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Sunderland Starting 11 12:32 - Aug 21 with 1242 views

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Roefs
Meunier Mukiele Ballard Reinildo
Le Fée Xhaka Sadiki
Hume Brobbey Angulo

Roefs
Meunier Ballard O9 Ronaldino
Sadiki Xhaka Enzo
Hume Brobbey Talbi

FotMob:

Roefs
Hume O'Nien Ballard Reinildo
Sadiki Xhaka
Talibi Le Fee Angulo
Brobbey

I have a blind spot for the Sunderland players, as in they were just an amorphous mass to me last season. Never rated Le Fee. And obvisouly have seen two champ centre backs and wouldn't say they are top level.

Assume Brobbey starting means Diopp has to start for us.

Poll:

Building on NthQldITFC thread - If you had to choose, would you rather?

Sunderland Starting 11 on 12:37 - Aug 21 with 1174 views

Vaughan8

I think Snderland are a good team for us to see how good we are currently.

Exceptyional year last year but I think they definitely overperformed.

STrangely, despite their 2 centre backs not looking great on paper, their defence was quite good last season (bar the odd game), though I don't think O'Nien played much did he?

Sunderland Starting 11 on 12:39 - Aug 21 with 1154 views

Garv

Sunderland Starting 11 on 12:37 - Aug 21 by Vaughan8
I think Snderland are a good team for us to see how good we are currently. Exceptyional year last year but I think they definitely overperformed. STrangely, despite their 2 centre backs not looking great on paper, their defence was quite good last season (bar the odd game), though I don't think O'Nien played much did he?

Someone can contradict me if wrong (I've not checked the stats) but from memory they seemed to win a lot of their home games and lose most away.

That away record and a touch of second season syndrome should bode well for us.

Poll:

If forced to sell one of the following this summer, who would you sell?

Sunderland Starting 11 on 12:41 - Aug 21 with 1135 views

TRUE_BLUE123

Le Fee was good last season. Looks every bit a Prem player.

Poll:

Will Paul Lambert be Ipswich Town manager on the final day of this season ?

I’m clinging onto this Vaughan: on 12:53 - Aug 21 with 1008 views

unstableblue

Sunderland Starting 11 on 12:37 - Aug 21 by Vaughan8
I think Snderland are a good team for us to see how good we are currently. Exceptyional year last year but I think they definitely overperformed. STrangely, despite their 2 centre backs not looking great on paper, their defence was quite good last season (bar the odd game), though I don't think O'Nien played much did he?

(Whilst I do fear the Sunderland are going to be more settled than us and a cohesive unit, as their big squad rebuild was last summer). I am holding hope on two fronts

They got d!cked 5-0 by Forest and 3-0 by Brentford, and I think they have that in them when you consider their stats:

“Sunderland are the more extreme example of a team finishing far above what its underlying stats suggested.

Sunderland: 7th, 54 points vs 42.03 xPTS → +11.97 points.
Sunderland's xPTS suggested roughly 18th, meaning an extraordinary ~11-place overachievement.

Poll:

Building on NthQldITFC thread - If you had to choose, would you rather?

Sunderland Starting 11 on 12:55 - Aug 21 with 980 views

LegendofthePhoenix

Sunderland Starting 11 on 12:39 - Aug 21 by Garv
Someone can contradict me if wrong (I've not checked the stats) but from memory they seemed to win a lot of their home games and lose most away. That away record and a touch of second season syndrome should bode well for us.

They were 13th in the "away" table, so yes they were much better at home.
Away W5, D6 L8

https://www.premierleague.com/

Poll:

would you rather

I’m clinging onto this Vaughan: on 13:14 - Aug 21 with 832 views

NedPlimpton

I’m clinging onto this Vaughan: on 12:53 - Aug 21 by unstableblue

This is a big reason why the Sunderland model worries me slightly. They clearly over-performed massively last season but seem to be held up as the team to replicate in terms of signings.

To be honest I'm not entirely sure what the alternative would be, but I don't think Sunderland are quite the example people think they are

I’m clinging onto this Vaughan: on 13:19 - Aug 21 with 788 views

BlueBadger

I’m clinging onto this Vaughan: on 12:53 - Aug 21 by unstableblue

THREE POINTS THREE GOALS

	I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
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Sunderland Starting 11 on 13:29 - Aug 21 with 722 views

Blue_Heath

Never rated Le Fee? Fair enough you are entitled to your opinion. He was excellent last year and that's the sort of comment that bites you on the @$$ come 5pm tomorrow.

Poll:

How many team changes tonight?

Sunderland Starting 11 on 13:47 - Aug 21 with 633 views

Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior

You can assume Diop will start every game for us if he’s fit.

Never rated Le Fee?! He was absolutely class last season.

They’ve had a few not play pre season at the back so yeah we might see a fee that played previously in the champ.

Poll:

Ok gut feeling then, promotion?

I’m clinging onto this Vaughan: on 13:49 - Aug 21 with 622 views

unstableblue

I’m clinging onto this Vaughan: on 13:19 - Aug 21 by BlueBadger
THREE POINTS THREE GOALS

Yes BB, yes

Poll:

Building on NthQldITFC thread - If you had to choose, would you rather?

Sunderland Starting 11 on 13:51 - Aug 21 with 614 views

unstableblue

Sunderland Starting 11 on 13:29 - Aug 21 by Blue_Heath
Never rated Le Fee? Fair enough you are entitled to your opinion. He was excellent last year and that's the sort of comment that bites you on the @$$ come 5pm tomorrow.

Sorry BH - should probably have read - haven't seen enough of Le Fe to form a proper opinion, so I've lazily written never rated him

Hopefully Lukic and Florentino can keep him and Xhaka in check

Poll:

Building on NthQldITFC thread - If you had to choose, would you rather?

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