling people. I'm miles better but I'd get banned. Up your game sunshine

 

[Carley Hill wanderer]

He is our one threat, esp after Roberts went off injured. He was the best player on the pitch by a long way. He has no one to aim for in the middle as he is expected to do it all on his own. It will be a sad day for us when he eventually leaves us.

We'll be cattled when he goes

 

[ontap]

Coventry beat us 3-0 at home, we got a lucky win at Hull and a get out of jail tonight, he isn't and never will be good enough

He's had 3 matches man , nobody can make an informed judgement on how he will do here , you can guess , fair enough . But all these people prclaiming that he is the wrong man , as yet , are talking out of their arses.

 

[ShieldsBlackCat2015]

4 points away from home in 3 days is a decent return

If we'd drawn with hull and beat these the atmosphere would be much different

I’m sick of the pessimism marra. I don’t know what game others saw but I saw us get forward in the second half almost constantly and put in some good crosses into the box. Happy with that.

 

[Lonz]

Difficult for someone like Burstow coming on in a game like that. I think he's absolutely garbage and he can clearly only run towards the opposition goal (though has problems with composure when he gets there) and we seem to have made a habit of buying centre forwards who can only do that.

we struggle more to open up sides who sit in deep and are organised rather than against those who leave space in behind, yet haven't seemed to have brought in a forward who can also drop deep, hold the ball and play in others running past them.


"the traditional number nine is not as prevalent in our team as it would be in other teams in terms of how we play the game"

A quote from Speakman back in January. Maybe it's about time we made it prevalent?

Hear, hear.

 

[0321safc]

It finished at 0.33. Against bottom of the league Rotherham that’s a disgrace and to the best of my knowledge is our lowest of the season.

In both halves the player ‘upfront’ touched the ball a handful of times, we looked incredibly devoid of any kind of presence and fluidity throughout the game. Rusyn must have upset those upstairs.

 

[Football Dinosaur]

So we'd score in a third of the games. Obviously not great but much better than the 6% you were purporting at half time.

It sounded poor but Rortherham's home record is 17th in the league - they're not the worst side I'm the league at home.

17th you say?

Well getting a point at the 17th best side at home is a monumental achievement. Up there with Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

 

[JJH]

I don't see what your point is? Was it Beales fault?

It’s Safc aka speakman/ KLD fault
Who mentioned Beale

 

[Rocky77]

Speechless! No passion no fight. Rotherham were there for the taking. We hardly broke sweat even at a goal down. We seem to think we’ve got the game won before we start. These players need to be fired up before the game but they push the ball around in our own half as if it’s just a friendly game. Kevin Ball would have been kicking 10 arses every game We aren’t going to progress as long as we bring young inexperienced players in. The seasons going to fizzle out when we don’t strengthen the squad with an experienced striker.

There was fight like, hence us getting back into it. The problem was lack of quality

 

[---Nemo---]

The partnerships we had around the side have vanished. We look like a team of strangers. Dan Neil singlehandedly held us together tonight.

 

[Pedrovansank]

Me

 

[Leeds Mackem Reborn]

So, we sack Mowbray because he can’t take us further. And recruit Beale because he’s the coach who can. I’ll stay in the ‘give him a chance’ frame of mind but at the moment we’re worse, and I see nothing to show he’s changing anything for the better.

 

[ShieldsBlackCat2015]

That’s football. Sometimes we are shite.

With 72mins on the clock you’d have took a point no?

We were shit and didn’t lose. I’m far from happy but things ebb and flow.

Quite right.

 

[Rodderz]

They concede a lot of goals mate.

Correct, but as I’ve said, top half footballing sides clearly find it tough to break down.

 

[Father Jack Hackett]

They concede a lot of goals mate.

It was also a patched-up defence