Sunderland 0-0 West Brom - FIVE DRAWS ON THE SPIN

[@yorkshiremackem1433]

Still more players to come back which should hopefully do the trick but I guess it's another point, if someone told me that towards the end of November that Sunderland will be on nine wins, six draws and 2 losses then I would have snapped your hand off. Onwards and upwards, Sheffield Utd is going to be a difficult game but they won't walk all over us like they did tonight against Oxford Utd.

[@peterharvey2613]

Championship is not won at Christmas!Never a dull moment with Sunderland AFC!

[@SAFCTOM]

I would rather have a dip in form at this stage than towards last 10 games of the season. I still think we get playoffs and get that Wembley win to get to the premier League. PLEASE subscribe Bowers deserves this more than anyone ..big up you do a amazing job

[@Table-Top]

I think in recent games, draws were probably fair, e.g. Milwall deserved a point. But tonight on the balances of play/chances created, I thought we thoroughly deserved 3pts.

[@b.k.s.sthcoast]

I watched the game over breakfast (Australia) and Sunderland should have won and looked more dangerous, but there is a long way to go and plenty of points to play for. Your comments are always fair and sensible.

[@robalexander8065]

Better to have a dip in form this side of Christmas. Frustrating but then again we would have probably lost three of the last five, last season. Clean sheet and the top of the league remains incredibly tight. A win on Friday would be great. December could provide the chance of a winning streak after several games where either injury or suspension has undermined the team.

[@tonyhuntington]

Spot on

[@BillIndian]

Fair summary Michael….we just need to ‘stay in the conversation.’ I’d take a draw on Friday.

[@ianbanks3016]

Fair play to WBA, they came for a point and got it, but we looked really poor and really pedestrian. Other than the disallowed goal we never looked like breaking them down.

[@walteroconnor2805]

West brom came for a draw and got it, we weren't to bad but 5 draws ain't promotion form, we didn't create enough chances, ftm

[@ericperez233]

Rough patch. Better than 5 losses on the bounce I suppose. Hopefully things will pick up during the festive period. Still, season is going much better than any of us thought back in the summer when I had us finishing 10th before the season started.

[@kevinmoore4707]

I thought we played well against a very well organised team who I am 100% confident will be in the playoffs, cannot see why people are so negative

[@ismith9826]

Unbeaten in 10...last night , lots of shots, very unlucky. Haway the lads!! [ and u gotthe clean sheet u always want]

[@georgianwindow]

It's Sunderland at the SOL so referees do not want to appear intimidated by the big crowd and I could hear on the radio of their goalie and his antics Gary Bennett just seemed bemused but resigned to how pathetic also inconsistent the referee are in this division. . Sunderland appeared to make chances Mayenda is doing well

[@DHall-xz7ke]

Wise words mate. The doom and gloomers are unbearable and have incredibly short memories. Ha'way the lads

[@santaclaus6288]

It reminds me of Jack Ross. We had that season mostly 1-1 draws

[@barryjordan7724]

To many draws starting to slip down the table. But let's be honest we all did not expect to be top of the league. Need to get back to winning ways but at least we are not losing.

[@KevinMewes]

We were the better team we just lacked that cutting edge ATM thought we made them look average but that miss by maja my lass could of scored that haha

[@georgianwindow]

No I don't think you are waffling Michael you are just summarising our present situation The teams who make the top two are the teams that get momentum going and push on I can see Leeds Sheff U and Burnley to a lesser being the teams who will get on a winning run

[@mikecassap]

I just looked up the word frustration in the English Oxford dictionary and to my surprise it had (Sunderland)in brackets next to it 😂😂

[@TerryalanHodgson]

Roberts good dribbler ,pathetic shooter snd crosser

[@jmmypaddy]

I was surprised that O'nien was subbed off when he was playing well. We really could do with a proper extra left back with Cirkin's injuries of the past, where we need to rotate. Meyenda looked really sharp and scared the life out their defence when he came on, much more so than Watson. Perhaps they could put Mayenda and Isidor closer together to help use each other's pace better. I don't want to bury the kid, but Watson looked a bit headless out there, like a Duncan Watmore without the ability to get the ball through. Still, these are frustrations, rather than a major issue at the club and things to work on with RLB at the healm, which I'm sure he'll know already.

[@paulfreeman8367]

He was rubbish again. All over the shop. Why does he have to always drift inside Several times he went beyond the midline, meaning he would have no chance of recovering. Hopefully no where near the team now.

[@Adam-sd2ow]

On his birthday too

[@tonycowan8618]

Michael mate just didn't know who on the pitch or bench was going to change game anyway clean sheet another point onwards Haway the Lads

[@tomarmstrong1992]

All 5 of our draws ain't terrible draws when you consider them individually and circumstancialy. But collectively it definitely is adding pressure. Could do with finding 3 points soon absolutely anyway possible.

[@michaelbowers541]

@@tomarmstrong1992 Coventry is the exception to that given the position we were in. But otherwise I agree with you completely mate.

[@themadmistake]

Good review mate

[@michaelbowers541]

@@themadmistake cheers Terry. At least you didn’t have the game cut off at the end 😂

[@themadmistake]

@ 😂

[@Adam-sd2ow]

We did everything but score. Can't put this one on Regis. The only thing I would question is the short corners which didn't really work.

