Most liked posts in thread: Opening Home Game vs Cambridge United Aug 3rd

What division do you think we're in?

Do you know what year it is, and where you are?

No offence, buddy!

 

Yeah. The Titanic, mate.

 

They'll be play offs easy, and I think we'll probably be the same.

People only think teams like this will walk the league because they have large crowds.

That's your average gambler betting on factors that are irrelevant to real life - but even so, Sunderland have a top 6 side, and I think we probably have a top 7 side. Just.

 

Yep agree with all of that, great summary. If a club want Doyle he can go for me. His job was to collect the ball in midfield and drive forwards, yea right. I have yet to see what he is actually good at. I thought both Donaldson and Vaughan looked shattered, we can’t have this, they worked their arses off going back and filling in for a very weak midfield. Palmer was the only one who performed well enough for me. I thought defensively we looked solid, including the infamous Mr. O’Connell.

I am sorry but we are desperate for another two midfielders, and another striker if we can. Every team are going to come with the mindset of Cambridge defend really well we get a point, if we are lucky we might get a goal, we as a team better get used to it, there are no givens.

Disappointed, but not entirely surprised. Gelling takes time.

 

Nope, it is your reply that is bollocks as no myths are being spread just a poor outing for the first game, as i said earlier 22 shots but only 3 on target so if there is non existant service from midfield where did all the half chances come from?
Defence looked better agreed, but City were up against a team struggling to stay up last year.

 

Nope. Bowyer is naive if he expected otherwise.

But to suggest the players didn’t apply themselves is nonsense. The set up wasn’t quite right today and some of the men in that XI probably aren’t the right men for us (looking at CM and Doyle in a front three) But our shortcomings weren’t down to a lack of desire as suggested earlier in this thread.

 

Yes I nearly tagged that on the end, but I was trying to be positive. The match today was disappointing, but it was a million miles away from the crap we watched last season.

 

Was the other posted quoting your stats that said it.

The problem was evident for all to see. Anderson was ready to be subbed so we brought on Devine to try change the game and liven things up. He could barely get a kick last year and its been the same for years.

We look short of quality in CM but the budget was already stretched. Maybe, just maybe, now McBurnie has gone, we might be able to fund a decent loanee to improve us in the coming weeks though.

 

O’Connor was decent today but paudie will take his place once he’s fit, I’m sure of it.

 

Honestly, don’t let the negative voices on here cloud your view.

Some fans expected us to steamroller Cambridge 3-0, just like they did when we drew with Macclesfield the year McCall took over when we were relegated into this division.

It didn’t happen today, it is frustrating, but this wasn’t half as bad as the shit shows last year.

The stats don’t lie. On xG we deserved to win the game. An another day Vaughan scores not hits the bar.

We have work to do but we’ve made progress.

 

Frustrating thing is we're 2/3 players away from being a team who could've won 3-0 today. Desperate for a pacey striker, a left winger so creativity isn't left solely to scannell and a midfielder with energy and who can pass a ball. Hopefully Callum Cooke is still a target as he seems to be a bit of an all round midfielder.

Sounded like Anderson's injury may be a bad one which maybe the massive kick up the arse we need to sort the midfield out this week.

 

Nice to read a neutral point of view. Think you have it spot on too.

Hope you enjoyed your day in Sunny Bradford, and the locals looked after you

 

All about learning mate and we have plenty to improve on after today average at best showing, I know the modern game is very much about systems/formations but can lads on the bottom run of the ladder take these systems/formations onboard and play them.
Sorry I'm still a fan of 4-4-2 it does not have to be two wide men as someone posted the other day Parkinson played with the one wide man in Reid and Thompson out wide on the right but more as a right sided midfield player who could cross, Stuart the same Marshall your wide man and McMahon playing in a wide midfield birth.
certainly on today display we as a team have a lot to learn if Bowyer persist with 4-3-3.

 

I maybe wrong, my regular postings indicate i usually am.

 

Just thought Danny looked much more composed and was actually trying to make things happen.

 

He’ll be quality once her gets going with the right service, just hope he stays fit. It would have been goal of the season within the first 30 minutes had it gone in.

 

Counting the seconds 'til @Ricc hits the like button

 

I thought as the second half went on Gibson was trying to do what Palmer was doing when his job when moved out left was to attack the full back. Kept cutting inside too much.

 

He was sat with Rhodes, we were sat a few yards away (in the posh seats for once) but you couldn’t really hear boo’s. Don’t think you need booing to see we’ve needed a left winger (that we’ve not addressed for years) and a half decent centre mid.

 

Disagree with you on Devine and Colville, we need young, cheap back ups due to budget. Can't all be seasoned pros...

Bowyer did wait far too late for sub's though and the formation was poor. We looked more threatening as a 4-4-2