Match Day Thread Sunderland v Plymouth Argyle – Saturday 11th December 2021 - KO 15:00

When you’ve been to, and worked in Plymouth, them singing “Sunderland’s a ****hole” is highly ironic!!! Even before kick off ffs. I don’t ever want to go home before the end of an away game!! Just don’t understand that song

 

I never heard hem sing that and tbh I never noticed that many of them leave compared to our lot. I thought there was a fire drill on 85 mins. Unbelievable how many left from the West stand. And that is rare.

 

Oh they sang before the game but we shut them up quickly. I can never understand people leaving early. If I’m in a rush, I get myself in a seat near the quickest way out abd leave right on the whistle!! Not before the end

 

No mate, if we go on a run of say, 7 defeats from 9? It will rightly be LJ out again. Let's not pretend fans turn on him after isolated results when we all know he has multiple horrendous runs of results in his locker. One of which cost us automatics last year and another this season would do the same.
Great win, performance and confidence boosting run. Let's hope it continues.

 

To be fair, I was saying at half time that he was possibly the best ref we have seen at the SOL since we dropped into this league.
Unfortunately for us he must have sent his dysfunctional, half wit, clown of a twin out to replace him for the second half. He absolutely baffled us most of the time.

 

On another note, just watched their goal again.

Straightforward corner ball into the middle of our goal, their guy relatively unchallenged glanced a simple header into our goal. Perhaps should have been cleared by our Keeper or a defender, zonal marking to blame or just crap defending?

Our goal from a corner was a very good training ground move... well done McAllister?

Our second goal lovely back heel glance from Broadhead after great work fron Dajaku.

 

Younger is never used, even when he is the obvious choice, fortunately it worked for LJ this, time but only just, fingers crossed.

 

Still want LJ out?

 

As Embleton is struggling to make our starting midfield where does that leave O'Nien ...

 

I would have said O9 was an automatic earlier in the season. Now with Winny starting to look good there along with Cliff he is just a bloody good versatile squad player now.

 

Newcastle could do with the safety car coming on in the final few minutes here.

 

Ooh wrong thread

 

It will always baffle me how many people leave early, especially when the game is on a knife edge like it was yesterday. Appreciate there are plenty with legitimate reasons (elderly, people with young kids etc) but surely you stay and support your team to the last? Felt like a Pizza Cup game by final whistle

 

Official Highlights:
https://safc.com/news/team-news/2021/december/plymouth-argyle/highlights-vs-plymouth-argyle

Full 90:
https://safc.com/news/team-news/2021/december/plymouth-argyle/full-90-vs-plymouth-argyle

Post Match analysis:

 

If I'm not too busy I enjoy watching the full 90 minutes of games like this. Without the tension you can enjoy it in a different way and look at it as a football supporter.

Some of our play, on a poor pitch, was excellent and made me think we have a chance at Arsenal.

Win or lose I hope we score a goal of the quality on Saturday and give a huge support a few moments to be proud of.

 

Same here don't watch full 90a very often but did yesterday. Thought we have a real player in Dan Neil, only one of his passes failing to find a team mate and took his goal well.
Our midfield isn't the biggest but are very tenacious especially Pritchard, reminded me a bit of Bobby Kerr, all over the place and not giving them time in the ball.
We've scored some good goals recently which is a positive and so it goes on.
As for Arsenal if they under estimate us then they might regret it however it's the endless grind of this league we have to get on with, and a few of our injuries clearing up would be a help, just hope Gooch isn't long term either.
Be nice if the lads could give us all a very merry Christmas.HTL

 

He had every right to go ballistic on Saturday, worst few minutes of refereeing I’ve ever seen…and that says something in this league!

 

I've worked in Plymouth too and couldn't agree more - If you're standing at the war memorial and looking out over the lido it looks lovely but then you turnaround and look at the concrete monstrosity that is Plymouth and it is grim. I think it got badly bombed in the war and they opted for grey concrete boxes to replace the bombed out buildings and not in any kind of post modernist ironic fashion - you could be looking at somewhere in the Eastern bloc in the 70's!

 

Yes, I know it's the same journey for us but it's still a good read imo ...

"More than a thousand Plymouth fans completed the 806-mile round trip to the north-east on Saturday to watch their team lose 2-1.

This is where the true magic of English football lies."

Sunderland vs Plymouth Argyle: What I learned from the 'Pilgrims' on English football's longest away trip (inews.co.uk)

 

Enjoyed that Smug, brought back a lot of memories of my travelling days following the lads.