Sunderland Banter Archive September 01 2015

01 Sep 2015 20:28:45
well i'm happy with the signings we have made. in the middle we have now added some better players than what we had last season it was always going to take lens and myvilla a few games to get used to the pace of the premiership toivenan looks a player who is going to be a good addition to the team once he gets fitter in borini we have sigend a player we know what he can do and will bring creativity to the team and if he links up with defoe I can see plenty of goals coming our way as for the lads at the back what I noticed in our first 2 games was the lack of movement in the middle of the park which forced kaboul and coates to play long balls out of defence which I think we will see less of as the season goes on and like we saw at villa lens and myvilla wanting more of the ball which helped them out. van arnholt has had a bad start to the season and the criticism given to him by the media didn't help the lads confidence but as most of us know the lad was outstanding for us last season so i'm hopeful he will regain his confidence and get back to being the player we saw last season. my only one concern is the form of cattermole his lacklustre performances in our opening games is a worry also him thinking that he can pass a ball when under pressure worries me time and time again his passes were either misplaced or put our defence under unecessary pressure forcing mistakes I would rather see him get back to what he does best and that is break up the oppositions attacks and do the normal and play his short passes to the lads in midfield I am confident that we will see a much improved sunderland over the next few weeks and we will climb away from the bottom of the league

02 Sep 2015 00:40:22
Be good to see The american in action supposed to have blistering pace . I remember seeing him play for the usa in the world cup and he was outstanding for them . don't like loans and would prefer to have got him on a permanent basis!

01 Sep 2015 19:36:09
Was a bit concerned about enrique coming to us. He has off field problems hence being banished from the training ground at liverpool. He shunned wba and wanted to come here with his outcast mate borini. Has he heard about the drink culture here and knows he would get an easier ride under da rather than pulis. He hasn't played much football either lately. I think we might be better off without him.

However, we still need a left back. A young joe bolton or a julio or a mickey grey.

02 Sep 2015 07:25:06
Of course Michael Gray didn't like a drink did he. We've moved on a bit since then.

02 Sep 2015 08:12:52
Yeah, and we are so much better off.

01 Sep 2015 07:34:44
with the forwards and midfield we now have let's hope we can score more than we concede and strengthen the back at christmas

01 Sep 2015 08:35:04
or we could try and strengthen the back four now? that sounds better to me

01 Sep 2015 10:17:26
Johnsafc. That would be like trying to fill a bath without the plug in.

01 Sep 2015 11:42:40
bobby and ftm
gents I agree with both but my statement was made on the understanding that the purse strings have been pulled tight and I doubt we will get anyone to make significant difference at the back on loan today
i sincerely hope I am wrong though

01 Sep 2015 11:54:18
johnsafc you now make more sense haha was starting to worry about you for a moment. I think/hope we at least bring a defender in at bare minimum

01 Sep 2015 13:24:10
If the purse strings are tight john I just hope these rumours about buckly going to bornemouth, mannone to boro and fletcher to hull come to fruition. Then we might get a lb and cb. It would make our season much more promising. If not, come jan we could be up that famous creak without a paddle.