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Hastie La Vista Baby
Comments from their 'fans' -
"we wont play many stronger pacier and better teams this season, we will be lucky to hold on here"
"They were absolutely dreadful like. As bad as any team I’ve seen here. To any Rotherham fans that may be reading this apologies if that sounds like sour grapes but it’s true, that said they still absolutely dominated the last 60 mins. They were bigger and stronger than us but a semi decent side would have buried us. We looked to have the better individuals, based on the first 25, but they were a far better team, fitter and hungrier."
You pays your money....
Goal we conceded - probably not seen defending as bad as that since in the playground at Brinsworth infants school. Shocking. We generally played quite well, though it was the worst Sunderland side that I have ever seen. Mattock and Morris look fitter than they have done all season. Iversen played another blinder. Great goal for us, and one that our recently departed wingers wouldn't have scored. Yes, a well deserved point and we finished stronger than Sunderland. We also missed several reasonable chances, especially a close range header by Crooks
If you had offered me a point beforehand I’d have snapped your hand off. After watching the game though Sunderland are nothing but an average league one team who will do well to finish top 6. Mind you if every ref they have is as bias as that ref in the first half they’ll win the league. Two blatant penalty’s.
Wiles and Crooks were outstanding together in midfield.
Hastie was unplayable at times and Morris has the best first touch in this division. He looks quicker than he ever has. Nailed on to score against the Shrews on Saturday.
All sounds very promising, perhaps we are starting to click now
I think the key issue that changed the game was we stopped them playing their passing game after 25 mins and then we dictated how the game was played which was more long ball than they were comfortable with.
We grew into the game and were dominant in the second half and there was only one team going to win it.
All of our midfield were fabulous as was the defence after the bad start winning the aerial battle.
Referee was as bad as I've ever seen missing three stonewall pens in the first half. Hastie was body checked when clean through in the pen area.
To be fair he did give us some sympathy in the second half with a lot of decisions going our way.
That was a top away performance for the last 65 mins though and very very encouraging
Well done PW and all the players.