Then they replaced like for like and added more later in the game! They started game with about 4 of the team had starred in “Land of the Giants” tv series of all those years ago.

We were unsettled by them… And all the rough stuff. The 1st half though was a mess as we were unable to get any rhythm or fluidity to our game. Firmly believe we would have probably got a third in that game had EE not departed the scene! This is my home game of the season (thank goodness I only have to go once each season it really is a poor run down ground).Īlthough we won the game admirably and came out of the game with a fair bit of credit because, before Embleton’s sending off in second half we were more like the side we’ve grown to know and Gills struggled to cope with us. I don’t get to as many games as I would like, living in Kent, but it has been useful for me to be able to make my own assessments since Gillingham. But hopefully they’ll learn from those experiences, and we’ll reap the rewards of that sooner rather than later! Dajaku is one of a number of players who are learning on the job Photo by Ian Horrocks/Sunderland AFC via Getty Images Taking this approach is going to bring with it some ups and downs – the latter as we saw on Saturday. Ian MuddĮd’s Note : We’ve got a very promising squad Ian, with a number of players who, in my view, will play the majority of their careers higher than League One level. I’ve watched Sunderland for 57 years now and never been more excited by the quality of home grown talent coming through. However, if lessons are learned and the management strong, talent will prevail. This would seem to be true for SAFC atrocious conditions and a physical opposition leading to heavy defeats. Inexperience would, over the course of a season, lose too many tight games or games where conditions were extreme. Someone once said that youth would never win anything.

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