Biggest game of the season.
Lose this and Sunderland are 4 points behind us and with them on the up and we're on the decline, its possible they could finish above us.
Id take a point here
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Biggest game of the season.
Lose this and Sunderland are 4 points behind us and with them on the up and we're on the decline, its possible they could finish above us.
Id take a point here
They've been very consistent under MON. It will be a tough ask to get the win.
Don't want them in the cup either, hope Boro win the replay. Otherwise it's 2 defeats in a week at Sunderland. :coffee:
Start of 3 away games in a row this.
2 trips to the north east regardless of who we face in the cup and in between the loss in Milan
Our powderpuff girls will need to step up and as we've seen time and time again, they arent capable
Tone the wumming down a couple of notches.
MON is traditionally negative in these kind of matches at home thus I don't think we'll lose.
Sunderland v Boro is on ITV1 this wedensday should anyone want to scout the opposition.
That McLean whatever looks decent. Shame Bendtner cant play in this
We'll win 2-3
:haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
They related to the Powerpuff Girls then ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
Thing about our season is that this is pretty much impossible to predict. All 3 possible results could easily happen.
Wish we had this game when Ol Cauliflower nose was still in charge. MON is a manager that knows how to get the best out his squad and his teams always give us a tough game.
We've actually struggled against Sunderland quite often in recent seasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thierrymon
Bruce :bow:.
consistently punt and chase with lots of cheating. Watch James McClean he plays the exact same niggly cheaty game that Ashley young did under MON.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I hope we give them a good blackburning
Hopefully Sunderland have a tough match tonight and are tired on Saturday. Can it go to extra time tonight?
We might just be able to beat them if they're tired as MON teams rely a lot on hard work/closing down etc. Something that is much more difficult to do when you're tired.
We play them twice in a week... usually when a situation like this happens, we lose the important one... so loss in FA Cup
Great news for us last night that they had to go through extra time and that Sessegnon played the full 120 We should be able to out run them on Saturday now and then rest up for meelan game
Ah right you mean keep posession for most of the first half then let in a stupid goal just before half time <_< chase for entire second half get fuckall other than an RvP injury? :crying: You need to work on your optimism :ilt:Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
Nope it hink we will beat these, beat draw at meelan, Beat Sunderland again, Beat Spurs, beat Newcastle beat Meelan at home but lose at Anfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by Injury Time
Win
I hope we have more sharpness than Sunderland.
Lawro optimistic about our chancesQuote:
Like Harry Redknapp at Tottenham, managing men is something that Martin O'Neill is very good at. His fabulous run as Sunderland boss continued last week with wins at Stoke and then Middlesbrough in the FA Cup, and what a fantastic run it is.
Players that wouldn't have been close to featuring under Steve Bruce are now suddenly playing for the Black Cats, who are looking as if they are Europe-bound.
But I think they might run into a brick wall in the shape of Arsenal. I really like the Gunners' forward players and the emergence of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has energised them all of a sudden.
I don't often get excited by young players but I think this boy is going to be a real star.
Oxlade-Chamberlain can play anywhere across the front three and he's got an extremely mature football brain for such a young guy, because he understands how to come in from wide areas to join attacks, and he can definitely score goals too. A lot of that will have come from his dad, former England international Mark Chamberlain, down the years and it is all very impressive.
Arsenal resume their Champions League campaign against AC Milan on Wednesday, which is another tricky tie but you would not want to play them when they are on their game - the front three of Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott and of course Robin van Persie can tear you up and beat you up because of their pace.
It's at the back that they have their problems but, thoughout their team, they are more than capable of keeping hold of the ball, which is the best form of defending I've ever known.
Prediction: 1-2
Looks like Gibbs is available to play. Sagna and Gibbs both set to start...fullbacks :bow:
Vermaelen hasn't been great at LB but now at least he can partner Koscielny.
Tricky decision over which CB pairing will play in Milan. Verm and Kos are our best CBs but Mertesacker might just be very comfortable at the pace the Italians play at.
Quite looking forward to the week ahead. Always get a sense of the business end of the season when the CL resumes.
Of course this is also the time of year we tend to flop...
Play the same team that played against Blackburn. No need to change anything. Yes its tempting to put Vermaelen back in the middle alongside Mertesacker as they are our 2 best CBs but would be harsh on Koscielny who's been in very good form recently plus Gibbs won't last more than 17 minutes if he starts
Presumably those who played last week would be feeling pretty food about themselves. I hope there isn't too much tinkering regardless if what the stats may say.
Well Arshavin and Santos maybeQuote:
Originally Posted by GB.
It's funny because they appear to be fat even though they aren't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
RVP has a little calf.Quote:
Originally Posted by GB.
Oxo has played 3 times in a week. He also has a little calf.
Alex Song can also play there. He may have a little calf as well.
Surely Gibbs won't start? He's played about 6 minutes of football in the last two years, he'll probably wilt in the warm-up. Give Coquelin another game and rest Koscielny for Milan.
It would have been nice for the Blackburn game to have preceded an away trip to Milan. Instead, we'll be mired in an attritional GHEL-fest with MON's latest hoofsters.
Some Sunderland player is sure to injure one of our front three as well.
Id only Change Merts with Gibbs tbh, Gibbs on the left and put TV 5 back at CB with Kos where they are best. Merts will struggle in this game tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
Hopefully Rosicky keeps his place in the team.
There's something I never thought I'd say.
Ramsey has been flogged to death this year, some time out of the team will do him good.
Agree with this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Good attempt at a WUM there. . .almost caught me outQuote:
Originally Posted by Ach
There is no way Kos should be/will be dropped if Verms is put back into the centre
Only 1 change apprently Sagna comes in for Coq at Rb
Team in full: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Song, Arteta, Rosicky, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Van Persie.
Substitutes: Fabianski, Gibbs, Coquelin, Ramsey, Arshavin, Benayoun, Henry.
Strongest team we have atm.
AOC :bow:
David Miliband
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Conflicting emotions today: red vs red at Stadium of Light. But you can't be Vice Chairman of club and not want the win! #SAFC
Whos David Miliband?
Sunderland's Vice Chairman.
Oh yeah, the Labour MP for South Shields. Former Agriculture Secretary/Foreign Secretary. I think he has a brother.
Ah politics
Couldnt care less tbh