Sunderland vs Norwich City - Match Thread

[Mr Jenkins 0]

Two of the most maligned players in our team score, fantastic for the boys.

[AJ 1,218]

Weirdly Leicester scored at the same time we did for both goals!!

[thas a rummun 2]

We have been brilliant. Absolutely dominant the whole half.

[AJ 1,218]

We need to get a third to kill the game off ideally. We need to make sure we do not concede before h/t.

[city-till-i-die 7]

Sunderland fans leaving in their droves.

Not a happy bunch at all.

[wcorkcanary 4,329]

True AJ, a third and we can relax a little, take Seb off, would be a shame for him to get 2 nd yellow.

[GJP 79]

Less than 40% of people picked Whittaker in their team on the poll on the home page.

[Van wink 2,994]

Great first half, excellent performance.

[AJ 1,218]

Brilliant first half! Can''t help but feel we need to get the third goal just to make the game safe.

Lessons learned from last week yes - but in truth Sunderland look very poor.

[Syteanric 1]

good half!we could be a bit quicker to the ball sometimes, Brady''s delivery is a little bit poor when in advanced positions.Great performance all round by Whittaker so far! best player on the pitch by far at the moment

[Making Plans 936]

Nothing more than we deserve, we look assured & in command.Another goal would be nice but what we don''t want is any silly slip ups at the back

[Phillip J Fry 0]

The passing hasn''t been as fluid as against Crystal Palace but the sheer energy expended to try and win the ball in the midfield and high up the pitch has been astonishing. Our back 4 have had so little to do thanks to the excellent work of Jerome and the midfield. 

Another goal would all but guarantee victory and would allow us to make substitutions with the next game in mind.

[Van wink 2,994]

If there is a worse team than Sunderland in this league I want to play them next week.

But we are putting them to the sword and it''s great to see.

[ricardo 7,347]

We have been vastly superior, three or four goals wouldn''t have been out of place.Now its a case of no silly slip ups and three points will be coming back to CR.[Y]

[YorkshirePudding 0]

An ideal away PL performance so far - pressing high up the pitch, responsible defending and taking the limited chances we''ve had.

Brady is being allowed further up the pitch, and this is proving pretty useful.

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,777]

The stream I''m watching is pretty dreadful, but it is still performing ten times better than Sunderland.But saying that, I''d like to think we''d be in front of most teams on this performance.However, we have to be careful- Advocaat is going to give his players a right bollocking at half time, and there is no way they can be that bad again in the second half. We have to keep it tight for the first ten minutes, and if we can get to 55-60 minutes without conceding, the boos will start again, Sunderland''s confidence will drain, and we''ll have it in the bag.

[Paul101 93]

all looking good but will not feel safe till we get a 3rd but would be nice to put them to the sword

think we have had more chances in one game than we managed in about 3-4 under hoots

[NWC 239]

Great half for the lads - my streams cr@p too, but I can still see wes and brady playing well and pulling the strings...

[Van wink 2,994]

We'' ll have players queuing up to sign for us after this performance.

[nutty nigel 7,509]

Sunderland were by far the worst side I saw when we were relegated. We are a better side than we were then. We didn''t deserve to lose last week so let''s hope we build on this.

[Phillip J Fry 0]

[quote user="YorkshirePudding"]An ideal away PL performance so far - pressing high up the pitch, responsible defending and taking the limited chances we''ve had.

Brady is being allowed further up the pitch, and this is proving pretty useful.[/quote]

Fletcher''s not engaging him at all. He''s not staying high up the pitch, thus forcing Brady to consider his presence when pushing up and he is failing to track his runs, allowing Brady to attack to his heart''s content.

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,777]

[quote user="Vanwink"]We'' ll have players queuing up to sign for us after this performance.[/quote]Are you watching, Mattia Destro? Hopefully so, with how dangerous Sunderland are making us look.

[Katie Borkins 1]

When we get Olsson fit again, Brady''s going to be a very handy attacking weapon for us.  Will really balance out the midfield.  Exciting times.

[Making Plans 936]

Larsson off - good news, their best player

[King Klose 0]

You expect some sort of response from them. Concentration key!

[Van wink 2,994]

This second half should be perfect for Redmond

[King Klose 0]

Plenty of 30-40 seconds throw ins and lost of little injuries.

[Katie Borkins 1]

They are awful, we should soak up the pressure and counter by letting Redmond run at Van Aanholt all day long.

[Van wink 2,994]

Really want to see a ruthless performance now.

[Syteanric 1]

[quote user="Phillip J Fry"][quote user="YorkshirePudding"]An ideal away PL performance so far - pressing high up the pitch, responsible defending and taking the limited chances we''ve had.

Brady is being allowed further up the pitch, and this is proving pretty useful.[/quote]

Fletcher''s not engaging him at all. He''s not staying high up the pitch, thus forcing Brady to consider his presence when pushing up and he is failing to track his runs, allowing Brady to attack to his heart''s content.

[/quote]Fletcher''s just pulled up, did he start with a knock?