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Also, some people on here seem to think we are some CL chasing team. We are SAFC and the likes of Phil Bardsley are the only players we can attract at this moment in time. Its unrealistic expectations of some fans that make us seem deluded.
Give me someone like Bardsley over someone like Bentdner any day of the week.
Well aye sure, if you count the reserves and youths.f***ing dingbats, there is a lot worse players at Sunderland than Bardsley and Colback.
The only attribute needed to be a success at SAFC it would seem.
Its the bare minimum I expect from a Sunderland player. Yet not everyone seems to adopt this approach. Nowt worse than a lazy footballer. Kenwyne, Bendtner etc.
f***ing dingbats, there is a lot worse players at Sunderland than Bardsley and Colback.
If we do really want to talk double standards though, may be we can start with how Cattermole tries hard despite his limitations and gets battered from pillar to post on here when he gets a single soft booking because he is 'a liability', yet these kind of threads repeatedly crop up defending Bardsley - a player who has missed a third of the season due to suspensions already - on the basis of how hard he tries despite his limitations.
Im not sure if you realise like, but they play in different positions.
The analogy doesnt work.
Bardsley is a fairly decent player. He's no Ashley Cole but he does a decent enough job. He's solid enough defensively, prone to the odd mistake and his marking at set-pieces lets him down sometimes. But he's done okay this season. He offers more going forward than O'Shea...and hasn't been responsible for giving away as many goals as Brown.
And he was our best player last season...pretty consistent last year. Part of a defence that kept lots of clean sheets, he offered something going forward, setting up a few goals and scoring himself. And he stayed pretty much injury-free all year. Bramble or Gyan or Bent might have got it if they had been involved all year but they weren't.
We can probably improve on him, but I wouldn't sell him off. He offers an option at right and left back and he will always give 100%.
Bardsley is a fairly decent player. He's no Ashley Cole but he does a decent enough job. He's solid enough defensively, prone to the odd mistake and his marking at set-pieces lets him down sometimes. But he's done okay this season. He offers more going forward than O'Shea...and hasn't been responsible for giving away as many goals as Brown.
And he was our best player last season...pretty consistent last year. Part of a defence that kept lots of clean sheets, he offered something going forward, setting up a few goals and scoring himself. And he stayed pretty much injury-free all year. Bramble or Gyan or Bent might have got it if they had been involved all year but they weren't.
We can probably improve on him, but I wouldn't sell him off. He offers an option at right and left back and he will always give 100%.
Thats why he didn't stay on the pitch on sunday,
All these wankers having a go at him, fuck off.
He was our best player last season.
I agree with everything here, except the stuff in bold.