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Agree 100%. Also something I haven’t seen mentioned that unlike a number of teams that have been to the Turf this season Sunderland came and played football rather than park the bus.Tackler49 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:12 pmHow good it is to hear a manager not whinging because things didn’t go his way Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris said it was smart what JT did because he won the psychological battle with Isidor, that is a honest assessment of what happened.The referee is the one to blame he wasn’t strong enough and JT brilliantly took advantage
Martinez twice voted FIFA best GK and he is s*** housing teams every week.LincsWoldsClaret wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:53 pmPlayers feign injury and waste time all over the pitch - the keeper does it and it’s a big issue. If Martinez had done it, it would all have been part of him being the best keeper in the world nonsense. Trafford bent the rules- just the same as every player that pushes or shirt-pulls at a corner.
billyhamilton82 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:00 pmA Sunderland report about Parker and Le Bris post match interviews..
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/f ... t-30814877
I personally thought Parker was a class act in the post match interviews and didn't berate the officials.
I trust Parker to be as honest as the day is long.
It was the same at the SoL. We all know how poor we were but apart from their winning goal Trafford had very little to do.Juan Tanamera wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:39 pmI've seen a few times over the weekend about Sunderland feeling they dropped two points having outplayed us, particularly in the second half apparently.
Statistically, we had more possession throughout the game and Sunderland may have looked the better side in the second half but they only had three shots on target throughout the whole game and two of them were those penalties, so only one from open play.
Perhaps not quite as good as they think they were.
"Burnley have only conceded nine goals all season, on this occasion it was nothing to do with how good their defensive unit was and all to do with Sunderland’s failure to score."billyhamilton82 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:00 pmA Sunderland report about Parker and Le Bris post match interviews..
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/f ... t-30814877
It's a bit of both of course.Bullabill wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2025 2:04 am"Burnley have only conceded nine goals all season, on this occasion it was nothing to do with how good their defensive unit was and all to do with Sunderland’s failure to score."
It had everything to do with how good the defensive unit was - Trafford is part of it and he stopped them scoring.
Apart from Fleming's two absolute sitters in the second half.Hipper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2025 9:04 amIt's a bit of both of course.
Egan-Riley's superb block when it looked a certain goal was great defending. Ignoring the penalties (although Isidor would have had a real good goal scoring chance in the first incidence), if Isidor had been a bit sharper they would have won. We didn't create anything like the two/three opportunities he had.
The “possession” statistic can be very misleading. It’s all very well having the ball - but what matters is what you do with it. We’ll never score passing sideways or backwards in our own half.Juan Tanamera wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:39 pmI've seen a few times over the weekend about Sunderland feeling they dropped two points having outplayed us, particularly in the second half apparently.
Statistically, we had more possession throughout the game and Sunderland may have looked the better side in the second half but they only had three shots on target throughout the whole game and two of them were those penalties, so only one from open play.
Perhaps not quite as good as they think they were.
It still doesn't take away the fact that Sunderland, for all their bluster, only managed 3 shots on target, just 1 from open play.Middle-agedClaret wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2025 12:51 pmThe “possession” statistic can be very misleading. It’s all very well having the ball - but what matters is what you do with it. We’ll never score passing sideways or backwards in our own half.
And even Connor Roberts managed to have 1 on target from an open play situation!Juan Tanamera wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:40 pmIt still doesn't take away the fact that Sunderland, for all their bluster, only managed 3 shots on target, just 1 from open play.
This is true, but not a very useful statistic. They hit the post with arguable the clearest chance of the game (penalties aside) and were denied what looked to be a certain goal by an excellent block from CJER.Juan Tanamera wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:40 pmIt still doesn't take away the fact that Sunderland, for all their bluster, only managed 3 shots on target, just 1 from open play.
Clearest chance of the game was early second half when Fleming miskicked 8 yards out in the centre of the goal.
Under modern terminology, the shot that Egan-Riley stopped was not a shot on target.Juan Tanamera wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:40 pmIt still doesn't take away the fact that Sunderland, for all their bluster, only managed 3 shots on target, just 1 from open play.
