Sunderland v TLOD

[Filo]

Do we do passing drills in training?

[The Beast]

This is a weird game. We're not playing that badly but our defense are basically asleep

It’s probably karma for the game at the Keepmoat where they totally dominated us and we stole a point. I said that night they were the best side I’d seen this season and I’ll stick to that, although Oxford played great football but had a soft centre.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Its no coincidence that all the goals have come from crosses from the left wing.

Absolutely. Halliday has been beaten numerous times.  If you allow a cross stood up to the back post it's a 50-50 situation for the attacker.

Sunderland have a front three that could easily play in the league above.  It tells me defensively we should be concerned if some of them could step up.

Much reminds me of sod teams, played ok but opposition's quality has undone us.

[eastender]

McGeady always seems to turn into Messi when he plays against us, yet you rarely hear his name mentioned rest of the season. Same with Wyke.

Wyke had scored 20 up until today , i think we want to help him get to the 30 mark by the end of the game.

[dknward2]

McGeady always seems to turn into Messi when he plays against us, yet you rarely hear his name mentioned rest of the season. Same with Wyke.

Wyke had scored 20 up until today , i think we want to help him get to the 30 mark by the end of the game.

Can only hope they take him off at halftime and don't bring anyone one on

[jmt23]

We have been better than the scores says, but the defending is non existent...I can’t remember defending as bad as  this, not even in our worst year

[jamesrover17]

Gomes and John off at half time for Bostock and Simms at a minimum, get James back in at left back... He’s had his fun half a season experiment playing all over the pitch

[Getridorit]

No Anderson, no idea?

Im afraid it's no Whiteman, no idea.

[Getridorit]

Rovers haven't put in a performance since Whiteman left.
Sorry to say, but without him we've been dreadful and haven't adapted to playing without him.

We'll finish mid table.

Are you an motivational speaker by any chance.......?

Sorry for speaking the truth.
Am I wrong? No

[sha66y]

Well..........could be worse I suppose......... if that back four is supposed to be the best in the league ( some peoples opinion) .... my jimmys a bloater

We don’t seem to be able to score from set pieces and we are poor at defending them....we actually don’t look like we should be 3 nil down,

I agree about John,....he to me is a centre back, but if DM sees him as an attacking left back who are we to judge....

All in all we are found out!

[DonnyOsmond]

McGeady always seems to turn into Messi when he plays against us, yet you rarely hear his name mentioned rest of the season. Same with Wyke.

He's not been playing much until Johnson came in.

[StocksArmy]

The scoreline is not his fault and hes not the only one today but, what a lot of you and the manager see in Jon Taylor will forever baffle me. He is absolutely dire! Never offers anything ever. Clueless in possession, never looks to find space, runs into dead ends, when he gets it he loses it, never makes the right decision. To think he fobbed Rotherham off to play Championship football and he never got a club sums it up.

[Filo]

That half was a shocker, out played in midfield again and the defence a shambles

[pib]

Well..........could be worse I suppose......... if that back four is supposed to be the best in the league ( some peoples opinion) .... my jimmys a bloater

We don’t seem to be able to score from set pieces and we are poor at defending them....we actually don’t look like we should be 3 nil down,

I agree about John,....he to me is a centre back, but if DM sees him as an attacking left back who are we to judge....

All in all we are found out!

Our set plays are absolutely dreadful. How many have we scored from this season?

[NickDRFC]

Well..........could be worse I suppose......... if that back four is supposed to be the best in the league ( some peoples opinion) .... my jimmys a bloater

We don’t seem to be able to score from set pieces and we are poor at defending them....we actually don’t look like we should be 3 nil down,

I agree about John,....he to me is a centre back, but if DM sees him as an attacking left back who are we to judge....

All in all we are found out!

Who thinks Halliday, Butler, Wright & John are the best back 4 in the division? You wouldn’t find a single poster on here who wouldn’t have Anderson in our best back 4, and you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who would have John in there.

[dickos1]

He needs to bring okenabirhie on for John, play two up front and drop James to left back then bring sims on for gomes.
Taylor Richards is the only player who can take any credit from that shower

[EasyforDennis]

Wright and Butler are doing ok. Unfortunately they have nobody on either side of them.

[Metalmicky]

Rovers haven't put in a performance since Whiteman left.
Sorry to say, but without him we've been dreadful and haven't adapted to playing without him.

We'll finish mid table.

Are you an motivational speaker by any chance.......?

Sorry for speaking the truth.
Am I wrong? No

Deep breaths chap....... think positive thoughts and you'll be happier..

[NickDRFC]

Well..........could be worse I suppose......... if that back four is supposed to be the best in the league ( some peoples opinion) .... my jimmys a bloater

We don’t seem to be able to score from set pieces and we are poor at defending them....we actually don’t look like we should be 3 nil down,

I agree about John,....he to me is a centre back, but if DM sees him as an attacking left back who are we to judge....

All in all we are found out!

Our set plays are absolutely dreadful. How many have we scored from this season?

Agreed, it’s really poor. John Taylor seems to me a little like Sterling in that he never quite seems to strike a ball cleanly, so if he’s our best option then god knows how poor the rest are. To say we often have 4 centre halves in the team to attack set pieces it’s a really poor record.

[NickDRFC]

Wright and Butler are doing ok. Unfortunately they have nobody on either side of them.

I think Wright was at fault for the first goal, similar to John for the second he was far too passive.

[Metalmicky]

4:3..............we're going to win 4:3

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Not going to defend the indefensible but I just go back to our first corner. Not to put the ball into the box was criminal.

We actually got into some good positions but were woeful in the box. How Richards missed by that far even with his right foot was hard to believe. Taylor shooting boots missing.

Sunderland kept it simple. Quality balls in the box to an invisible 6' 4“ centre forward.

Some of our play has been better but OMG, schoolboy defending.

[Batleyred]

Rovers haven't put in a performance since Whiteman left.
Sorry to say, but without him we've been dreadful and haven't adapted to playing without him.

We'll finish mid table.

Are you an motivational speaker by any chance.......?

Sorry for speaking the truth.
Am I wrong? No

That is your opinion agreed, but your contract thread speaks volumes about yourself. Your just another negative poster who loves a dig at the club

AM I WRONG NO lol

[dknward2]

Madger off
Bostock on

Let’s see if that makes any difference

[i_ateallthepies]

Charlie Wyke is a proper unit and it must be like trying to stop a tank but how come he doesn't get a hatrick every week?  What happened to our cunning planning and team selections, surely the McGeady/Wyke threat was foreseen?

[goalkick]

We have been outplayed midfield for the last four games .fortunately two of them we came out ok.this game is proving a point.

[Getridorit]

Rovers haven't put in a performance since Whiteman left.
Sorry to say, but without him we've been dreadful and haven't adapted to playing without him.

We'll finish mid table.

Are you an motivational speaker by any chance.......?

Sorry for speaking the truth.
Am I wrong? No

Deep breaths chap....... think positive thoughts and you'll be happier..

Quite happy fella.
Just say it how I see it, call a spade a spade.

[Metalmicky]

Rovers haven't put in a performance since Whiteman left.
Sorry to say, but without him we've been dreadful and haven't adapted to playing without him.

We'll finish mid table.

Are you an motivational speaker by any chance.......?

Sorry for speaking the truth.
Am I wrong? No

Deep breaths chap....... think positive thoughts and you'll be happier..

Quite happy fella.
Just say it how I see it, call a spade a spade.

I think you need a club mate.....

[Bentley Bullet]

I swear I'm better than Taylor in front of goal, and I haven't kicked a ball for 30 odd years.

[Batleyred]

Gettttttttttt in