This Isn't A Formality

[Ohnonotagain]

As long as we don't bottle it.

Time to stand up and be counted.

I'd be gutted if we lost but as long as the lads put a shift in we should be ok.

Come on boys, do it for the fans.

 

[Gutmackem]

Considering our history is be surprised if anyone thought it was!

 

[woodlebert]

Obviously not. Wycombe have been there and done it in a play off final & played at a higher level last season, only getting relegated by a single point

 

[minkey]

As long as we don't bottle it.

Time to stand up and be counted.

I'd be gutted if we lost but as long as the lads put a shift in we should be ok.

Come on boys, do it for the fans.

Who thinks it is like? Really hard game against a side in good form. Proper 50/50 game in my head.

 

[monolithic baby]

Far from a formality. Both teams are in that final for a reason and neither are a push over.

I think our performances are steadily getting better. We have a reasonably settled team and a manager who seems to know how to manage.

I don't fear the 'typical sunderland' type result as much as i would normally.

 

[Honess10]

I literally haven’t seen or heard anyone that thinks that it is mind I think we’re all pretty aware of our record in these things and also how Wycombe can cause us problems

 

[Leake Makem]

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SAYING WE THINK THIS IS A FORMALITY. WE LOSE EVERY IMPORTANT GAME EVER MAN ARGHHH

 

[TravellingMackem]

It is a formality. We will 100% lose, as we lose every big game we ever play in. Team doesn’t have the bottle to win at Wembley. Still excited for it mind, but we will definitely lose as we always do

 

[Twisted]

It is a formality. We will 100% lose, as we lose every big game we ever play in. Team doesn’t have the bottle to win at Wembley. Still excited for it mind, but we will definitely lose as we always do

that's the spirit

 

[TravellingMackem]

that's the spirit

That’s what 32 years of supporting these knackers does to you. No idea how others cope being older than me

 

[scott934]

I do think we're the better team but it's a 50/50 type game with the styles of play. Probably the team that loses will regret some key moments.

Won't matter to the team, but from our perspective it doesn't help that we've never won the playoffs and the vast majority of us have only suffered defeats in person at Wembley.

 

[tunstallhill]

absolutely no one thinks its a formality

but loads of people think that other people think its a formality.

and those people like telling the people who already think it isn't a formality, that its not a formality

 

[Adamfsafc]

Other way around for me. I’d be more in a state of shock if we actually won it.

 

[SargentQ]

We could be 3-0 going into the 90th minute and I would still be worried, it’s just how it is with Sunderland

 

[Hawyatt Earp]

I’m not the slightest bit confident, 7th time at a ground I’ve come to hate, 6 heart breaking defeats and counting

 

[cooky]

The only people that think it’s a formality is non-Sunderland fans despite everyone else telling us otherwise.

 

[sofatester]

As long as we don't bottle it.

Time to stand up and be counted.

I'd be gutted if we lost but as long as the lads put a shift in we should be ok.

Come on boys, do it for the fans.

I've never heard anyone say it's going to be

 

[Charmless Man]

The only people that think it’s a formality is non-Sunderland fans despite everyone else telling us otherwise.

This. We keep being told by Wycombe fans we think we just have to turn up. First I’ve heard of it

 

[SteveFTM]

A Sunderland win a formality

49 years a supporter and NO game has ever been felt as a formality. I think we'll win but it's not going to be easy.

 

[cooky]

This. We keep being told by Wycombe fans we think we just have to turn up. First I’ve heard of it

All part of this narrative being created of it’s a free hit for Wycombe and we are expected to go there and just win. 1 point between us and them with them being in the championship last year it’s a 50/50 game.