dunnerzzz

Should be a good game, looking forward to S'land vs. Leeds. Else, hard to talk about promotion rivals when the table could be flipped come March and many bosses have said their goodbyes.

I'm with you on Ayling. We all love him but he was our weak link for sure. Anf was sound when he's been on. But at the same time you don't want to disrupt a winning team so likely no changes. I think Ayling's attacking threat and crossing ability keeps his place. Hoping for a win but a tough place to go and get a win but think we can do it. 2-1 Boro.

Sorry, can't seem to see the Stoke MD thread just their number 10 was great and worth keeping an eye on!

Would take a draw but hope for a tight 2-1 win. Feel for Anf who will miss out but could also possibly save Rav a bit longer but Ayling at CB doesn't fill me with confidence and ELL seems to like him at RB. ELL really needs to start scoring for himself and us. Do I fancy him to score here? Not really, but hope I'm wrong. McGree and Doak starts should be a must, alongside the steady HHAM combination. UTB.

All this talk about holes and leaks 🤣 Eff it, 3-0 Boro. ELL to show us what he's made of. UTB.

Yeah, just pure instinct. No showboating. Fair play to him.

My summary of the game and apologies, I haven't read much of this thread! Thought we did well playing our own game first half and of course if TC scores, it's a different game. We controlled the play and created opportunities but are not converting. Borges is a breath of fresh air on the left but felt he committed much of the ball back infield instead of charging at the full back and delivering a cross. On the few times he looked forward, rather than sideward and back, we did okay. ELL was feeding on scraps and Jones did little to offering any help to him. His final pass is often very disappointing. I thought Azaz did okay in the bits he was involved in but was largely uneventful as marked out throughout. When Conway was on the ball I thought he was our brightest spark until Doak came on. Refreshing to see him charge and dart, offering cute one-twos with others. Hopefully more to come. Would especially like to see him playing with ELL. Reserving any comment on Burgz. CBs were solid and failed one time which in fairness wasn't much of a failing, just a series of unfortunate events and a classy finish from Sunderland so fair play. They offered little elsewhere. Ayling was meh, nothing overly good or bad. Thought Hackney played several wayward passes and didn't look himself. Morris was solid. A bad day at the office, no doubt, but no real blame on anyone. Onto the next one. Home to Stoke and I'll be at the Riverside for this one, can't wait! 😄

Kieran sounded great in the interview and committed, most importantly. Hopefully he is here to stay for the long term!

I hope so too. We haven't been consistently strong in defence in a good while - having that problem would be unreal.

Comfortable Boro win hopefully. Can't see him bringing Doak in regardless of current form given the time and commitment he's put into players thus far to get the line-up balanced and playing reasonably well. No point rocking the boat.

Morris looking great again! Stock is rising!

Will be unreal when we have our starting defenders again!

Excellent reply there. Perfectly summed up. Definitely in ELL's interest to knuckle down and crack on, otherwise he won't be seeing the same kind of offers. Shame to hear about ELL tantruming if true, not sure of the validity there but to be fair as long as he's scoring goals and winning us games, he can go around wearing a Sunderland shirt and waving the V for all I care. 😅🤣

Gotta be a win for us but Mackems doing well. Would take a draw and no injuries as someone above said!

Rest in peace, big man.