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Massive week ahead

MonkeyLove said:
I know it’s a bit of a cliche but I think the next 7 days could dictate how our season goes.

If we beat Burnley at home next week it will still be 2 wins in 3. All teams around us, even the top ones, are dropping points. Chelsea lost the other week, Liverpool drew with Burnley, Man Utd drew 3 in a row before last weekend. Mags drew with Wolves. Brentford lost the last match.

6 points out of 9 would be a good return and meant that we had done something neither Man Utd or Liverpool have done in the last few weeks in beating Burnley.

At the same time we have the window where the issue and opportunity are glaringly obvious.

Goalkeeper is sorted. Defence is largely sorted (Unless Hume plays like today regularly and then we need Mukiele there and another CB). Midfield is sorted. Brobbey is currently scoring every game. We could strengthen all of those positions but without major injuries should be ok and we have the spine of a top 10 team IMO. We lack quality on the wings.

Spend any money we have on the wings and another striker in the Brobbey mould. If we get a decent offer for Isidor I’d take it as with PSR and / or if we play the loan market with buy options in the summer like last season we could bring in 2 or 3 that could transform our attack.

Honestly think our season is at a cross roads in the next week. Win against Burnley and bring in 2 wingers and a striker and we would be right in amongst it. Don’t beat Burnley and go into the second half like this and we might keep slipping.

Worst case if Brobbeys goals dry up and we defend like today it will be a long time until May.
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Said the same thing, Burnley becomes our most important game of the season we simply have to win, lose that game and the others down the bottom pick up points then we could easily be brought into a relegation fight. We are by no means safe yet!
 

The next seven days represent a harrowing precipice for Sunderland AFC, a week where the very soul of this historic institution teeters between eternal resurrection and absolute oblivion. This is no mere fixture pile-up; it is a localized apocalypse, a relentless march toward a Saturday high-noon against Burnley that stands as the ultimate pivot point in the club’s centuries-long saga. Every bead of sweat on the training ground and every desperate prayer from the Wearside faithful must converge on that final whistle; to defeat Burnley is to seize the keys to destiny, but to fail is to condemn the Black Cats to a shadow-realm of "what ifs" that would dwarf every heartbreak since 1879. These 168 hours are the crucible of our history—a frantic, high-stakes gamble where the prize is immortality and the cost of defeat is a silence that will echo through the Stadium of Light forever.



Or not, probably just another 7 days like any other to be honest.
 
flusheding said:
The next seven days represent a harrowing precipice for Sunderland AFC, a week where the very soul of this historic institution teeters between eternal resurrection and absolute oblivion. This is no mere fixture pile-up; it is a localized apocalypse, a relentless march toward a Saturday high-noon against Burnley that stands as the ultimate pivot point in the club’s centuries-long saga. Every bead of sweat on the training ground and every desperate prayer from the Wearside faithful must converge on that final whistle; to defeat Burnley is to seize the keys to destiny, but to fail is to condemn the Black Cats to a shadow-realm of "what ifs" that would dwarf every heartbreak since 1879. These 168 hours are the crucible of our history—a frantic, high-stakes gamble where the prize is immortality and the cost of defeat is a silence that will echo through the Stadium of Light forever.



Or not, probably just another 7 days like any other to be honest.
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Not far off the truth. Ok, even I would not have put it quite so dramatically, but we know the score. In the first 17 games of the new year in the 06/07 season, from Jan 1 to Apr 14, we never lost a single game. Winning 14 and drawing 3. Only draws at home to Crystal Palace and Stoke City and away to Birmingham City. Leicester, Ipswich, Sheffield Wed in a row. After the Palace draw we beat Coventry, Plymouth and Southend. Then after Birmingham we beat Derby, WBA and Barnsley. And after the Stoke draw we went 5 wins beating Hull, Cardiff, Wolves, Southampton and QPR. This run of 5 wins our longest streak of wins. We have not beaten it since.

We have a record of winning four games in a row. The four before the final game of 13/14 we won. We also won four in a row in the 18/19 season in late October and early November in League One. Four of the six games in February 2020 in the 19/20 season we won. Again most of the games in March of the following season. Finally the first four games of 24/25. But we have never won five games on the trot.

But damningly, only 5 times in all the seasons from the 2006/2007 we have won 4 in a row. Never anything more than that.