[@michaelbowers541]

We used to look a threat from set pieces and now we're pretty much back to where we were last season from them. Something needs to change there like.

[@walkersmale5271]

We’d have lost some these draws last year - they’d look ok if we go on and win 2 or 3 on the bounce

[@danwilks8481]

We find it hard to break teams down that play for a point. What’s your thoughts on Watson Michael

[@SleepyBoardGames-jk9up]

Michael I agree 100% but there are fans saying we won't make playoffs etc which is ridiculous

[@terencegardner644]

Cheer up Michael try being a Leicester fan 🦊🍻😇

[@neillthompson8901]

On the other hand it's ten games undefeated

[@robertstrong-br2iq]

Who’s coaching the corners absolutely pathetic

[@Shithappens028]

Don’t slip up we are waiting, from a mag😂

[@roystonmarshall5027]

Sundrawland...🤣😁

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Really 2 losses and 3 wins would be better. Draws are here nor there really

[@leetheaker739]

Thomas Wilson not good enough last night , good young prospect but miles away from the finished article, jobe very quiet tok last night , West brom went to the SOL for the draw no doubt about it. Good luck in future games

[@davidkay6631]

Thomas Wilson better than Tommy Watson 😂😂

[@Adam-sd2ow]

@@davidkay6631 Super Tommy Wilson, just glad Dan Baines and Aji Olesey are fit

[@ryandougall]

As much as i like roberts its getting beyond a joke how long has it been since he scored he gets into good positions but his shooting is awful like

[@johnnesbitt6196]

Worst team I've seen at the SOL, WBA atrocious team and their manager is awful.

[@davidgraham6781]

A few weeks ago I was thinking we could top 🎩 the Championship 🌲 tree at Christmas ⛄. Now after 5 consecutive draws I think we b lucky to b in the top four at Christmas.🎄 😆 😂

[@petersalkeld5726]

Let’s not be too hard on the players. We are still in the autos conversation and who honestly expected that before a ball was kicked?

[@michaelbowers541]

@@petersalkeld5726 if we’re still in the conversation going into January I think that’s a big thing. Then it’s on Speakman & Harvey to see what we do in that window for me.

[@ThaneME2]

Unless we beat Sheffield United which is a huge ask and very unlikely unfortunately then top 2 is definitely gone, the wheels have definitely come off, in terms of effort we got it for near enough a full 90 which is better than recent games but unfortunately we were pretty toothless and clueless, to me it looks like we've run out of ideas, aside from the disallowed goal and the Roberts and Rigg chances we didn't do enough in the final third which is very frustrating and disappointing, again I think Le Bris has to be questioned for team selection and subs, firstly why was Connolly on the bench if he wasn't gonna bring him on, if he's not fit then why's he on the bench, also why was Mayenda dropped when he had a really good game against Millwall and Watson starts, I don't want to go in hard on the lad but for me Watson isn't ready yet, apart from winning a few free kicks and winning that 1 corner after that run from the short corner what did the lad actually do other than constantly shoot straight at a West Brom player, aside from Hume, Mepham and Ballard who were all excellent BTW, everybody else just seemed off it, Roberts was poor, even Jobe who's been brilliant this season was below par tonight, yes u can take the positives of 10 games unbeaten, clean sheet and still unbeaten at home but honestly right now I would rather no clean clean sheets between now and January if we started to win games on a regular basis cos right now we don't look like winning games of football, we're either not at it or we play well for 1 half and then fall to pieces, yeah we didn't fall to pieces tonight but we didn't really get going either, very frustrated and disappointed, this would've been a good point had we won the Preston, Coventry and Millwall games but unfortunately all we're doing now is putting more pressure on ourselves for the harder games

[@robalexander8065]

The top two is still achievable. There are still 87 points to play for. A lot can happen in six months.

[@ThaneME2]

@robalexander8065 I'm starting to really doubt that now, we've done really well so far but we've over achieved massively and put it this way teams that get top 2 don't go 5 games without a win, when the likes of Sheffield United, Leeds and Burnley had a blip it's usually 1 or 2 games and then they get a few wins together, we can't seem to do that now, after the oxford game we were 5 clear at the top, come the end of the week and we could be 4th or 5th, I hope I'm wrong and I really hope I get a surprise and we somehow beat Sheffield United and get back on track but at the moment I can't see, we don't look like losing games at the moment which is good, 10 unbeaten but we don't look like winning at the moment either

[@Adam-sd2ow]

If Leeds, Sheffield Utd and Burnley go up. I honestly feel football is a bit dead. It's so dull at this point and the premier League isn't any better with the same old teams being at the top there too. Parachute payments and relegations forever is just not fun.

[@ThaneME2]

@@Adam-sd2ow I'd still rather be in the prem than the championship, this club should be a top 10 side, even if we went up and came down we'd be in a better financial situation because of the parachute payments

[@GaryMilburn-x4j]

Crap result again got to start winning and quick or Sunderland will be out of top six Boro got two home games in four days could be past Sunderland, Leeds will be past Sunderland with a win get there fingers out and bloody consentrate

[@Adam-sd2ow]

If I got 7th or lose to Boro in the playoffs. I'd pick seventh.

[@DJDave1962]

Ref was a premiership one tonight Michael