Championship - 22-23

[Guest]

I wouldn't be surprised if Russell Martin is next for the chop. He's almost universally lost the supporters.

[roverandout]

6 minutes ago, goozburger said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Russell Martin is next for the chop. He's almost universally lost the supporters.

He's got Mowbray esque delusions of football being played the right way

[simongarnerisgod]

tony started the tinkering already☺️,the sunderland death spiral is imminent

[Upside Down]

53 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

tony started the tinkering already☺️,the sunderland death spiral is imminent

Overdue. It's nearly the end of February.

[Exiled_Rover]

3 hours ago, Ianrally said:

It makes me wonder whether we really did make an approach for Ainsworth. 

I thought the story was that he interviewed, but somebody didn't like him (Waggot / the owners etc)?

[Upside Down]

He probably talked about wanting to win games and get promoted. 

We don't want that here. We just want to plod around in the middle of the Championship for ever .

[Mattyblue]

Spotted that he wanted to put the ‘defeat in the bag and move on ’ last night.

Great spin on a Mogga classic line that 😁

 

[superniko]

49 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Spotted that he wanted to put the ‘defeat in the bag and move on ’ last night.

Great spin on a Mogga classic line that 😁

 

Thread on the Sunderland site...love it.

[booth]

54 minutes ago, superniko said:

Thread on the Sunderland site...love it.

A lot of them just think it's a one off. Oh dear, just wait till he runs out of ideas and the thread becomes Tombola Tony.

[Ianrally]

18 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I thought the story was that he interviewed, but somebody didn't like him (Waggot / the owners etc)?

That’s their storey but if you believe that ok. I’m afraid I don’t believe anything that is said by the higherarchy anymore. It’s all made to placate the “morons”. That’s how they look at the fans . 

[islander200]

1 hour ago, Ianrally said:

That’s their storey but if you believe that ok. I’m afraid I don’t believe anything that is said by the higherarchy anymore. It’s all made to placate the “morons”. That’s how they look at the fans . 

What would be gained by lying about Ainsworth? Nobody from the club said we interviewed him anyway.It was the media and maybe an itk on here or social media 

[AllRoverAsia]

There were strong allegations some time ago that the owners would never, ever, sell the club to anyone with local links.

So, why would they ever even consider a locally born lad as manager, someone who grew up as a Rovers fan.

It was never on the table. 

[bazza]

On 14/02/2023 at 20:22, JHRover said:

QPR have collapsed since Beale went to Rangers. Dropping like a stone. Haven't won at home in about 4 months and no wins in 10 or something.

Critchley will be under big pressure there soon.

I dread our game there in a couple of weeks because it will either be last chance saloon and turning point for them or they'll make a change right before the game and will be well up for it. 

Are you psychic, JH?  Well predicted!

[Exiled_Rover]

Watching Coventry v Sunderland at lunchtime today.

With Geldhart upfront, Mowbray has reverted to what he loves - everyone in his forward line is under 6'.  

[wilsdenrover]

Coventry take the lead - death spiral in full effect?

[simongarnerisgod]

9 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Coventry take the lead - death spiral in full effect?

cannot see sunderland scoring 2 with that forward line😁

[Exiled_Rover]

In some leagues that's a straight red for Palmer - slid through the back of the Sunderland player with no chance of winning the ball. Lucky boy to be still be on the pitch. 

[Hasta]

Diallo getting booked there for getting kicked 5 times in 10 seconds and daring to get slightly angry about it. 

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Diallo getting booked there for getting kicked 5 times in 10 seconds and daring to get slightly angry about it. 

Rightly so - you can't stand over someone like that. 

[Hasta]

9 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Rightly so - you can't stand over someone like that. 

Like what? You get kicked multiple times but “can’t stand over someone in a slightly aggressive manner” 

There have been about 10 people pushing in this game in flare ups. A couple of minutes before, the Sunderland centre half got pushed over two handed waiting for a free kick to be delivered. They have all gotten away with it despite the violent conduct rule which saw Buckley sent off (but not Saka). Coventry clearly we’re trying to kick Diallo, and when they eventually got him at the 5th attempt he ‘stood over somebody like that’. 

Yeah outrageous behaviour 

Edited February 25, 2023 by Hasta

[Exiled_Rover]

6 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Like what? You get kicked multiple times but “can’t stand over someone in a slightly aggressive manner” 

There have been about 10 people pushing in this game in flare ups. A couple of minutes before, the Sunderland centre half got pushed over two handed waiting for a free kick to be delivered. They have all gotten away with it despite the violent conduct rule which saw Buckley sent off (but not Saka). Coventry clearly we’re trying to kick Diallo, and when they eventually got him at the 5th attempt he ‘stood over somebody like that’. 

Yeah outrageous behaviour 

That's a 15 yard flag for unsportsmanlike conduct in the NFL. Whether you like that sport or not it's far more physical than football.

You can't posture over a player like that, it genuinely causes fights - the ref rightly booked both players. 

[Ossydave]

I reckon we would have a serious chance of promotion if we had Gyokeres, great player.

[J*B]

2 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

I reckon we would have a serious chance of promotion if we had Gyokeres, great player.

Any team in the league would - he’s the best striker in the league by a distance. 

[Hasta]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

That's a 15 yard flag for unsportsmanlike conduct in the NFL. Whether you like that sport or not it's far more physical than football.

You can't posture over a player like that, it genuinely causes fights - the ref rightly booked both players. 

You can, and it will happen time and time again this weekend without punishment. And in most of those cases the player won’t have been hacked at 5 times. 

You would also get away with it without question in rugby, a far more physical sport than football.

[Exiled_Rover]

11 minutes ago, Hasta said:

You can, and it will happen time and time again this weekend without punishment. And in most of those cases the player won’t have been hacked at 5 times. 

You would also get away with it without question in rugby, a far more physical sport than football.

League or Union? There are two codes.