The Sunderland thread

5 points clear at te top - great start

Oct 28, 2024 -- 4:28AM, The Dragon wrote:

5 points clear at te top - great start

very much so, long way to go though.

yup MM but so far so good QPR away next - GL M8

Oct 28, 2024 -- 8:33AM, The Dragon wrote:

yup MM but so far so good QPR away next - GL M8

cheers mr d

rigg

highest rated team this weekend in prem and champ on my form based system.

my nap of the weekend

Nov 1, 2024 -- 1:28PM, The Dragon wrote:

highest rated team this weekend in prem and champ on my form based system.my nap of the weekend

thought we would be shorter, bet Leeds would have been.

yes i was very pleased at the price MM

Wonder what he does in midfield for Wednesday if Rigg's out with Bellingham suspended....will we see the highly rated Aleksic kick a ball for the first time.

Alan Browne returning to Preston for first time as an opposition player after a decade there....written in the stars for him to score innit

If you like them type of bets i think Isidor anytime @ 10-3 top price is decent value for a man who's scored in four of his seven starts.

Cirkin due one, the shrewdie mobile already off the rank.

Lions looking very good Tracker ....can't help but think that Hutchinson injury could haunt them in the play offs

You gannin away like M2?

Nov 6, 2024 -- 8:13AM, grayhawk wrote:

You gannin away like M2?

nah, I'm watching Countdown

Flying along isnt it gray, week 10 already.

morpteh mackem06 Nov 24 14:34Joined: 05 Jan 04 | Topic/replies: 46,390 | Blogger: morpteh mackem's blog
Nov 6, 2024 -- 2:13PM, grayhawk wrote:

You gannin away like M2?


nah, I'm watching CountdownMischief

It doesn't half Tracker....like the years unfortunately

Nov 6, 2024 -- 8:49AM, grayhawk wrote:

morpteh mackem06 Nov 24 14:34Joined: 05 Jan 04 | Topic/replies: 46,390 | Blogger: morpteh mackem's blogNov 6, 2024 -- 2:13PM, grayhawk wrote:You gannin away like M2?nah, I'm watching CountdownMischief

when  was in states few weeks back  round Denver area ( leadville )  was in a bar, was emptyish ( Monday neet ) and couple of broncos fans talking, didnt realise how big they were, was an away game in Texas, 60 or 70k capacity, reckoned broncos has about 3/4s of the ground.
One of the gadgies hated every team that was a franchise, he also  really hated  Kansas city chiefs ( not sure if franchise ) , was like listening to Alf Garnett.

wow, roberts and mundle on bench

Aye for a man who never changes he's gone full tinkerman...well half anyways

Looking forward to see what Jack Clarke MK11 can do with the first team...good luck Tommy lad.....hope he's on the left mind and it's not Isidor out there

Was Mundles quietest game of the season on Saturday...Dunne did a job on him....just got physical, right in his face with no room to breathe

squad game, sooner or later going to need other bodies ,need to know they are ready. Like to see the Serb kid get a 10 minute run out at some point.

Aye...thought he would have given him 10-15 at home to Oxford when we were comfortable.

Nov 6, 2024 -- 1:44PM, grayhawk wrote:

Aye...thought he would have given him 10-15 at home to Oxford when we were comfortable.

agree, going to need him at some point, all fixtures coming  up at Xmas, need to know he's up to it

Mackem on countdown today... MM watching,... Hmmm!

Nov 6, 2024 -- 1:58PM, ----you-have-to-laugh--- wrote:

Mackem on countdown today... MM watching,... Hmmm!

regular viewer

ht at pne 0-0  big price on sunderland now --need to have a better second half

Nov 6, 2024 -- 2:59PM, The Dragon wrote:

ht at pne 0-0

Dodged a bullet last night .... we were poor, worst we've played all season.

Nov 7, 2024 -- 3:21AM, grayhawk wrote:

Dodged a bullet last night .... we were poor, worst we've played all season.

devoid of any spark last night, got to up our game.

Rumours that Cirkin is out injured today now ....

Facking ell that'll be both full backs, both wingers , the lad who's been our best midfielder this season and the lad who would replace him all out today....not taking into account the laundry list of long term injured

Nee idea what team he'll put out today nor what formation he'll play but he MUST play Isidor up front cos he's wasted out on the wing and if he's gonna play Tommy Watson please play him in his usual position on the left.

