Just When You Thought He Had Learned

Hows about if Diame had a knock his country Senagal might have not want him to play and moses could not be 100% fit and had it not been an assault on Ball boy he wouldn’t have come on till later

I was discussing team selections with Paul Jewell when he did the questions and answers dinner at Haigh hall the other year. He said to me that supporters are great at picking the team after the match and I knew were he was coming from.
The team put out in the first half tonight played really well, created quite a few decent chances, knocked it around OK and got into Sunderland’s face winning more second balls than they lost.

A bit of luck and we could have been saying what a great tactical master stroke by Bobby playing Crusat and Watson. Crusat setting up 2 or 3 good chances and Watson hitting the inside of the post when he should have tucked it away.
What happened in the second half is typical of a team especially us when chasing the game.
The biggest mistake that bobby made tonight was taking Stam off when he did. Ronnie was linking up well down the right and got some superb crosses in. The man that should have gone off was McCarthy. He did a lot of huffing and puffing, kept Cattermole quiet till he was subbed, but did nothing going forward.

Big pike in Scotsmans are almost non existant

Robertos team choices both pre game and during the game were truely shocking tonight.

We don’t have the biggest squad to choose from, but we need to play the best available players. Diame and Moses not starting was stupidity against a Sunderland team who only played a couple of days ago.

Then when we continually prove all through the first half that we weren’t going to play through Sunderlands ten man defence he finally realised we had to change something and seemed to do something right by bringing on Sammon and going a bit more direct…..what does he do then…..brings off one of the best crossers of the ball we have in Stam.

There’s not enough goals in our team as it is without crazy decisions like that from the dug out.

We are so easy to play against at home….all the opposition have to do is let us play all the fancy passing around we want in the first two thirds of the pitch, whilst they get enough back to put a few in the final third….they know we’ll fook up somewhere along the lines and they can break in numbers and all they have to do is score one goal and it’s pretty much good night Vienna…

We need to be able to vary our play much more to break down defenses in areas that matter…..

We can’t afford anymore games like tonight against very beatable teams otherwise it’s down we go.

To be fair, Diame was waiting to come on from the 79th minute, but Bob doesn’t like to make his subs quickly, hence he was milling about till the 86th minute, not that coming on with 11 minutes left would have been a masterstroke.

To be fair, Diame was waiting to come on from the 79th minute, but Bob doesn’t like to make his subs quickly, hence he was milling about till the 86th minute, not that coming on with 11 minutes left would have been a masterstroke.[/quote]

You obviously didn’t see the Stoke game on new years eve. ;)

GOMEZ IS ABSOLUTELT RUBBISH made a point of watching him last night. 1 tackle in the whole game Was trotting along the side of the Sunderland players and if I say trotting that was an exageration. Also EVERYONE can see that Jones is to slow to play in that postion, as is proved every game, so why does this clown keep playing him there???? I’m afraid i’ve got to the point, after watching them from the non league days, that although I’ve got a season ticket I’m seriously thinking of not going again, unless there are some drastic changes in the management i.e. MARTINEZ or his so called “Attractive style of football” :(

I suppose its time for Whelan to top up his millions,because its a few weeks since he banked the NZogbia money.But I think its coming to an end Dave, we are all seeking pastures new and you and the comedian of comedins will have it all to your own little selves………