*~*~* Luton v Sunderland match thread *~*~*

[flanny1]

Linesman giving offside for player in front of Patto as blocking his movement so therefore is in play and offside.
If the lad in front of Patt had moved away then goal would have stood. Well played Linesman.
A bit like Man City goal which was allowed as Silva moved away from Keeper on second phase of move before Stones headed it.
Luton player obstructed Patto when Morrison hit the ball.
Thats how I see it.

Same. He was well offside and clearly interfering with play, easy decision for the linesman. Just thankful it wasn’t the referee

 

[Travis]

Fuck me he’s doubled down on it.

 

[beezer]

Thinking about the bombardment we’ve been under it’s so similar to the first half of that play off game. Luton certainly have a good idea of our weaknesses.

 

[Geppetto]

So how's it a poor decision if he understands that Clark went for the ball?

What a divy.

 

[Boots]

Were defending pretty well and we'll get another chance, But we need to cut off some of these crosses at source. Its mainly their defenders that are putting in those diagonal mixers. We have to have forward/wide men working a bit harder 2nd half

 

[CraigyLee]

Big test coming up second half

We have to do better

 

[Bg86]

Not sure Roberts will fair any better in this sort of game though tbh.

Struggling to even get the ball to people's feet so far

 

[BoshItLikeBardo]

This bloke on commentary is absolutely thick as pig shit.

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

Is it lucky that we've defended well? We haven't played out well at all but we've stopped them scoring.

We haven’t defended well. We’ve frequently given it away in our own third as players have shat themselves every time they’ve been closed down. They’ve hit the bar twice and had one chalked off incorrectly IMO

 

[Betty Swollocks]

No we haven’t. They’ve had plenty of opportunities and - despite what some posters are now trying to invent about “the player in the middle” - they’ve scored a perfectly good goal.

Sky pundits just said the linesman thinks the player in the middle headed it on.

 

[Gideon Gungeon]

haway the sheet 2nd half mate fucksake. draw'll do against these dirty bastards

 

[phil]

We've defended like men.

Rather small not very strong men

We are working hard and showing guts and determination, but losing the physical battle far too often.

 

[McMackem]

Going to be interesting to see how Le Bris reacts to this. Bruising team playing thugball, mostly in the air but with no real output despite all that possession. It wouldn't take much of a step up to win this.

 

[Fetch Fletch]

I wonder if the coaching staff have considered giving Patto some focused kicking work to do.

 

[Kenna]

Rigg off..booked...and Aleksic on maybe

Horrible match for him to make his debut surely.

 

[herra soul mob]

all these corners and set pieces, defending them well at moment ( in the main ) can't help feeling one will stick. Need to take game to them more, Rigg off and Roberts on, stretch game and give them something to think about.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

You? Can’t blame our players for this game. They’re not playing great, but we’re not exactly playing football.

Nor are Luton, and they're better at anti-football than us.

 

[Fireball07]

Not sure Roberts will fair any better in this sort of game though tbh.

He is slightly more direct than Rigg, will at least run at them if he gets ball to feet.

 

[Wayne The Punk]

Offside and interfering with play

Thank god, I thought it was only me, stand in front of the keeper, then put it to the far post and claim he isnt interfeering????

 

[Marty Moose]

Browne needs a rocket at half time, I thought he was supposed to be the experienced bit of steel to help the young lads, but he's not at the races at all tonight