After a performance and result like that it’s good to stand up and admit that we were beaten by a better side on the day.
After the first 15 minutes the Sunderland performance was abject, and the players just did not show up. Steve Bruce admitted that it was this defeat that had hurt most since he arrived at Sunderland, and now the team has to just lick its wounds and rebuild for the next game.
Newcastle showed admirable hunger, and played a much more expansive game, getting the ball wide and providing some excellent crosses. What does a team do when 3-0 down at half-time? The most important thing would be for the team to keep its head and make sure 11 players stay on the pitch, and that is where Titus Bramble and others let the side down... this was a nightmare, horror display appropriate for Halloween.
I was pleased to see the apology from Niall Quinn and Bruce on safc.com, after the heaviest derby defeat since 1956. The least we expect when we see Sunderland play in big games is that they fight and use their talent, but to quote Bruce “they did not handle the occasion”.
The whole game was a disappointment and everything that could go wrong did go wrong. The team all feel gutted and need to recover quickly before the Stoke game on Saturday, and make sure that they get back to form quickly.
Newcastle played out of their skins on Sunday, with Nolan capping an excellent team performance, and they showed real desire. Now why should they hesitate to give a contract to Chris Hughton? As I have pointed out previously, he has led the club really well through difficult times, and things look good for the Magpies now.
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Posted by safc67 on 11/01/2010
Not that I'm bitter but I hope Newcastle get a thumping at Arsenal to bring them back down to earth with a bang! As for Sunderland...defeat to Stoke and it will be the end of Bruce, as we will go on to get nothing at Spurs and Chelsea...maybe a manager like Martin O'Neil wouldn't pay 13 million pounds for someone and then not play him? FTM
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Posted by thetoonarmy on 11/02/2010
safc67 "not that i'm bitter but I hope newcastle get a thumping at Arsenal"!! with comments like that it's not surprising that newcastle fans always sound a lot more respectful than you.
Seeing as scumberlands record against spurs and chelsea is rather appauling i hope you get a good thrashing down there, if we can put 5 past you then a chelsea team will/should be putting 8 or 9 past you at least (lord i hope drogba is playing that day and on song!!)
i'm not just a newcastle fan i'm a football fan and i like to watch a good game of football whoever it is, i've never wanted to see the mackems get religated because i like watching a good derby mauling ;-) but i have to admit with comments like yours you should be ashamed of yourself call yourself a football supporter???
Martin O'Neill would only be good for you whilst Quinn was splashing the cash if you look at MON's record the clubs that haven't given him loads to spend or when they stop spending the team falls apart so let hope you get MON
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Posted by bushystriker on 11/03/2010
I can't believe a Sunderland fan thinks that 2 defeats to Newcastle and Stoke before playing Spurs and Chelsea will get Bruce the sack.
Newcastle fans celebrated our win with respect and our main focus was getting our massage across to Ashley that we want Hughton to get a new contract and not get us another Gullit or Souness or Allardyce.
Frankly, I don't wish for Sunderland to get relegated or for Bruce to be sacked.
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Posted by Marc on 11/03/2010
I just wonder when Special Agent Bruce will come in for some stick.....
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Posted by Shriram Varma on 11/05/2010
Well.......Sunderland were crap.........rili........they could not convert a chance........whereas the magpies were fantastic..........they didn't have many chances........but they did not fail to convert them into goals........it was the same case when England faced germany in the fifa World Cup 2010........England had many chances........but they failed to convert them.........whereas Germany had less.....but took what ever they had in their way...............anyways......who cares.........Sunderland shoud take it as a lesson............now MANCHESTER UNITED RULES!!!
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Posted by Thomas Lehnhoff on 11/09/2010
safc67- You're right arsenal sure gave us a thumping....oh wait..we won? at the Emirates?...Wow maybe we are just better than you guys. And bring us back to earth? We just thrashed you guys then beat arsenal and Blackburn are still favored over us. Trust me we are way more humble then you guys ever will be.
Posted by blogs.soccernet.com on 03/27/2011
We_were_thrashed.. Peachy :)
Posted by blogs.soccernet.com on 04/22/2011
We_were_thrashed.. May I repost it? :)
Posted by blogs.soccernet.com on 04/25/2011
We_were_thrashed.. May I repost it? :)
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Lars Knutsen was born in Sunderland of Norwegian parents across the Wear from the SSOL back when shipbuilding not car manufacture was the city’s main industry. His first game was in 1968 and he has followed the Black Cats since then, with great memories of the 1973 FA Cup. He hopes the “yo-yo” days are over and defines supporting a team by whether the result affects your mood (but maybe not in the way portrayed in the book “Fever Pitch”!) so has been cheerful recently. He endured school in Newc**tle, has a Ph.D. in Chemistry, a Professorship at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, and works in the Pharma industry as a consultant Medicinal Chemist.
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