Roy's View From... View From Sunderland

[Plymouthblade]

Unlucky and fuck off

 

[diode_blade]

Proper saltiness
Ferk off Mackens
Only one thing counts at end of the day

1 - 0

Putting ball in the twating onion bag

 

[Il Coltello]

These Temu geordies sound remarkably like our similarly bitter and underachieving neighbours.

Must be difficult trying to seem relevant when your nearest rivals consistently out-perform you on and off the pitch.

 

[Melbourne Blade]

Probably the worst comments I've ever read in a post match.

We didn't cheat - we didn't pay transfer instalments on time.

I will grant them the fact our parachute payments allow us to keep Hamer and Souza and afford the wages of JRS, Souttar, Davies (my new hero) and O'Hare but wtf are we supposed to do?

Also they are completely ignorant that the core of our squad are built from our amazing academy which is ignorant and fucking frustrating.

If they could actually finish they'd probably have won tonight but that's irrelevant.

Also their managers name translates to "rule the breakage". I kid you not

 

[Valleyblade]

They obviously don't remember, just a few years ago, when they were the newly relegated team, with the overwhelming advantage of parachute payments? They promptly got relegated and we, a cheaply assembled newly promoted from league 1 team, smashed em 4 nil at the Lane if i recall correctly.

I mean. Its such a massive advantage, and yet they got relegated.

 

[bruce]

"We played the top team away and battered them".

1. We weren't top until they (apparently) battered us.

2. We were so battered that we didn't concede and won the game.

I used to quite like Sunderland. After reading all those comments I hope Newcastle stuff them every time they play each other.

 

[Trigger Blade]

My favourite is the one who is so mad with rage he’s going to sell his collection of Sheffield plate, that’ll teach us

 

[Melbourne Blade]

Hardly a battering...

 

[Caveblade]

Hardly a battering...

You and your flipping logical stats Melbourne

 

[S64 Blade]

I love the one who says we are still benefiting from cheating as a result of the -2points. The charge being for not paying an instalment for Rhian Brewster, who never plays, didn’t play last night and has not scored for us during the time period since we didn’t pay the fee for him.

I also love the general comments saying how shit we are. Yet they still couldn’t score a goal against us. Something no club has done at Bramall Lane now for over 3 months.

Only looked like one team were going to win it for me, from about 70 minutes on. Could sense we’d get one and we did.

 

[blade67]

Hardly a battering...

the 14 shots either blocked or off target is a significant part of the story of the game. We defend realy well near our box and I'd bet that a big chunk of those off target shots are where a defender has got across someone or has leaned on the striker.

We were poor with the ball in the first half, but even when we are giving up possesion we don't give up many good chances.

 

[Ron_Justice]

Just like Coventry, they have threats and the game was as tough as expected. It was also a bit of a freak as it played out as 10v10 so can't really read too much into it.

OTOH, fuck me, they have a sense of entitlement going on don't they? Reverse fixture in a few weeks will be spicy l recon.

 

[Tezza1889]

Bitter bunch acusung us while doing exactly the same thing in league one (for years mind)

Those "top" fans, who abandoned them en masse and made the club close off half the ground, loyal eh..

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

Nice work Roy.- working nights

 

[Ecco1889]

Whinge-fest from the plastic geordies…priceless
Lovely goal from Tom Davieswhat a player if we can keep him on the pitch

 

[1973Blade]

Entitled bunch with not much to be entitled about.

 

[Cappy]

That is quality to wake up to

Cheers Roygbiv as always!

Woooo hooooooo

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

I resent the cheating comments. We paid installments late, for which we have been punished. It's hardly match fixing.

Good game last night, draw would have been fair.

However, I'm waking up to the warm glow of 3 points, and being nowhere near the shit hole that is Sunderland.

Good times.

UTB

 

[BalticBlade]

Hang it in the Louvre!

 

[Chimpan-A]

Football fans need to give their heads a wobble. Losing a game you possibly could have won doesn’t make the opposition cheats, their manager a demon, the fans tinpot for celebrating. It happens, it’s one of those things.
The proper thing to do is look at how your team played, wonder where it went wrong, decide if you think there is a problem, move on to the next game.

 

[SirNibletsO'Korne]

Thanks Roy. Jesus, talk about bad losers, these have to be up there with the whiniest, 'it's not fair' teams that we've beaten surely?
Suck it up your fucking losers!
Excellent...

 

[Super Furry Blades]

That would be the same Sunderland A.F.C that got relegated from the Premier League in 2017 and (checks notes) received parachute payments.

Exactly this , short memories some people...
Football generally goes in cycles...
It only takes a few short years for order to be turned up side down

 

[Gimli]

And the new front runner for Roy’s annual ‘mardiest fans of the season’ award is…

 

[1973Blade]

Wednesday and Sunderland fans unite in the 'Deluded alliance'.

Your rivals

www.owlstalk.co.uk

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

“How much did their team cost, how much did our team cost?! Do you want to compare wage bills? Wasn’t that midfielder 10m? How much was that loan fee, 2m?
Wednesday fans are absolutely right.
I bet Tom Davies is on more than Rigg, Bellingham and Neil all together and he came off the bench, the little rat.”

This one seething

 

[S64 Blade]

Wednesday and Sunderland fans unite in the 'Deluded alliance'.

Your rivals

www.owlstalk.co.uk

Tbf a few surprisingly sensible comments from the other lot there.

 

[BalticBlade]

They have some decent players, a lot of energy and athleticism and are brave on the ball, but are lacking where it matters - in the final third. They were massively overperforming for XG earlier in the season. I expect them to tumble down the table now.

 

[Blade56]

The team that beat them:

Cooper (2 million)
Souttar (loan)
Robinson (500k)
Burrows (3 million).
Gilchrist (loan)
JRS (1 million loan fee)
Peck (academy)
One (academy)
T Davies (free).
McCallum (free)
T Campbell (free)
Callum O' Hare (free)
Hamer (13 million)
Souza (8 million)
RND (academy).
Seriki (academy)

The only players that have made a big impact on our season that didn't play are Moore (1.5 million) Arblaster (academy) and Anel (4 million?).

8 of United's current 25 man squad are academy graduates. The only remaining big name from Prem season 1+2 under Wilder is Brewster (who didn't feature).

United signed one permanent player in five transfer windows prior to the last promotion. Our wage bill is unlikely to be high due to the huge exodus at the start of this season, and most of the squad being on academy money or contracts signed in the Champ.


Outs for big money to fund current crop: Berge, Ndiaye, Osula, Lankshear, Jebbison, Traore, Trusty, Bogle, Archer (mandatory buy back clause). Those lot absolutely dwarf the expenditure on incomings. The bulk of the money above is from academy player sales, not selling Prem bought players.

It's a huge chance for clubs like Sunderland to finish above the likes of United and Luton. We aren't normal parachute clubs.

Excellent analysis

 

[The Crab]

"We played the top team away and battered them".

1. We weren't top until they (apparently) battered us.

2. We were so battered that we didn't concede and won the game.

I used to quite like Sunderland. After reading all those comments I hope Newcastle stuff them every time they play each other.

A Wednesday-esque battering eh