moody1889
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I will add my two penneth, I thought first half we started very well and pressed Sunderland high up the pitch forcing them back.
I thought Moore had scored inside two minutes with a towering header only for Patterson to make a great save.
We carried on playing on the front foot and asking serious questions of the Sunderland defence and having plenty of the ball in the first 35 mins especially.
The assist for the first goal from Hamer and the exquisite finish by Campbell was top class play it was a richly deserved first goal.
We should have been two up thanks to a cracking strike from Burrows into the bottom right corner only to be ruled about by the corrupt VAR.
I don't care what anyone says Patterson wasn't getting anywhere near it in a month of Sundays we were robbed.
Up until then we had been pretty dominant but after that moment you sensed the mood chsnge and it galvanized the Sunderland faithful and gave them a much needed lift.
They began to get into the game more without ever really causing us that many problems in the first 45.
Overall first half i thought we should have been at least 2-0 up and comfortable.
Second Half i am sad to say were unrecognisable the energy of our players seemed to disappear and within the first 5 minutes you could clearly see we were on the back foot.
Wilder clearly set us up defensively in the second half we sat back allowing Sunderland to press us and target us with pace down the sides.
It was predictable as we knew how Sunderland played from previous meetings which is why i found it baffling that we sat back against a young Sunderland team that has bags of energy that will keep pushing right to the final whistle.
The introduction of Patrick Roberts seemed to galvanize them them further and gave them extra creativity in the final third.
The big chance that we created with Brooksy summed up our day he should have finished that off and killed the game off.
Brooks is a quality young player don't get me wrong and has all attributes to become a top player but he needs to work on his composure infront of goal hr has missed a few this season.
The real turning point came when we lost Hamer to injury and that was what killed the game for us soon as Hamer went off we lost that creative spark.
We were the architects of our own downfall in the end their first goal was preventable we just stood ball watching kind of reminded of me Lucas Joao's goal for the pigs against us at Hillsborough.
Instead of seeing the game through to extra time and getting the ball as far up the pitch as possible Moore comitted the cardinal sin of trying to play Tika Taka in a dangerous area giving the ball away.
This allowed Tommy Watson to surge forward and bend low curling shot into the bottom right hand corner it was a brilliant finish from Watson and hammer blow to the Blades that had travelled to Wembley in the hope that our curse at Wembley would br finally over.
But no it wasn't to be another opportunity missed i am sad to say.
I left the ground feeling more angry from that t game than I did against Burnley and Huddersfield because i felt we actually threw the game away and completely bottled it instead of Sunderland being quality and running away with the game.
It was horrible feeling walking up Wembley way wondering to myself will i ever live to experience the feeling of elation that comes with your side winning promotion at Wembley and experiencing that roar when the final whistle goes knowing you have reached the Premier League and financially secured your club for years to come and knowing you are going to have the chance to build a brighter future.
I fully lay the blame at the management teams door for that loss and had we carried on as we started i believe we would have ended up scoring 2 or 3 but for some reason Chris Wilder elected to go for a defensive approach at 1-0 up in the second half rather than go for the jugular.
Which is the prime reason why Leeds and Burnley got over the finish line ahead of us because Leeds especially played to win it was all or nothing for them which made them an exciting team to watch.
Where as watching us play this season has been pretty lacklustre, It is the kindest way i can describe our teams performances on the whole this season because i personally think we have been pretty poor on the whole which is quite a statement to make given our points total of 92 at the end of the season.
But i just feel personally our individual bit's of brilliance from our key players papered over a lot of cracks.
We were second best in a lot of games this season and looked poor in the majority of games that we scraped through.
And for me Wilder held our team back massively this season especially when we had Hamer the best midfielder/player in the championship.
We had O Hare who i believe is a quality player that had been criminally mismanaged this season and when he wss on the pitch with Hamer we looked far better.
Jes Rak Sakyi i think he was mismanaged too and Wilders obsession with keeping things tight completely stifled his game i think he would have terroristled the Sunderland defence given half a chance.
Brooks same with Brooks i an baffled by Wilders management of him this season he has been in an out more than a game of twister and not given much of a chance this season.
Moving forward if Wilder is to stay the shackles have to come off we need to go with two up top and play to win if Wilder wants the fans on side give the fans something to cheer about get them off their seats.
