Sunderland v 'The Mighty' Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Kevin_Brum12]

Sunderland were a shambles on Saturday.  Hopefully they will not have a bounce, except to pollute the Championship.

[LTA]

Its difficult to see what any manager can do with that squad of Sunderland's.

I always looked at ours and thought that we had players in there, good ones on their day, but I look at Sunderland and see a lot of dross.

Completely agree.  I said similar when Redknapp left QPR.  It didn't matter who they got in they're absolutely awful apart from Austin, where as if we got someone halfway competent we'd probably be Ok as our squad, although not top quality should be plenty good enough for 12-8th and anything approaching that sort of form should see us safe.

You can't polish a turd and QPR and Leicester are absolute turds squad wise.

I don't think Sunderlands squad is all that terrible.  Defoe and Fletcher are limited but both can score goals, Wickham is a decent target man, Larsson is a good free kick taker, O'Shea and Brown are better than they looked at the weekend and Pantilimon is a decent keeper.  It's the midfield that's dire, with Johnson out indefinitely they've got no creativity (far less than us even though it's been our weakness as well) and they don't even have players that can offer more if used better, Cattermole is their best option, which is pretty damning.

Cattermole is basically a thug who just fouls people.  If he's Sunderland's best player then god help them.

[N'Rexy]

BBC reckon that Avocaat is already in Sunnerlan. Taking training tomorrow I gather.

[dave shelley]

Where's Davey B when he's needed?