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*~*~* Sunderland v Coventry match thread *~*~*


BucketBiff said:
My take on it aswell pal. Apparent early doors that it wasn’t working. The way we play is so reliant on moments of brilliance or luck. Once that wears off it’s an extremely difficult watch. That said it’s worked though. Mind the 2nd half of extra time shows what a different team we are when we actually take games to teams. Ballard has been unbelievable over 2 games.
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Well, if he's data driven he'll be sad to discover that we had more clear cut chances in both games. He probably chose to ignore that and '77 like the Sky boys, Phillipsy included ffs
 
Sea to Shining Sea said:
That Ballard equaliser has arguably saved his job. Had we lost on penalties tonight, he’d have been under immense pressure after the way he set us up.

Ballard over two legs has been a colossus and is the reason we’re still in it. An amazing couple of performances
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Totally disagree. Le Bris would not be under any pressure. He's the owners choice. And, by the way, it was Le Bris who brought Ballard back in and dropped Mepham.
 
Wakoro said:
I like it, what's wrong with being on a pitch when the game is over? Football is so stale these days because we've been taught to hate any spontaneity or passion. Live a little man, I've seen videos from the olden days of plenty of pitch invasions and even demolishing the goalposts.

People had so much pent up emotions and when that whistle went their legs took over and ran the rest of their bodies onto the pitch before they knew what was happening, that's what I'd tell the judge anyway.
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Thats bollox mate, the pitch is for the players, you must not have seen the incidents that have happened in the recent past with "fans" going onto the pitch?
 
Boredom said:
He’s been running down alleyways since amad left tbh mate. We don’t have that problem at LW with Mundle. We certainly need a new RW in the summer to offer competition as a minimum
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His stats show he's a top 5 RW in most areas, bar goals scored but that's not his job. He's got a different role to Mundle too. His style doesn't suit the way Regis has them playing of late, but in an attacking game he is number 1 or 2 on the team sheet for me. Regis just wants him to keep possession and hold the ball in this system, he's the best winger we have for that.

He was class with Diallo because Diallo made himself available to receive his balls and supported his runs, maybe he can get that going with Enzo if Enzo gets a run as a 10.
 
10 Gary Rowells said:
Totally disagree. Le Bris would not be under any pressure. He's the owners choice. And, by the way, it was Le Bris who brought Ballard back in and dropped Mepham.
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I’ve said throughout that Le Bris has done a good job and results largely can’t be argued with. But he makes us a hard side to watch and setting up in that fashion and not getting the desired result, would have put him under pressure. Without doubt. Fine margins.

Nevertheless, it’s unbridled joy for tonight. And hopefully the cherry on the cake in ten days
 
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