Sunderland match thread

[ShottermillSaint]

Hope i'm wrong but it seems we've learnt nothing from our defeat in the league cup up there last year

This is a game i really want us to win but i'll be very surprised if we even get a replay with that line up

[proclaimer]

4 changes is not as bad as I feared especially considering JWP isn't far off first choice. Defence and Attack changes worry me a bit though.

[proclaimer]

1st half? Best chance was ours. First 20 minutes we made several last saving tackles and we had carried on like that things might have been worse but at least we stepped up a bit after that. Never heard Guly's for 23 minutes and then he didn't get to the ball. 3rd and 4th choice CB's and the 3rd choice is booked so that is a worry. Can only get better - surely.

[ShottermillSaint]

Well thats an hour and a half of my life i'll never get back.

Fair play to Sunderland, they wanted it more than us and were worthy winners, excellent goal by Gardener and tbh if Rickie hadn't missed when it was easier to score it would have been rather unjust.

[saintwayne]

Meh. Fair play to Sunderland, they played well, we looked very tired and leggy. A good rest for the players and then roll on West Ham.

[proclaimer]

Very, very poor game. We got what we deserved. Not going to blame the changes since, with the exception of Guly, I doubt they would have made much difference. We lacked tempo, energy or a will to win. After JWP went close early on the next real chance was halfway through the 2nd half. As for Rickie's miss? The man has done more than enough for us down the years. For me it just summed up a bad day at the office.

[Brockley_Jack]

That was painful to watch and quite frankly embarassing. I really feel for those who went all the way up there to have the piss taken out of them by the club. With a week until the next game, why not an unchanged side and dominate them like we did at Hull?

I really thought it was our year. Thanks Poch.

[Dirtyweasel]

Well if nothing else we now know MP has no desire to see us win a trophy, so that's a positive.

Beyond question our worst performance of the season.

How Guly gets game time in matches like this I've absolutely no idea, but someone within the club obviously see's something no other Saints fan can

I wouldn't say Sunderland wanted it more - we simply didn't want it at all.

Truly shocking, and from a fans perspective a performance the players and management should be ashamed of.

[CostaBaz]

I thought the Jeckyl and Hyde performances, of previous seasons, were behind us.

So many players were off the pace, today, that defeat was looking inevitable the moment they scored.

I can accept defeat graciously, when we play well, or are outplayed, but when we lose because the other team weren't quite as bad as we were, then it pishes me off, big time .

Yes I can understand MP wanting to give some players game time, but isn't it better to go out and win the game first, then make the changes?

Oh well. There's always next season.

[souths1]

Well if nothing else we now know MP has no desire to see us win a trophy, so that's a positive.

Beyond question our worst performance of the season.

How Guly gets game time in matches like this I've absolutely no idea, but someone within the club obviously see's something no other Saints fan can

I wouldn't say Sunderland wanted it more - we simply didn't want it at all.

Truly shocking, and from a fans perspective a performance the players and management should be ashamed of.

If poch wants to field a crap team that includes Guly then he should have the decency to put out his team sheet the day before the match, would make no difference to the result but would save supporters a lot of time and money!

MP hang you're head in shame, little chance of improving in the league, so why field that team???