For next season i believe we need a couple of centre backs and at least 2 wingers with pace and two new strikers with pace to burn because i feel that is where we need to invest UTB
I thought Moore had scored inside two minutes with a towering header only for Patterson to make a great save.
We carried on playing on the front foot and asking serious questions of the Sunderland defence and having plenty of the ball in the first 35 mins especially.
The assist for the first goal from Hamer and the exquisite finish by Campbell was top class play it was a richly deserved first goal.
We should have been two up thanks to a cracking strike from Burrows into the bottom right corner only to be ruled about by the corrupt VAR.
I don't care what anyone says Patterson wasn't getting anywhere near it in a month of Sundays we were robbed.
Up until then we had been pretty dominant but after that moment you sensed the mood chsnge and it galvanized the Sunderland faithful and gave them a much needed lift.
They began to get into the game more without ever really causing us that many problems in the first 45.
Overall first half i thought we should have been at least 2-0 up and comfortable.
Second Half i am sad to say were unrecognisable the energy of our players seemed to disappear and within the first 5 minutes you could clearly see we were on the back foot.
Wilder clearly set us up defensively in the second half we sat back allowing Sunderland to press us and target us with pace down the sides.
It was predictable as we knew how Sunderland played from previous meetings which is why i found it baffling that we sat back against a young Sunderland team that has bags of energy that will keep pushing right to the final whistle.
The introduction of Patrick Roberts seemed to galvanize them them further and gave them extra creativity in the final third.
The big chance that we created with Brooksy summed up our day he should have finished that off and killed the game off.
Brooks is a quality young player don't get me wrong and has all attributes to become a top player but he needs to work on his composure infront of goal hr has missed a few this season.
The real turning point came when we lost Hamer to injury and that was what killed the game for us soon as Hamer went off we lost that creative spark.
We were the architects of our own downfall in the end their first goal was preventable we just stood ball watching kind of reminded of me Lucas Joao's goal for the pigs against us at Hillsborough.
Instead of seeing the game through to extra time and getting the ball as far up the pitch as possible Moore comitted the cardinal sin of trying to play Tika Taka in a dangerous area giving the ball away.
This allowed Tommy Watson to surge forward and bend low curling shot into the bottom right hand corner it was a brilliant finish from Watson and hammer blow to the Blades that had travelled to Wembley in the hope that our curse at Wembley would br finally over.
But no it wasn't to be another opportunity missed i am sad to say.
I left the ground feeling more angry from that t game than I did against Burnley and Huddersfield because i felt we actually threw the game away and completely bottled it instead of Sunderland being quality and running away with the game.
It was horrible feeling walking up Wembley way wondering to myself will i ever live to experience the feeling of elation that comes with your side winning promotion at Wembley and experiencing that roar when the final whistle goes knowing you have reached the Premier League and financially secured your club for years to come and knowing you are going to have the chance to build a brighter future.
I fully lay the blame at the management teams door for that loss and had we carried on as we started i believe we would have ended up scoring 2 or 3 but for some reason Chris Wilder elected to go for a defensive approach at 1-0 up in the second half rather than go for the jugular.
Which is the prime reason why Leeds and Burnley got over the finish line ahead of us because Leeds especially played to win it was all or nothing for them which made them an exciting team to watch.
Where as watching us play this season has been pretty lacklustre, It is the kindest way i can describe our teams performances on the whole this season because i personally think we have been pretty poor on the whole which is quite a statement to make given our points total of 92 at the end of the season.
But i just feel personally our individual bit's of brilliance from our key players papered over a lot of cracks.
We were second best in a lot of games this season and looked poor in the majority of games that we scraped through.
And for me Wilder held our team back massively this season especially when we had Hamer the best midfielder/player in the championship.
We had O Hare who i believe is a quality player that had been criminally mismanaged this season and when he wss on the pitch with Hamer we looked far better.
Jes Rak Sakyi i think he was mismanaged too and Wilders obsession with keeping things tight completely stifled his game i think he would have terroristled the Sunderland defence given half a chance.
Brooks same with Brooks i an baffled by Wilders management of him this season he has been in an out more than a game of twister and not given much of a chance this season.
Moving forward if Wilder is to stay the shackles have to come off we need to go with two up top and play to win if Wilder wants the fans on side give the fans something to cheer about get them off their seats.
For next season i believe we need a couple of centre backs and at least 2 wingers with pace and two new strikers with pace to burn because i feel that is where we need to invest UTB
