Rob Hutchison is a glass half-full kind of man. But he struggled to find much reason to applaud what he saw from the Sunderland side’s uneven contest with the aristos of Man City. Lee Cattermole got closest to a good rating but even his 6/10 reflects a display way short of what he’d produced against Chelsea …
Rob says: ….four days later and the battery runs flat. Can we jump start it before the red scallies on Saturday?
* Costel – 4 exposed
* Revo – 5 offpace
* JoS – 5 OK
* Coates – 4 inexperienced
* Vergini – 4 overpowered
* Jackie R – 4 leggy
* Lee Lee – 6 everywhere
* Larsson – 5 manic
* Buckley – 4 overrun
* Wickham – 5 patchy
* Fletcher – 5 weary
Subs:
* Altidore – 4 sameold
* Ricky – 4 sheesh..
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