Sunderland - v - Leeds United *** Matchday Thread***

[BelfastAndy]

We just don’t have the nous (manager or players) to beat a ‘park the bus defence’.
And then we’re always suckers for the quick break.

Sunderland played as if they were the away team. I don’t even know who their manager was, but I doubt if he’s credited with the same championship experience as herr Farke.

Indeed William.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Indeed William.

Not sure this game is a great example to prove anything.

Weather was awful, we visibly tired and they realised the move was get the ball wide especially to Clarke.

First 20 minutes we pressed well and got the ball back after that it became less effective and we stopped making off the ball runs when we had the ball.

Gnonto was pretty effective when he came on and it might have been because he was fresh.

Think Kamara may have been analysed a lot on film by other teams. They seemed to expect and be waiting for him to do the pirouette with the ball and he lost as much as I’ve seen him do in any game. Ampadu had his worst game as he looked shattered.