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Sunderland's 1-1 draws
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He's also been subbed because of injury so would have fitted in greatBR7_addick said:He looks like for like with Grant pure pace off the last man would’ve complimented Taylor well.4 -
Good to hear the Sunderland fans booing Accricngton's time wasting tactics. At least Accrington are consistent in that regard!1
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on comes Max (red card) Power0
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Wow Grigg looks poor0
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GOOD CALL LINO!!!4
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Refs need to start adding time onto added time for time wasting1
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good game .. all we ask of Jack Ross is that he perseveres with Wyke up front for the rest of the season .. also, Accy's first goals of 2019 .. pity is was not enough for 3 points0
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So that's 24 points from the last 45 - barely mid table form.Addick Addict said:
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.0 -
Yet another draw and another match where having scored twice in 7 minutes, everyone would have expected them to win.0
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Sunderland without winning their game in hand move up to 3rd !blackpool72 said:Games in hand count for f#$k all unless you win them2 -
Mackems may be drawing games but GD is 8 better than us, or worse with other top six and until recently we had two of L1 top goalscorers. That is worth a point. Needs addressing.0
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If this was us with this series of draws it would be all "season over" everywhere. The reality is the form teams are Barnsley and luton, a few weeks ago it was Pompy... Things can and will change in the blink of an eye. No position is assured, to coin a phrase; it ain't over til it's over.7
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Every year someone complains goal difference isn’t good enough, but I cannot remember the last time a significant league position was decided on goal difference. Yes it theoretically could be but I reckon the statistics say it’s so unlikely to be that it’s effectively irrelevant.
Pompey and Sunderland are stuttering badly.4 -
And are still 4 points and a game in hand in front of us , I think Pompey are catchable but the top two aren’t , it’s the play off lottery for us !Exiled_Addick said:Pompey and Sunderland are stuttering badly.2 -
Lots of games to play, and form can turn 180 degrees in a couple of games. Pompey looked in catchable a few weeks back but not anymore. I wouldn’t be willing to place money on us sneaking into the top two but its not impossible. Personally think it’d be helpful to the team if us fans can stay positive and create that kind of vibe around the Valley. I have no doubt that it’s tarting to turn poisonous again up in Sunderland and it’s unlikely to be helping the team.oohaahmortimer said:
And are still 4 points and a game in hand in front of us , I think Pompey are catchable but the top two aren’t , it’s the play off lottery for us !Exiled_Addick said:Pompey and Sunderland are stuttering badly.
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4m for Will Grigg, Jesus (I thought it was closer to 3m, but still). Like, we whinge that Roland doesn't splash the cash to get a striker in, and we're not wrong about that, but looks what it takes to get a good League One striker. I don't think Grigg has ever done it at a level above League One. Definitely a good League One striker, but 3-4m plus wages (which I imagine will be significant) is a lot of money at this level.killerandflash said:0 -
Think it is 3m with another 1m added on for promotion.SDAddick said:
4m for Will Grigg, Jesus (I thought it was closer to 3m, but still). Like, we whinge that Roland doesn't splash the cash to get a striker in, and we're not wrong about that, but looks what it takes to get a good League One striker. I don't think Grigg has ever done it at a level above League One. Definitely a good League One striker, but 3-4m plus wages (which I imagine will be significant) is a lot of money at this level.killerandflash said:0 -
(1) I doubt that either Barnsley or Luton will fall away sufficiently to make a difference to us. That's not to say that they won't lose the odd game but they are the best two teams in the division and also have the strongest depths to their squads.Exiled_Addick said:
Lots of games to play, and form can turn 180 degrees in a couple of games. Pompey looked in catchable a few weeks back but not anymore. I wouldn’t be willing to place money on us sneaking into the top two but its not impossible. Personally think it’d be helpful to the team if us fans can stay positive and create that kind of vibe around the Valley. I have no doubt that it’s tarting to turn poisonous again up in Sunderland and it’s unlikely to be helping the team.oohaahmortimer said:
And are still 4 points and a game in hand in front of us , I think Pompey are catchable but the top two aren’t , it’s the play off lottery for us !Exiled_Addick said:Pompey and Sunderland are stuttering badly.
(2) For us to challenge them we have to turn around our form and everything in that respect seems to rely on a returning Taylor because, put bluntly, now that Grant has gone no one else is capable of scoring goals regularly - of the players currently available to us Reeves is top scorer with 3.
(3) We are 13 points behind Luton (and worse by 22 goals on goal difference) and 7 points behind Barnsley who have a game in hand - unlike Sunderland they are more than likely to win that game on current form which would make the difference 10. There are only 42 points available to us so we would probably have to win at least 12 of the last 14 games to have a chance.
Play offs it is for us.1 -
Top two won't be caught imo.
But it's important we can finish 3rd or 4th so we can play second leg of the playoffs at the valley.5 - Sponsored links:
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Spot on Blackpool. Luton and Barnsley are hammering everybody. Best we can hope for is Portsmouth in the play-offs, away leg (guaranteed win) last.
Looking forward to taking over the Oval in May by the way.
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And Portsmouth will now be 7 points clear of us because they are doing to Southend exactly what we failed to do.1
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oopsAddick Addict said:And Portsmouth will now be 7 points clear of us because they are doing to Southend exactly what we failed to do.3 -
It's a gift!SE7toSG3 said:
oopsAddick Addict said:And Portsmouth will now be 7 points clear of us because they are doing to Southend exactly what we failed to do.1