Our inability to put a streak of wins together is insanely poor. If we lose that will only be symptomatic of the lager issue which has blighted the team. Keeping a run of wins going. Ok winning back to back is good, but to climb you really need a good healthy run which is something we have never done in nearly a decade. That is why a win is vital. Ok the next two are Arsenal and Liverpool, but after that is it Fulham and Bournemouth. Then Leeds and Brighton. If we can get our shit back together there is no reason why we cannot win those four. But it's unlikely given how bad we were at the weekend. And we all know what is next after Brighton.
 
flusheding said:
The next seven days represent a harrowing precipice for Sunderland AFC, a week where the very soul of this historic institution teeters between eternal resurrection and absolute oblivion. This is no mere fixture pile-up; it is a localized apocalypse, a relentless march toward a Saturday high-noon against Burnley that stands as the ultimate pivot point in the club’s centuries-long saga. Every bead of sweat on the training ground and every desperate prayer from the Wearside faithful must converge on that final whistle; to defeat Burnley is to seize the keys to destiny, but to fail is to condemn the Black Cats to a shadow-realm of "what ifs" that would dwarf every heartbreak since 1879. These 168 hours are the crucible of our history—a frantic, high-stakes gamble where the prize is immortality and the cost of defeat is a silence that will echo through the Stadium of Light forever.



Or not, probably just another 7 days like any other to be honest.
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and we don’t play a game in the next 7 days ……. horrendous news
 
ShieldsBlackCat2015 said:
Not far off the truth. Ok, even I would not have put it quite so dramatically, but we know the score. In the first 17 games of the new year in the 06/07 season, from Jan 1 to Apr 14, we never lost a single game. Winning 14 and drawing 3. Only draws at home to Crystal Palace and Stoke City and away to Birmingham City. Leicester, Ipswich, Sheffield Wed in a row. After the Palace draw we beat Coventry, Plymouth and Southend. Then after Birmingham we beat Derby, WBA and Barnsley. And after the Stoke draw we went 5 wins beating Hull, Cardiff, Wolves, Southampton and QPR. This run of 5 wins our longest streak of wins. We have not beaten it since.

We have a record of winning four games in a row. The four before the final game of 13/14 we won. We also won four in a row in the 18/19 season in late October and early November in League One. Four of the six games in February 2020 in the 19/20 season we won. Again most of the games in March of the following season. Finally the first four games of 24/25. But we have never won five games on the trot.

But damningly, only 5 times in all the seasons from the 2006/2007 we have won 4 in a row. Never anything more than that.

Our inability to put a streak of wins together is insanely poor. If we lose that will only be symptomatic of the lager issue which has blighted the team. Keeping a run of wins going. Ok winning back to back is good, but to climb you really need a good healthy run which is something we have never done in nearly a decade. That is why a win is vital. Ok the next two are Arsenal and Liverpool, but after that is it Fulham and Bournemouth. Then Leeds and Brighton. If we can get our shit back together there is no reason why we cannot win those four. But it's unlikely given how bad we were at the weekend. And we all know what is next after Brighton.
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How many teams regularly win 4 games in a row, especially in the Premier League ?

You need to get a grip and get real
 
Water Fairy said:
Said the same thing, Burnley becomes our most important game of the season we simply have to win, lose that game and the others down the bottom pick up points then we could easily be brought into a relegation fight. We are by no means safe yet!
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I believe you can still get 80/1 on our demise, so a £10 on that scenario may ease the pain , and of course buy some new bedsheets.
 
Water Fairy said:
Said the same thing, Burnley becomes our most important game of the season we simply have to win, lose that game and the others down the bottom pick up points then we could easily be brought into a relegation fight. We are by no means safe yet!
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We need 7 points from 15 games to reach 40 points, we are currently 13 points clear with a much better GD.

One defeat and this place loses its head
 
MonkeyLove said:
Eh? With Liverpool losing here it’s highly likely whatever happens tomorrow we go into the last weekend of the transfer window just 3/4 points off 4th with a home game against Burnley.

That’s a massive opportunity. Yes we are safe but also in a pretty much great position to either capitalise on a great first half and challenge for Europe or settle for a lower mid table finish.

We don’t even need to spend massively if we can do what we did last season and sign up comparatively good talent on a second half loan with an option to buy.

It’s a cross roads because the board need to decide whether to stick or twist
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We’re not finishing 4th, no matter who we bring in.
 
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