Sunderland (A) 18/10/2025 - Build Up & Matchday Thread.

[Leigh Griffiths' Hairline]

Worst performance for a long time.

 

[Muscat]

Not really much we can do to change it. Munetsi off and put Lopez as a 10 maybe? Desperate when that's your only real option to change it, unless we bring Tolu on.

 

[Wolftone]

If this continues our best chance of scoring is probably Kreji or Santi from a corner. Assuming Arias can beat the first man with the ball that is.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Painful watch. Not helped by Sunderland just being another Brentford.

 

[Del Woppio]

This is so fucking bad.

Slow, cowardly, uninventive. We're irredeemably shit. I don't even know what we could do to save ourselves and I'm not just talking about this fixture. We can't even play through Sunderland's press FFS, and it's actually embarrassing

 

[EpsomWolf]

I’ve missed the first half as just got in from work but is it as bad as my brother is telling me it is?

I’m struggling to work it out. It just felt a pile of nothingness rather than badly, which is worrying in itself. Hard to believe that’s actually the genuine manifestation of everything that gone on over recent times but I worry that may be the case.

 

[Wellen Wolf]

Just fuck off Wolves...

Agreed. Sick to death of this half soaked approach. No energy except from R. Gomes. No strategy for attacking. Who is coaching our attacking play? There is quite simply no coordinated play up front. Get Fer Lopes on!
As for their goal, disallowed goal and header onto the post where was Dozy Doherty for all of them? Get Yerson on!

 

[Templeton Peck]

35 mins onwards we've been OK but still no shots on target. Rodrigo our best outlet. Arias quiet.

 

[Bigbadwulf07]

we need an outlet. We're inviting them back onto us time after time

 

[Banjo]

We just don't have anything resembling a creative player. The cumulative loss of RAN, Cunha, Semedo, and Sarabia has stripped the squad of the ability to beat defenders. We're screwed until January, by which time it'll surely be too late.

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

Sorry doc, hugo just can't tackle, jaoa not in it and ztrand is walking wounded.
Down to vitor now.
2nd half performance will define our season.

 

[Celtiña]

The same story of all games of V.Pereira.

 

[NicholasG1973]

We know Andre and Joao aren’t creative players, so where will it come from?
Where are our shots? Our goals?
Forget Munetsi but Arias looks fucking shit. What is he? A ten? A winger? He can’t seem to do anything.
JSL has no service. Our crossing is comical.
We have decided to play some sort of defensive, solid formation which is hard to break down?
But we look easy to play against and utterly toothless when we go forward.
To be honest, it’s probably the personnel.
We have somehow managed to have a squad absolutely full of shit players.

 

[Celtiña]

We just don't have anything resembling a creative player. The cumulative loss of RAN, Cunha, Semedo, and Sarabia has stripped the squad of the ability to beat defenders. We're screwed until January, by which time it'll surely be too late.

FerLo

He have vision and made good passes, but if have only 1 fw its hard to he assist.

 

[Wellen Wolf]

I’ve missed the first half as just got in from work but is it as bad as my brother is telling me it is?

Might be better to go back to work or do some painting...

 

[Del Woppio]

Or just punch yourself in dick for 45 minutes

 

[YorkWolf]

I’ve missed the first half as just got in from work but is it as bad as my brother is telling me it is?

It's not the worst, it's just nowhere near enough to shake the feeling we're going down.

 

[Celtiña]

that start of 2 period its a big wtf...

Larsen running alone to up to press up... and all other run back to cover all full to defense..

 

[Wellen Wolf]

Just like Leeds we are sleeping again against a really bog standard just promoted club.

 

[Templeton Peck]

That was wank Gomes