Worst Tactical Decision from a Sunderland Manager/Head Coach

[NorthumberlandMackem]

Didn’t Bruce once put Nedum Onuoha up front? Think it was a home match.

Fulham at home. Lost 0-3.

 

[RJs shoes]

Alan Brown leaving us just after our first promotion in 1964.

 

[The Rolls Royce]

Rodwell in general.

Brought in as the great hope to finally solve our attacking/box to box midfielder problem.

Soon to try and be repackaged as a hard tackling defensive midfielder.

To then get told actually he's a centre back and always has been, he just needs a chance to play where he did in his youth.

The whole time being none of the above.

 

[skullmeister]

Len Ashurst playing Ian Wallace instead of Colin West in the 1985 Milk Cup Final. That cost us the best chance of winning a trophy in many a year.

 

[No7]

Poyet's whole gameplan vs Hull, quarter final FA Cup 2014

 

[Boring Old Man]

Parkinson bringing De Bock on at 0-0 against Bolton was incredible

De Bock man....vomit material

Reidy when Quinn or Phillips out, choosing Dichio ahead of Bridges

I get Dichio for Quinn given the little and large thing but it used to infuriate me when he'd play Dichio and Quinn together with Bridges on the bench. He did it a few times in the 105 point season when Phillips was injured and Bridges was on fire. No the wonder he wouldn't sign a new contract and went to Leeds....we got 105 points though so what do I know?!

 

[skullmeister]

Poyet's whole gameplan vs Hull, quarter final FA Cup 2014

That's a great call, I'd forgotten about that.

 

[SAFCItalia]

Didn’t Bruce once put Nedum Onuoha up front? Think it was a home match.

I seem to remember he also played a 6-4-0 formation away in the cup against a lower league team (might have been Brighton) at one point.

 

[Sollentuna15]

I think Reidy played Mickey Gray at right wing once, what was he thinking?

Ahead of his time. They’re all doing that now!

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

I remember O'Neill at home to Norwich and they went down to 10 men and we just did nothing

 

[Kenna]

Big Sam playing Defoe as a right back was pretty bad.

Luckilly he sorted it out within 2 games.

 

[Morse]

I remember O'Neill at home to Norwich and they went down to 10 men and we just did nothing

O'Neill's head was elsewhere. He took the job because he wanted to manage us, but really he should've taken time out of the game and sorted his personal issues out.

 

[Chewit]

I was at that game, unbelieveable. I'm sure at one point he had his hand up for offside for one of the Cambridge defenders not realising he was upfront. Mind I was very drunk.

He was our best striker v Gillingham in play offs

 

[wilmslowrokerite]

As hurst who was an awful manager dropping top scorer West from the league cup final at Wembley in 1985 . We had beaten Norwich the week before 3-1 with West suspended and he kept the same team with West not even the only sub. West was a big game player had scored two in the SF and we would have won if West had played. Instead he demanded a transfer and as a result when he left we were relegated that season.

 

[SPUFF]

Reidy’s set up in the Southampton 1-0 home defeat.

End of thread. Our entire history could have been different.

 

[Hot Since 82]

Jack Ross play off final against Charlton, pretty much everything after we went one up

My first Wembley trip with safc was 85 Norwich. Done then all since, except the Charlton L1 play off, and that was entirely down to Ross and his awful mismanagement of the Pompey final. Decided we would definitely lose as he'd bottle it again.

 

[why do i do it?]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1762122304828375102

Saw this on Twitter and thought about so many tactical errors from Sunderland managers.

Shout-out for Martin O'Neill at home to Norwich City, where he changed from a 4-4-2 to a 4-4-1-1 then went back to a 4-4-2 against 10 men too.

Took Graham off for McClean to put Sess in the 10 then brought Wickham on 5 mins later for Johnson and put Sess back out wide. Madness.

Everything Wilkinson did

 

[Dobbler]

Playing with no striker, for what seems like forever!!

And dropping West and Gayle

This

 

[Rokeroar]

I liked Mowbray but he had a few shockers in him.

Imo the worst was Cardiff home when he went with Neil and Ba centre mid, leaving Evans on the bench. Got destroyed 1 st half and you could see the way it was going. Didn’t change it at half- time and the inevitable happened.

 

[Unlucky Black Cat]

For me, Hull away in the FA Cup QF was a massive ballsup by Poyet. Playing a weakened team kissed bye bye to another Wembley trip.