EPL Talk: Say No To Sunderland’s Negative Tactics
JB
· 1 year ago
typical clueless view of Premier League football by an American no-hoper. Its all about getting points not providing entertainment. If you want entertainment go watch a tv show halfwit!
JRSAFC
· 1 year ago
I'm a season ticket holding Sunderland fan and I agree with this article 100%. We can't be expected to go to places like Old Trafford with a gung-ho 4-3-3 formation but I have to say I was embarrassed at our complete lack of ambition. I know you can argue that confidence is shattered at the moment and the club is (allegedly) in shock over Roy Keane's departure but we have a decent set of players that are capable of far more than this. Let's just hope that whoever comes in as next manager can recognise this.
ukredskin
· 1 year ago
This was so obviously a one-off because of the unusual circumstances leading up to this game. What about Sunderland v Arsenal this season, and there have been lots of games where we took the lead, but lost the match because of our desire to attack. This criticsm would be warranted if Sunderland approached every match like this, but not when it is a one-off.
SAFCMark
· 1 year ago
The person who wrote that article is an idiot. Look at when we went 1 down, the last 3 minuits when we tried to attack, they tore our defence apart, if we had pushed men forward for the whole 90 minuits then we would have lost 5 or 5 nil, had the worst goal difference in the league and that wouldn't have done much for our hopes of staying in the league. Get a grip you moron.
David Woodward
· 1 year ago
We did what we had to do better to try and scrape a 0-0 draw than lose 5 or 6-0, especially with the games we have coming up and our goal diffrence at the minute...i'm sorry all you Man Utd prawn sandwich brigade but maybe the fact Man Utd couldn't break Sunderland down is more of an issue than Sunderland's tactics
Bryan
· 1 year ago
I am astonished that there are fans that are condoning Sunderland's tactics last weekend. I'm a Liverpool supporter and although i would have loved to see United drop points, I hated the way Sunderland was playing on the weekend.
If you can't mix it up with the big boys, remain at 18th till the end of the season.
BishopvilleRed
· 1 year ago
All I could think whilst watching that dross was, "Some poor bastard is watching a live Premiership match for the first time today, and they've been subjected to *this*"
JB - it had better be about entertaining, because people won't pay top dollar to see eleven mules kick the ball away - especially since you can't even justify the tactics with a result.
SAFCMark - if your back line is such swiss cheese, you SHOULD go down. If there's one thing we learned this year, it's that there are Championship sides out there who will come up and try to contribute to the Premiership, not make the news for dire football.
DAVID WOODWARD - you might have an argument if it were true, but United DID break down your negative tactics and you have nothing to show for it - nothing as far as points are concerned, nothing as far as helping your reputation, nothing in the way of sympathy from the casual supporters when you go down.
If you want to play conservatively and try to catch a superior side on the break, so be it. but 11 behind the ball with NO ambition to go forward is unacceptable. Nobody's cheering on the small guy if he's going to be so...small... about the prospect of competing against top sides.
When you go all you'll hear are big sighs of relief that now Sunderland are gone, we might actually get to watch something worth paying for at the end of a long week.
SB
Charlie
· 1 year ago
Seems a lot of the Big Four are walking onto the pitch this season to find "buses parked in front of the goal." I suspect it's something we will be seeing more of. Sort of like how the so-called left wing lock changed NHL hockey -- its boring as hell to watch, but strategically it works.
ls7
· 1 year ago
I find the article and some of the comments to be a bit harsh. It's easy to decide what style to play when you can splash money on young superstars like Rooney, Ronaldo, etc. or pay over the top for an 'older' player like Berbatov.
So what if Sunderland "parked the bus"? It's a valid tactical choice, come and break the defence down if you can. At this stage they need every point they can get and playng an open game against United would, in all probability, net them nothing. Yes they ended up with nothing anyway but the spirit in the side is surely better losing 1-0 in a close match then it is if they had been blown out 3-0 or 4-1.
Considering the circumstances at Sunderland, it seemed like an easy game plan to get the players to follow. Defend and nick something from a set-piece if you can. Let's judge them on their season as a whole and not one or two games.
LEONARD MARILLIER
· 1 year ago
THOSE TACTICS THAT SUNDERLAND DISPLAYED I HAVE NEVER SEEN EVEN IN THE LOWEST OF AMATEUR RANKS IN SOUTH AFRICAN SOCCER.
All Comments
If you can't mix it up with the big boys, remain at 18th till the end of the season.
JB - it had better be about entertaining, because people won't pay top dollar to see eleven mules kick the ball away - especially since you can't even justify the tactics with a result.
SAFCMark - if your back line is such swiss cheese, you SHOULD go down. If there's one thing we learned this year, it's that there are Championship sides out there who will come up and try to contribute to the Premiership, not make the news for dire football.
DAVID WOODWARD - you might have an argument if it were true, but United DID break down your negative tactics and you have nothing to show for it - nothing as far as points are concerned, nothing as far as helping your reputation, nothing in the way of sympathy from the casual supporters when you go down.
If you want to play conservatively and try to catch a superior side on the break, so be it. but 11 behind the ball with NO ambition to go forward is unacceptable. Nobody's cheering on the small guy if he's going to be so...small... about the prospect of competing against top sides.
When you go all you'll hear are big sighs of relief that now Sunderland are gone, we might actually get to watch something worth paying for at the end of a long week.
SB
So what if Sunderland "parked the bus"? It's a valid tactical choice, come and break the defence down if you can. At this stage they need every point they can get and playng an open game against United would, in all probability, net them nothing. Yes they ended up with nothing anyway but the spirit in the side is surely better losing 1-0 in a close match then it is if they had been blown out 3-0 or 4-1.
Considering the circumstances at Sunderland, it seemed like an easy game plan to get the players to follow. Defend and nick something from a set-piece if you can. Let's judge them on their season as a whole and not one or two games.