Snap your hand off for a draw today.

very much so, concerned can drive a bus through midfield today. hope doesnt put Isidor wide and Connolly up front, rather have Rusyn as a lone striker tbh, at least he runs about a bit.
Seems some truth in the Cirkin rumour , we shall see.

If he wants to stick to same system i'd rather have Watson on left, Mayenda on right and Isidor up front.

Nee idea for the third player in midfield to go with Rigg and Neil with him being reluctant to throw Aleksic in there ( needs to be introduced in a home game if so )...Jones has been on bench a few times but he's not ready ( don't think he ever will be from what i've seen of him )...will he reintroduce the Frenchies Ba or Aouchiche back into the fold.

" Interesting " selection ahead .....as the man himself would say

got to bare in mind game on Tuesday too, doesnt work today back to drawing board in short space of time

11/4 on here

Nov 23, 2024 -- 6:26AM, The Dragon wrote:

11/4 on here

not surprised, fully expect a 1 or 2 nil defeat today

At least we've got three ready to come straight back in Tuesday.

At least we've got three ready to come straight back in Tuesday.

even so seems a tad large for top of the tablr team who have only lost twice in the league all season

In both losses we've conceded a penalty and also conceded the winner in last five minutes after previously coming from behind to equalise.....not that this means anything at all

yup watford and plymouth away- still think 11/4 is too big for a top of the table team

Be a lump on job with those 6 back on Tuesday grayhawk.

Trackman
Trackman23 Nov 24 13:31Joined: 10 Jan 02 | Topic/replies: 44,894 | Blogger: Trackman's blog
Be a lump on job with those 6 back on Tuesday grayhawk.

Bet neeone guessed that side ....just hoy all the strikers we've got on

Think your overrun in midfield could come to fruition M2

Bet the opposition have no idea how w'ere gonna set up

Very weak looking bench

0-1 told you it was too big GTFI

Gutting to lose a goal so late after we'd defended ever so well for me...although we HAVE to be better on the ball when trying to break on them.

Not surprised with RLB but i do wish he'd make more subs in the last 5-10 minutes when we're trying to see the game out...just break the game up by bringing on some fresh legs for the likes of the young lads Watson and Rigg.

gutted

needed fresh legs, also didnt need that many pushing forward .

You'd think we'd been relegated on RTG ...some people just cant take a setback...there's people on there shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the internet

every club has them gray.

evens on here for wba on tuesday

Definitely Tracker...you'd think they'd learn with age but doesn't seem so

Did you not trade out of your 11-4 Dragon?

i didnt grayhawk -let it ride -only a small bet so no problem-very frustrating though= had a 30/1 winner on the horses so all good from a betting perspective today

backed you to beat brom on tuesday

OK ...hope you're counting your winnings Tuesday night ...be another hard game

OK ...hope you're counting your winnings Tuesday night ...be another hard game

got a few back though, jobe, hume, roberts and probably cirkin .

yup

dont think here will be many goals and wba are masters of the draw having drawn 8 out of 16 but im hoping you will be too good for them based on the stronger team u will be able to field... again only small interest bet

Nov 23, 2024 -- 1:15PM, The Dragon wrote:

yup dont think here will be many goals and wba are masters of the draw having drawn 8 out of 16 but im hoping you will be too good for them based on the stronger team u will be able to field... again only small interest bet

got to start winning soon though . Dropping too many points at moment

Top two last year had these run of results in the league last season..

Leicester

Loss
Loss
Loss
Win
Draw
Loss
Win
Win
Loss
Loss

Ipswich

Draw
Loss
Draw
Draw
Draw
Win
Draw
Loss
Draw

Admittedly they had plenty more points than we had or are ever likely to get but it shoes even promoted sides go through spells...

Leicesters was towards the back end of season when trying to get over the line but Ipswichs bad spell started from a coupla games before xmas.

Just saying

The more teams that are competitive then the higher likelyhood
of a bad run.

Confidence suffers and injuries hurt a bit more

Then team gets refreshed and hits another good spell.

It's tough when games get delayed too as it's longer
to concentrate, and that can be tough when fatigued.

The gap between the ears is often neglected in sport.

shoes

need Hume in on Tuesday, proper rb, Onien was well out of postion for equaliser.

Yep....seemed to get in down that side often.

