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He got a hand to 3 of the goals yesterday, but wasn’t strong enough to push them round the post. None of them were particularly hard. You can make a case for Holgate being at fault for two, the defenders losing their man for the first and the fifth so not being Bazunu completely at fault but the it’s still the case that any attempt on target has a very good chance of going in. Aside from being alright with the ball at his feet what is he good at? He isn’t strong, isn’t commanding, isn’t agile, he’s a shit shot stopper. We might as well put an outfield player in goal if it’s his ability on the ball we’re after.

Thought they’d written off promotion this season before we’d even kicked a ball?

Assume we can still sell players we just can’t buy any? Isn’t there another loan window opening soon for clubs outside the premier league?

I think he’s done a good job so far and I’m still a fan but unless the defence gets tightened up we won’t even make the play offs. 12 goals conceded in 5 games is ridiculous when you think 9 of them came in games against teams you’d expect to be in and around the play off places that tells you where we are.

Man City can play that way because they’ve got billions of money quite possibly the best manager of all time and some amazing players who would walk into most teams in the world. It’s an admirable aim but in the real world it’s not that simple If we’d played like we did today in the premier league it wouldn’t have been 5-0 it would have been 15-0.

Now I’m over the embarrassment of that performance you have to see the funny side. One club models itself on Man City with a hipster manager a possession based philosophy a huge opinion of itself whilst the other is managed by Tony Mowbray who run hard through the midfield shoot onsite and lump balls into the back post. Which one wins 5-0?

You’ve got to laugh really. We’re obsessed with being a cool club, a Man City lite, with a hipster manager and a footballing philosophy. Yet we’ve just been served up 5-0 by Tony Mowbrays team. Tony frigging Mowbray 🤣🤣

Is it just me who thinks he goes down incredibly slowly?

I’d be very concerned if anyone didn’t think he was a liability. His gushing praise was definitely a bit OTT. You’re probably right as to to why

Didn’t Ipswich bid for AA? Also RM said earlier in the season we turned down bids for Bednarek. Other one must be Mara.

Thanks for the appreciation Nick. On behalf of the CoT I thank you for your comments and it’s posters like you that keep us coming back. Roll on January with more clues, snippets, catchphrases and world class banter

Yep just seen it. What a prick. as others have said, funnily enough threads are good natured when he doesn’t post on them

Not so jolly like your rants against the CoT, 4 of them I think it was screaming and crying about being denied information. FROM PEOPLE YOU CLAIM TO HAVE ON IGNORE 🤣🤣🤣🤣 egg is right, yesterdays thread was decent. The Croatia thread on the lounge has been good natured. The common denominator is your absence from them both. Always the victim, it’s never your fault.

You’ve completely made that scenario up in your head

Results aren’t patient. He cost us badly last season and looks like he will this.

Any system is easy to counter when players can run through the middle of the pitch at the defence, shoot at keeper that rarely saves anything and full backs that don’t track their men from crosses.

Unmarked at the back post, basic defending we seem incapable of

So so poor.

It might be biased but it’s based on him rarely saving anything on target

This is unbelievably shit. Holgate

So this is a Sunderland team without their two best attackers one we’ve signed the other we want to Bazunu goes down in instalments never seen a keeper so slow to get down

Because it’s inevitable 🤣🤣

Surprised Frazer isn’t starting and Mara is. Really strong squad that.

They give him a load of painkillers so he can’t feel it then getting him sprinting like a bitch for hours. If he complains he’s failed