Malcolm Dawson writes…….just what is going on! Only a week after I advise you all to start your prediction with Sunderland Nil we get five goals in two games and what’s more a home win! But just as we think we have almost a full squad available we find that Lee Cattermole is joined on the sick list by Connor Wickham, Adam Johnson, Jack Rodwell, Emanuelle Giaccherini, and Billy Jones. What with all that and Norman Stanley having to get up half the night to get the Aptimil Formula to just the right temperature (other proprietary brands are available), suddenly Gus’s choices seem limited again.
Of course the good news is that Defoe found the net, Alvarez showed some quality, Reveilleire looks class at right back and Seb will be there at the Liberty so there is cause for optimism. A forward thinking approach and a desire to play at least some of the game in the opposition’s half has produced two wins on the bounce. Will it be three? My fear is that Senor Poyet will revert to the defensive mindset which sent us all to sleep so often in the first half of the season but I’m not entering so 0-0 is still up for grabs. Whether or not you feel that the winning run will continue have a go at predicting the result on Saturday.
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Spent most of last week back home in sunny South Hylton and watched the Swansea match in The Cliff. I was very disappointed with our second half against Swansea, we looked tired, and all the history and bad omens about facing teams on bad runs has me worried that we are going to do a “typical Sunderland tonight.”
So, come on Lads, let’s do a 7-1 for our pocket dynamo Nick Sharkey, God bless him!!!
4-1…we run riot in 2nd half? Defoe 3, Larson.
3-1 Swansea. Yay
The Lads to win 3-2,we’re on a roll.
0-0
Tres – cero a los poderosos Mackems.
Espero que tengas razón aunque he predicho dos-cero a los muchachos (The Lads.)
going for 0-2 to us. Feeling optimistic today
After 2 wins my natural pessimism is flagging, so I will forsake 0-0 for another 1-3.
2 each would be okay.
1-1 for me
And here we have a winner.Will be in touch, Terry
My favourite 2-0 has gone so i’ll have to go for a single goal and a squeeky bum 1-0 to the lads
Swansea 1 – 2 Safc…….three on the bash!
I’ve a good feeling about this one but Phil D beat me to the punch with his forecast, so will just say “Haway The Lads”!
Ever the optimist?
2 nil to the Lads.
Hope Cuba is good – great music but a very difficult Spanish accent. As difficult as littoral Venezuelan or Colombian.
I liked Trinidad, a colonial town a few hours drive from Havana.