***** Sunderland v Cheltenham kick off 1945 *******

[Arfa Sleep]

Lads barely 20 needing a ‘rest’.

Bizarre.

Not really.

 

[Nelson!]

good to see a manager having the balls to use his squad. Neil and Embo both had their quietest match for us yet v Bolton , so giving em a break is good management.

Yep. Was very clear they looked leggy.

Sometimes he can’t win. Play them and lose, he should have rested them. Drop them and lose he shouldn’t have dropped them.

Needs his squad to get the win here and shut people up.

 

[woodlebert]

I was expecting changes and I'm quite happy with the team, but am surprised O'Brien is starting. Think he deserves at least the bench but getting straight in is surprising. No out and out forwards on the bench

The three obvious ones are all starting. Interesting choices

 

[Herberthall]

Hope Wight can handle playing in a 2

 

[CARLOS CLASS]

Can’t imagine West Ham are happy with Alves’ situation here like. Coming here to be 4th choice behind Bailey Shite.

It’s very odd

 

[Taffyduck]

There’s goals in that side but wright worries at cb

 

[jimb]

Risky to mix it up that much imo.

 

[McGregor]

But he's not playing...............so he's been dropped/replaced/rested.

Still think we'll win and hopefully he's back Saturday in his favoured position.

Yeah rested. There's really no issue with this.

 

[TomMoran]

I really hope that team selection doesn't bite us on the arse.

Cheltenham will up their game 25% so we'll soon see

 

[rapscallion]

Hoping O'Brien stationed left side where he got goals and Broadhead between he and McGeads otherwise it's crappy as a nappy

 

[s1black2000]

Why is O'Brien picked when he wanted to let him go? Is this return of the tinkerman?

I thought that...

 

[Herberthall]

Yep. Was very clear they looked leggy.

Sometimes he can’t win. Play them and lose, he should have rested them. Drop them and lose he shouldn’t have dropped them.

Needs his squad to get the win here and shut people up.

Agree on Neil but Embleton was played out of position to accommodate Pritchard.

 

[Deleted member 49400]

Great to see all the positive post getting behind the team.

 

[Jokei84]

looks like he’s trying to rest a few. Thankfully the bench is still quite strong if we do need to make a change.

 

[Deleted member 41188]

What a weird comment: of course young lads in their first full season of adult football need a rest.

Johnson getting hammered because people don’t understand squad rotation and youth development. Par for the course.

Why take them to Wigan last Tuesday then?

Dan Neil is our best player, he should be playing every week.

 

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[Herberthall]

Yeah rested. There's really no issue with this.

 

[The Rat]

These are gonna sit deep and very little creativity bar Mcgeady

sorry we might win 5-0

but it’s still a strange team

resting all your creative lads

 

[IknowWhatILike]

Anyone using the safsee app? I've never watched on the app before, just constant saying I have no active subscription. Do I just need to wait a bit? Getting a bit worried like

 

[Stan Cummins fault]

Lads barely 20 needing a ‘rest’.

Bizarre.

Sssshhh