Quote from: supertom on March 18, 2015, 02:27:33 PMSunderland are in a horrific mess. Their defence looks almost unsalvageable. Beyond Brown and O'Shea (both well past it) they only have a couple of poor foreign CH's in on loan who haven't adapted to the Prem. Their best striker is Defoe who is 33 years old and will always be on the periphery of games. Again, it goes back to the Bent argument. Yes he might put a chance away and score goals, but you sacrifice a player in the general play. Defoe probably touched the ball few enough times you could count on your fingers at the weekend. They lack pace. Their best player is currently out of action indefinitely. It's a shambles. Advocaat's track record doesn't suggest he'd be able to pull off the miracle required to turn this squad around. Now whether he keeps them up is more a matter of how QPR finish. Much like ourselves under McLeish and Lambert last season, Sunderland must rely on 3 teams being shitter, rather than anything they might actually do themselves.I didn't realise Defoe was that old, but thinking about it he must be.
Sunderland are in a horrific mess. Their defence looks almost unsalvageable. Beyond Brown and O'Shea (both well past it) they only have a couple of poor foreign CH's in on loan who haven't adapted to the Prem. Their best striker is Defoe who is 33 years old and will always be on the periphery of games. Again, it goes back to the Bent argument. Yes he might put a chance away and score goals, but you sacrifice a player in the general play. Defoe probably touched the ball few enough times you could count on your fingers at the weekend. They lack pace. Their best player is currently out of action indefinitely. It's a shambles. Advocaat's track record doesn't suggest he'd be able to pull off the miracle required to turn this squad around. Now whether he keeps them up is more a matter of how QPR finish. Much like ourselves under McLeish and Lambert last season, Sunderland must rely on 3 teams being shitter, rather than anything they might actually do themselves.
Quote from: Damo70 on March 18, 2015, 09:13:39 PMQuote from: supertom on March 18, 2015, 02:27:33 PMSunderland are in a horrific mess. Their defence looks almost unsalvageable. Beyond Brown and O'Shea (both well past it) they only have a couple of poor foreign CH's in on loan who haven't adapted to the Prem. Their best striker is Defoe who is 33 years old and will always be on the periphery of games. Again, it goes back to the Bent argument. Yes he might put a chance away and score goals, but you sacrifice a player in the general play. Defoe probably touched the ball few enough times you could count on your fingers at the weekend. They lack pace. Their best player is currently out of action indefinitely. It's a shambles. Advocaat's track record doesn't suggest he'd be able to pull off the miracle required to turn this squad around. Now whether he keeps them up is more a matter of how QPR finish. Much like ourselves under McLeish and Lambert last season, Sunderland must rely on 3 teams being shitter, rather than anything they might actually do themselves.I didn't realise Defoe was that old, but thinking about it he must be.Sunderland will still be paying Defoe £70,000 per week when he is 36 years old.
We should be okay. Hopefully April doesn't destroy the newfound belief the squad seem to have. I'm awaiting 'honeymoon period over' cliches in the regional press.
Quote from: Tom_Mc9 on March 19, 2015, 10:22:04 AMWe should be okay. Hopefully April doesn't destroy the newfound belief the squad seem to have. I'm awaiting 'honeymoon period over' cliches in the regional press. In April we really need beat QPR and get a positive result in at least one of the other games.
Jelavic from hull out for 6 weeks will help.
Quote from: richl on March 19, 2015, 06:46:30 PMJelavic from hull out for 6 weeks will help.That won't help them in the run in, shame.
If I could choose 3 to go it would be qpr Everton and WBA I quite like the away days of hull, Sunderland , Leicester and burnley.
Quote from: silhillvilla on March 19, 2015, 08:39:18 PMIf I could choose 3 to go it would be qpr Everton and WBA I quite like the away days of hull, Sunderland , Leicester and burnley. Chelsea, Newcastle and man utd
Quote from: Malandro on March 19, 2015, 09:07:41 PMQuote from: silhillvilla on March 19, 2015, 08:39:18 PMIf I could choose 3 to go it would be qpr Everton and WBA I quite like the away days of hull, Sunderland , Leicester and burnley. Chelsea, Newcastle and man utdIf I could choose the three teams to go down it would be Liverpool, Liverpool and Liverpool.
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