Some big decision looming at centre half.

think Mepham might be out he was limping when he was trying to run back for the goal

Rumour that Jobe is now out tonight ...hope to god it's not long term if correct

Nov 26, 2024 -- 6:18AM, grayhawk wrote:

Rumour that Jobe is now out tonight ...hope to god it's not long term if correct

ffs

sunderland out to 2.42 from 2.06 earlier in the week

Gutted to lose last night....can't afford to continually miss what chances we get.

Tommy Watson another youngen to show that he'll play at a higher level sometime in his career....that performance should give him plenty of confidence for the future and make him feel like he belongs

Read plenty of other teams fans being impressed by what they saw of him last night.

Chucking points away, will cost them. Got to get Cirkin back asap too  . linking up with Watson should make lhs quite potent .

play off at best the way its going

Nov 30, 2024 -- 10:18AM, The Dragon wrote:

play off at best the way its going

plenty of time

TRUE  but no wins in 6 is not good

oh my that was early

was on just realised won, was watching Look North

Isn't it great to see a local lad from your own academy blossom in the first team....Watson made it four good ones out there today

Dec 7, 2024 -- 12:40PM, grayhawk wrote:

Isn't it great to see a local lad from your own academy blossom in the first team....Watson made it four good ones out there today

very much so . Thought it was Dan Neils best game for a while too.

Yep...i bow to no one in my admiration of Dan Neil but he's been nowhere near the standard he's capable of this season...let's hope this is him getting back to his best

Dec 7, 2024 -- 12:50PM, grayhawk wrote:

Yep...i bow to no one in my admiration of Dan Neil but he's been nowhere near the standard he's capable of this season...let's hope this is him getting back to his best

alsoneed Cirking back at lb, Alese is decent but he's not a lb

he was my Dawson replacement

Can't start all these younguns EVERY game...they become mentally fatigued and physically shattered and will do them and the team no good....a blind man can see rigg especially and Bellingham have lost their sharpness ( Jobe has resorted back to what he did last year where everytime he received the ball he was turning back on himself - he'd got out of that consistent habit to start this season and was playing a lot better because of it )....do what Fergie used to do, start them for two games and then take take them out for a couple.

RLB might not ne enamoured with his SQUAD players but he has to give them a go sometime to relieve them who are flagging.

Fingers crossed for Tommy Watson but that had the look of a long termer to me ...we badly missed him when he went off.

Started with a midfield three and two wingers last night with an average age of nineteen between them

Rigg 17
Watson 18
Jobe  19
Mayenda 19
Neil the old man of the party @ 22

Rigg is running on fumes, needs taking out, Jobe is constantly turning into trouble and trying to do too much,  needs to economise his play.
Onien big miss yesterday, have him back in for Ballard and Cirkin must be back in for Alese

won 1 in 8 games of 6 have been draws  . to me the defence looks solid with only conceding 5 goals in the last 8 games.

the problem appears to be lack of goals with only 7 in the same period.

only lost 3 games all season and some of which they should not have lost

i think 20 games in its ok.

home form top notch but to many draws

away form - room for improvement

gl to ya all

Two months out for Tommy during the busiest time of the season .....two good left wingers and both out at the same time

Is there money to spend in January gray ? Or do you expect player loans ?

Dec 12, 2024 -- 12:51PM, Trackman wrote:

Is there money to spend in January gray ? Or do you expect player loans ?

we've still got 2 players signed in last window yet to play for us even at u21 level. God only knows whats planned in January.

At the absolute most we'll BUY two players...we have money to spend but whether we do is another matter.

morpteh mackem12 Dec 24 21:43Joined: 05 Jan 04 | Topic/replies: 46,447 | Blogger: morpteh mackem's blog
Dec 12, 2024 -- 6:51PM, Trackman wrote:

Is there money to spend in January gray ? Or do you expect player loans ?


we've still got 2 players signed in last window yet to play for us even at u21 level. God only knows whats planned in January.

Not forgetting a highly regarded third player signed in the summer who hasn't played in the under 21s and has played all of 20 minutes in the first team.

Anyways Tracker forget about that what about the most important stuff ....have you took any of your stake out of the Lions?

What they're doing after losing so many players of the defensive side of the ball is tremendous...not many teams could do that after losing their best player on the whole roster so early in the season....the defence is like an A&E unit