Mukiele

[poolie]

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My guy!

Best defender we’ve had at the club since.. Mensah

Love his personality as well as his ability! What a signing

 

[SAFCBlandy]

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And just as he's having this touching moment of resonance with the fans, Noah the Menace runs up behind him and pushes him over.

 

[ChrisAshley]

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We're very lucky to have these players playing for us at the moment, you couldn't imagine a player we've bought from PSG would give a shit about the fans and the club but we've got some good eggs in the squad.

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

We're very lucky to have these players playing for us at the moment, you couldn't imagine a player we've bought from PSG would give a shit about the fans and the club but we've got some good eggs in the squad.

The recruitment team are doing an amazing job finding players with the right character not just talent

 

[chuckyroll]

The recruitment team are doing an amazing job finding players with the right character not just talent

Its bizarre how players of this talent all appear to have one goal and that's apparent in each game. Togetherness

 

[Kent Boy 2]

Its bizarre how players of this talent all appear to have one goal and that's apparent in each game. Togetherness

Granit Xhaka is the answer. In the highlights after the Chelsea goal he is there telling the players to switch on, and giving out instructions and tactics. I cant help thinking that his force of personality and attitude is taking these players along with him on his own personal mission to put Sunderland back on the map. I also can’t think of any player that has had such an immediate and positive impact as Xhaka has on our club. He has simply been an inspired signing.

 

[El Gen]

Granit Xhaka is the answer. In the highlights after the Chelsea goal he is there telling the players to switch on, and giving out instructions and tactics. I cant help thinking that his force of personality and attitude is taking these players along with him on his own personal mission to put Sunderland back on the map. I also can’t think of any player that has had such an immediate and positive impact as Xhaka has on our club. He has simply been an inspired signing.

like RLB said. it's like having another coach on the pitch

 

[Hot Since 82]

And just as he's having this touching moment of resonance with the fans, Noah the Menace runs up behind him and pushes him over.

Sadiki, always up to something. Keep saying this but he's totally hilarious, some of the stuff he's done this season, always with a complete deadpan expression too. Huge personality for a young lad.

 

[Kent Boy 2]

like RLB said. it's like having another coach on the pitch

Yep, he’s summed it up perfectly hasn’t he. What else did he say - something like ‘when you start a new career you don’t know the expectations, here they watch Granit and know the expectations from the first day’? Another new favourite of mine from RLB on Xhaka - ‘he likes to drive the vehicle of the squad’ - sums him up beautifully at the moment.

Sadiki, always up to something. Keep saying this but he's totally hilarious, some of the stuff he's done this season, always with a complete deadpan expression too. Huge personality for a young lad.

Xhaka and Sadiki are immense together. The ground they cover is obscene. They must be horrible to play against, they are just always there!

 

[Hot Since 82]

Yep, he’s summed it up perfectly hasn’t he. What else did he say - something like ‘when you start a new career you don’t know the expectations, here they watch Granit and know the expectations from the first day’? Another new favourite of mine from RLB on Xhaka - ‘he likes to drive the vehicle of the squad’ - sums him up beautifully at the moment.

Xhaka and Sadiki are immense together. The ground they cover is obscene. They must be horrible to play against, they are just always there!

Sadiki is very tidy with the ball too, something which could get overlooked. The fact he's f***ing hilarious is a bonus.

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

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[OtLeYmAcKeM]

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That is absolutely class

 

[rokerpieshop]

How have we got this fella

 

[Woodman Boy]

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We’ve got Kylian Mbappe wanting to join the Mackems

 

[Fredericton]

Sadiki, always up to something. Keep saying this but he's totally hilarious, some of the stuff he's done this season, always with a complete deadpan expression too. Huge personality for a young lad.

On top of the others, what a player Sadiki is. The ground he covers, the pressure he applies, reminds so much of Kante when he was at Leicester and then Chelsea. Brilliant.

 

[HettonSAFC]

Yep, he’s summed it up perfectly hasn’t he. What else did he say - something like ‘when you start a new career you don’t know the expectations, here they watch Granit and know the expectations from the first day’? Another new favourite of mine from RLB on Xhaka - ‘he likes to drive the vehicle of the squad’ - sums him up beautifully at the moment.

Xhaka and Sadiki are immense together. The ground they cover is obscene. They must be horrible to play against, they are just always there!

Probably drives the team bus as well....

 

[safcyank]

Granit Xhaka is the answer. In the highlights after the Chelsea goal he is there telling the players to switch on, and giving out instructions and tactics. I cant help thinking that his force of personality and attitude is taking these players along with him on his own personal mission to put Sunderland back on the map. I also can’t think of any player that has had such an immediate and positive impact as Xhaka has on our club. He has simply been an inspired signing.

This. Xhaka's role just can't be overstated

 

[janey]

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Just saw that, the fact he’s aware enough to know how shit it has been at times speaks volumes for what the players have been told and the importance of playing for us.
It’s like being in a dream

 

[woodlebert]

Granit Xhaka is the answer. In the highlights after the Chelsea goal he is there telling the players to switch on, and giving out instructions and tactics. I cant help thinking that his force of personality and attitude is taking these players along with him on his own personal mission to put Sunderland back on the map. I also can’t think of any player that has had such an immediate and positive impact as Xhaka has on our club. He has simply been an inspired signing.

Agree with this apart from it being down to Xhaka that there’s togetherness. I think you do the recruitment and players a disservice. They’re clearly well scouted for good, hard working personalities

 

[Kent Boy 2]

Agree with this apart from it being down to Xhaka that there’s togetherness. I think you do the recruitment and players a disservice. They’re clearly well scouted for good, hard working personalities

To be fair I didn’t put the togetherness of the squad down to Xhaka, or do the players and recruitment a disservice - I didn’t mention the squad togetherness. The recruitment team have brought in some great players with great personalities, all of whom seem to have bought into the ‘mission’ of the club. However, I think Xhaka has been at the front of that ‘mission’ - it’s so much easier to sell the club to those players (let’s be honest some of those who we had no right to sign as a newly promoted club, spoke about Xhaka being an influence in their decision making), and so much easier for those players to buy into what is being asked of them, when they are constantly in and around somebody like him.