Was he actually playing today?

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 23, 2025 7:05 pm

Was he actually playing today?

Oh come on, he ran the show for them, he was all over the place and always available, he’s still a very good player.

No josh Cullen tho is he

Very classy, would walk into our team.

beddie wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 23, 2025 7:08 pm

Oh come on, he ran the show for them, he was all over the place and always available, he’s still a very good player.

He’s a very good player, but I thought he was fairly anonymous today. As were most of their side.

He bossed the first half as Les adjusted to the pace. Completely different second half, hardly saw him

Always in space and open to receiving the ball he played well, if you cant see that..

He was alright first half. Second half, pretty anonymous. Not good at all for our second goal.

He was excellent, but after the first few minutes when they definitely could have scored, Sunderland created nothing. Flattered to deceive!

Good first half but massively struggled in the second.

Great to see Anthony outpace him

I was surprised at his performance. In the first half has passed it right out of play with nobody anywhere near it, and then straight to Hannibal on the half way line when it was a simple pass to his mate. He did get on the ball a lot on the first half though and you felt he was controlling play. In the second half he was almost anonymous after we’d started playing with more intensity.

Some on here must have been watching a different bloke to me and a number of Sunderland fans. If we had a player sat doing nothing creative and ‘making himself available’ some would be having a go.

Looked more like Plastic Xhaka today

Forget him. Did they even have a striker on the pitch ? Very poor team

colne-claret wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 23, 2025 7:09 pm

Very classy, would walk into our team.

Not today…Nowhere near.

Rumpelstiltskin wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 23, 2025 8:31 pm

Not today…Nowhere near.

I disagree but that’s football isn’t it

I thought he played very well for them today against a better team. He'll be important for them this season and will only grow into the team.

there was one really really top older lad on the pitch today and he was in Claret and Blue

Good first half but lost his was second

I might sound like a t*at, but I thought he did ok for them.
The most invisible for me was our own Jacob Bruun Larsen.

Yes he chipped in to help Walker at the back, but he was non existent in the Sunderland half.

Wembley09 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 23, 2025 8:58 pm

I might sound like a t*at, but I thought he did ok for them.
The most invisible for me was our own Jacob Bruun Larsen.

Yes he chipped in to help Walker at the back, but he was non existent in the Sunderland half.

Seen enough in two games to know Tchaouma should be starting

warksclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 23, 2025 9:17 pm

Seen enough in two games to know Tchaouma should be starting

He looked a real player when he came on today.