nobler Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Sort of really bored of Lambert in all honesty. Being a boring football team is the most annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Dross. Again. What the **** is going on? I can't believe the manager would send them out there without a fully-formed plan A, let alone a plan B. Is it just a case of not listening to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanwesty88 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 This side lacks creativity BIG TIME. The only thing we are decent at is counter attacking and we cannot do that against teams that sit back a little. Boring boring boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Sunderland's first point away from home since August. Good job lads, you've excelled yourselves once again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Frankly, that was absolutely pathetic. Embarrassingly bad, and as the home team the onus was on us, but under Lambert we are dreadfully one dimensional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Good opening 20 minutes. Invited pressure on ourselves by giving the ball away. Benteke was off the boil and constantly fouled every time a ball was played to him. Our inability to break teams down is evident. We need an attacking midfielder who can pick out a pass. Gabby ran his socks off. KEA and Delph looked pretty solid in midfield. Sunderland's MOTM is the referee, idiotic bookings and bailed on giving us a penalty when Bardsley was yanking on Benteke. He gave us almost no 50/50s and put the pressure back on us. Sunderland have a bunch of cheating little players - surrounding the referee to try and win a penalty, Gardner diving, Larsson being petulant, their players getting Vlaar booked by protesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Didn't see 1st half. 2nd half we struggled to break them down and the ref looked bent. Looks like everyone just sits someone on top of Benteke every match now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 We lacked a creative midfielder to break them down, it's what was needed in the summer. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Pile of dross..... What the hell has happened to Benteke? He had a bit of swagger earlier in the season now he just looks half arsed? He never wanted to stay here and it's showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Dissapointing but guess it could have been worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) Benteke shouldn't start against Southampton. Edited November 30, 2013 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradarmstrong_ Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Mcleish esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted November 30, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 30, 2013 Gabby and Andi tried, Gabby was better. Westwood was alright aswell, especially in the first half. Luna dropped out of the picture totally in the second half, he probably got tired. Benteke was so bad I can't believe it. Ok result since we were closer to losing than winning. Ofcourse, we should've won, Sunderland is pure rubbish. We cannot create or score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXD Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 The ref was absolutely awful. We didn't have the best of performances, but that referee didn't even seem to grasp the concept of football 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 We are the official good luck team for rest of the league. No matter what poor stat a team comes to play us with they always manage to fix it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Sunderland's first point away from home since August. Good job lads, you've excelled yourselves once again. To be fair, Sunderland also drew away to Southampton. That said, we should really be beating a team like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap of Steel Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Not very good at all. I think at some point Lambert decided he was tired of making defensive errors. As a result we now have a different style of play. It was anti-football, but look at the league table. That's probably why Lambert is sticking to the style. Can't help but be disappointed though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myko Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 The vote for Benteke is an ironic one, i presume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddy Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Putrid, absolutely dire. With as many bold decisions that Lambert has made since becoming head honcho, surely it can't be too long before Benteke gets benched? A player can only coast on their reputation for so long before questions start being asked. Our entire gameplan revolves around building play through Benteke's (heretofore) impressive holding ability which opens up space around him. Every single time he received the ball today, he was stifled, pressured, and lost the ball. It's unlike anything I've ever seen. And I don't buy that it's a lack of effort either, because at this point he's running the risk of playing himself out of the Belgian starting lineup right before the World Cup. A meager 10-12 goal season and a bench role at the WC seriously hurts his chances of getting that big-time move he will eventually want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I really need to re-assess how I spend my Saturday nights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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