Sunderland vs Aston Villa Match Thread

[Martyn Smith]

They're just going to gobble up these long balls all day. Ollie doesn't have the physical presence to dominate them

[PaulWinch again]

No it’s not. It’s really clear it’s not - when he didn’t play the other night did we tear Brentford apart with incisive attacking play? No, it is a much wider issue than one player.

[Villan82]

Sir Graham in '89, Ron in '91, Bruce in 2017 and Deano in 2019-20 have all weathered their first bad run and gone on to do well after it.

This is Unai's first bad run with us, I think he deserves patience

[cdbearsfan]

Would be sub-thrilled if that was given against us.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s not his first bad run, but it’s the first run where we’ve carried zero threat.

[Hookeysmith]

I think Watkins has forgot how to play the game.
His movements and decisions have completely left him

[wolfman999]

Sir Graham in '89, Ron in '91, Bruce in 2017 and Deano in 2019-20 have all weathered their first bad run and gone on to do well after it.

This is Unai's first bad run with us, I think he deserves patience

He's got until half time.

[JUAN PABLO]

Our creative outlet seems to be Cash.

worrying .

[Toronto Villa]

We have become John Gregory’s Aston Villa Nil.

[villadelph]

No it’s not. It’s really clear it’s not - when he didn’t play the other night did we tear Brentford apart with incisive attacking play? No, it is a much wider issue than one player.

We can’t get into the final third and we typically don’t play with width. I don’t know who else is more important in that formula that Rogers, but we can blame Cash and McGinn I guess.

[Nelly]

I don't mind a bad run but this one stinks of disinterested players and that's what worries me this time. Maybe it's just rumour and 2+2=5 but we always looked interested before...

[Goldenballs]

What I'd give for Duran to still be here to inject a bit of fun into this dross.

[Villan82]

It’s not his first bad run, but it’s the first run where we’ve carried zero threat.

My bad, he had a dip last year but we still had one of our best seasons in quarter of a century

[Hookeysmith]

If we were half the team we were last season we would batter these

[AlexAlexCropley]

Maybe we're saving ourselves for Thursday