Didn't see that coming.


It does and it's allowed to he debated. The players shot their pants and the manager set us up terribly and didn't have a clue what to do.

People are entitled to discuss it.
Bang on. How can people not see that we were absolutely shell shocked first half?
 
Bang on. How can people not see that we were absolutely shell shocked first half?
As good a job as Mowbray has done... I don't see how constantly drumming into fans and the players about height issue etc is helpful. He set us up in a way that allowed them to fire in cross after cross and had already set the expectations at us struggling to defend them. Bizarre
 
As good a job as Mowbray has done... I don't see how constantly drumming into fans and the players about height issue etc is helpful. He set us up in a way that allowed them to fire in cross after cross and had already set the expectations at us struggling to defend them. Bizarre
Yep, he gave them the ammunition.
 
We showed our hand in the first leg is how I see it. I don't think they were expecting Ekwah to be the force he was in the first game. They probably didn't seriously expect Roberts to be full back. We somehow came up with a plan G but there was no plan H.
 
It's absolutely true. We decided to put our 2 most creative players in a back 5 and couldn't get past the halfway line. Woeful stuff tonight.
Can’t believe the manager didn’t play our available Right Backs and Left Backs or play anyone over 6 foot. Disgraceful really.
 
just flat out battered and bullied. People myself included might not like it as a style of play but highly effective.

That said with Bathh and Ballard playing o don’t think they score any of the 3 goals they got got across the 2 legs.
 
just flat out battered and bullied. People myself included might not like it as a style of play but highly effective.

That said with Bathh and Ballard playing o don’t think they score any of the 3 goals they got got across the 2 legs.
That’s the championship, you have to get the right blend of being able to play football, but also have enough physically to stand up to the aggressive side of this league, Sunderland needs a couple of players who can mix it when called upon.
 
After the first half battering we took I was expecting Luton to run out of steam second half, but they just kept going, didn't give us any time at all and pressed us all over.

Everyone knew the bombardment was coming, I didn't expect it to last all game and fancied us to pick them off in the last 30 minutes.

Could he have started Alese, Huggins or Anderson possibly, but the bombardment would still have pinned us back and with Alese and Huggins not fit enough to last the game, we would have been making changes at half time or early second half
 
it could easily have been 5 nil with the shots cleared off the line and the glaring miss at the end when Patterson went up for the corner. We were completely outplayed.

Apart from Ekwah our midfield was shite. We rely on Diallo and Roberts who were terrible tonight. Clarke marked out of the game. Pritchard awful and Dan Neill is League 1 standard, he gets the hype because he's local.
What a load a rubbish.
 

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