Sunderland Banter Archive September 01 2012

01 Sep 2012 21:26:06
We should sell David meyler what do you think {Ed024's Note - Why ?}

No i like him yes he is slow and isnt the most gifted of players technique wise but he is tough and strong.You need that sometimes and i have met him and he is a character off the pitch a very popular lad around the club apparently. He just needs a run injury free.

I think he should have a try at cb. He is strong and can takle and with us having injury prone defenders why not. Safc9

He is injury prone

Watched meyler against morcambe. There were no tough tackling. They just walked right past him 6th choice cm in my opinion behind larsson catts colback gardner vaughan

01 Sep 2012 15:58:48
Ed do you think we will get owen {Ed024's Note - No - don't think we need him}

He is no worse than Saha if not better he takes hes chances but its just getting him on the pitch.

01 Sep 2012 19:16:11
If fletcher plays like that every week money well spent couldn't ask for much more from him well done fletcher

01 Sep 2012 17:50:58
Someone who can score at last, but same old shortcomings. Totally overrun in midfield again- just like 90% of games under MON. The best performances have been snatching wins; can't remember when we had half the play! That is why we needed midfielders who can win the ball, keep it and pass accurately. Ten man Swansea had more possessions than we did. The team might be a little stronger up front, but the approach shows the same limited conception of the beautiful game.

01 Sep 2012 16:02:44
those of you who doubted steven fletcher eat your words.

01 Sep 2012 13:37:46
Why did we want Dempsey he plays were sess is and sess is better {Ed052's Note - You didn't want Dempsey, at all}

01 Sep 2012 01:03:11
Can't believe ppl are twisting about our lack of signings,spent over 20 million and strengthend the team were it was needed. Well done MON,sess staying as well. Come on lads we've done really well. Ftm

31 Aug 2012 23:35:04
Overall a disappointing day. good to see a LB- even an untested one- arrive. But very frustrating that players like Adam, Nzonzi, Dempsey, Berbatov have all moved at bargain prices while we have just looked on. Beginning to think MON was out of the English game too long; things have moved on and when it comes to wheeler-dealing he is well off the pace. Injuries to a couple of key players could ruin the season- let's hope we get lucky. More than a dozen out addresses one part of the problem MON inherited, but only two actual purchases to replace them seems a strategy that will need good luck to succeed.

Glad your not a safc fan, we signed players that MON was after and wanted to sign, for the terms agreed. Well done MON for building a team gradually with players that want to play for safc, and not buying for buying sake, come on sunderland,

Totally agree with second post.far better players the manager really wants,how many of our last minute buys from previous seasons,turned out well.think mon has faith in some of the younger players,laing,adams,knott,noble etc..and lets see what happens at next window.

Adam and nzonzi no better than we already have

Nonsense. Both have more influence on how their teams play than Catt ever will. But the point was that we look very thin when it comes to MF players who can dominate the game, not a criticism of players we already have. And as for MON, he has a track record of signing mostly established UK players for larger sums than most people think they are worth. Of course I hope his latest speculations are successful, but it would be nice to see a little more creativity and imagination in the construction and organisation of the team.