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Sunderland's 1-1 draws
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They are a big club, get big crowds and will have big expectations. Those draws will be killing them at the moment and they’ll start to worry about the play offs when 3 of the other 4 teams from places 2 to 6 are also ex-PL clubs and will match any edge Sunderland might have felt they had as a big club over any of those 3 play off matches.Oggy Red said:
They're not losing games though ...... they've won 3 of them, and the ones they've drawn, they'll feel they should have won most of those - and will look at situations like Grigg rounding the keeper and missing an open goal, feeling next time they'll score it.letthegoodtimesroll said:
Why will their confidence be high when they keep drawing all those games ? Every time we draw it feels like we’ve lost.Oggy Red said:
15 points from 9 games ....... that's nevertheless a tidy return from a team out of form.killerandflash said:Sunderland now have 13 league draws .....
Unbeaten in 9, but only 3 wins. That's not promotion form, some fans are starting to get restive...
Remember the old adage about successful teams playing poorly but still picking up points?
Don't underestimate them. They are not getting beaten; Confidence and morale will still be high.
It's a sound platform to build on should they finish the season on a winning run.
Anyway, Bowyer talks about his 9 game blocks and target of 17 points.
By that reckoning, he will think Sunderland are only 2 points behind target - and won't underestimate them.
Confidence drops when you're truly struggling, getting beaten every week and never look like getting anything out of a game:
That's not Sunderland right now.0 -
The draws may be killing the crowd with their huge expectations.
But the team haven't really shown any consistantly poor performances ..;; except they lost their main goalscorer and haven't been converting chances.
There's a huge weight of expectation on the shoulders of their expensive new striker.
But he's experienced and proven at this level, and once he gets off the mark he'll convert sufficient chances.
The huge crowd can be their 12th man ...... but if they turn on their own team, they could destroy them.
Their choice.
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The run has gone on for too long not to affect them. And not just for 9 games - 5 League wins from the last 14 games and 23 points out of 42 have seen them go from right in the mix for automatic promotion to having to play catch up.Oggy Red said:
They're not losing games though ...... they've won 3 of them, and the ones they've drawn, they'll feel they should have won most of those - and will look at situations like Grigg rounding the keeper and missing an open goal, feeling next time they'll score it.letthegoodtimesroll said:
Why will their confidence be high when they keep drawing all those games ? Every time we draw it feels like we’ve lost.Oggy Red said:
15 points from 9 games ....... that's nevertheless a tidy return from a team out of form.killerandflash said:Sunderland now have 13 league draws .....
Unbeaten in 9, but only 3 wins. That's not promotion form, some fans are starting to get restive...
Remember the old adage about successful teams playing poorly but still picking up points?
Don't underestimate them. They are not getting beaten; Confidence and morale will still be high.
It's a sound platform to build on should they finish the season on a winning run.
Anyway, Bowyer talks about his 9 game blocks and target of 17 points.
By that reckoning, he will think Sunderland are only 2 points behind target - and won't underestimate them.
Confidence drops when you're truly struggling, getting beaten every week and never look like getting anything out of a game:
That's not Sunderland right now..
Their issue is that they haven't scored more than a single goal in the League for over two months. Sunderland were wholly reliant on Maja for their goals - 16 this season and 4 of the 9 in their last 9 matches - and there is no guarantee that his replacement, Grigg, will hit the ground running.
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Losing 1-0 to Accrington0
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Decent game of football tbf.
Grigg has missed a couple of chances.
Another 1.1 beckons0 -
anyone watching who's not in the know would assume that Accrington is the team in the promotion chase .. tomorrow another important game so far as we're concerned (other than our own game) .. Pompey @ Southend .. on the telly at midday0
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Paul Smythe looks very, very good so far.0
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SurvivaloftheFittest said:Paul Smythe looks very, very good so far.
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now Accy up 2-0 .. the Black Cats are a bunch of mangy old pussies4
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Sunderland and Pompey in all sorts of bother since the turn of the year.
We have just got to keep plugging away (11 wins out of 14 said Lord Bowyer) and hope that one of Luton or Barnsley go on a bad run at some point.1 - Sponsored links:
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And thats why its better we currently have the points rather than the games in hand2
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Games in hand count for f#$k all unless you win them1
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now 1-2 ..0
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Maybe spoken too soon
Also this isnt technically a game in hand for them as we play tomorrow0 -
Breaking the run of 9 binary scores!Lincsaddick said:now Accy up 2-0 .. the Black Cats are a bunch of mangy old pussies
It will be interesting to see the crowd reaction if Sunderland lose. And lets face it, Sunderland losing to Accrington Stanley is the headline the media have been longing for!3 -
The curse of Fanny strikes again.....
Just switched over to the game & guess who scores !
DOH !!!!
( Shall I start the rain dance now ?)0 -
Glad I turned over at HT, this game is much better than QPR Watford0
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Good to see Accrington trying to play Football this time instead of being dirty like the tactics they used against us; certainly dont remember them being this open @ the Valley
Impressed with Paul Smyth1 -
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Bollox0
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Nice play from Sunderland
As said before though, cant think of many occasions when teams have given us that much space in the box!!... Is that credit to our attacking attitude or is it a sign we cant find the killer passes?0 -
useless Wyke is taken off, Maguire on and he makes 2 goals in 5 minutes0
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Remember Maguire being MOTM against us on the opening dayLincsaddick said:useless Wyke is taken off, Maguire on and he makes 2 goals in 5 minutes
Didnt agree seeing he was the one who gave away the penalty1 -
and Wyke was absolute rubbish in the Valley gameForeverAddickted said:
Remember Maguire being MOTM against us on the opening dayLincsaddick said:useless Wyke is taken off, Maguire on and he makes 2 goals in 5 minutes
Didnt agree seeing he was the one who gave away the penalty
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Dont even remember him being all that for Bradford against us... think Sunderland signed him on his goal history rather than doing any actual researchLincsaddick said:
and Wyke was absolute rubbish in the Valley gameForeverAddickted said:
Remember Maguire being MOTM against us on the opening dayLincsaddick said:useless Wyke is taken off, Maguire on and he makes 2 goals in 5 minutes
Didnt agree seeing he was the one who gave away the penalty1 -
This QPR loanee Smyth looks quality cheers Roland.0
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Wasnt that more the fault of Bowyer for wanting to wait and see if he could get Eisa? - that would have happened had Bristol City gotten Scott HoganBR7_addick said:This QPR loanee Smyth looks quality cheers Roland.0 -
Parker looked good against SouthendBR7_addick said:This QPR loanee Smyth looks quality cheers Roland.
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Sunderland are so much better playing it along the deck rather than pumping balls up to the (all together now) useless Wyke .. this is a very decent game so far1
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He looks like for like with Grant pure pace off the last man would’ve complimented Taylor well.0
