On this day four years ago

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I really miss that team

The rate we're going at the moment, we'll be lucky to score 8 goals at home all season.

# Devil's advocate klaxon #

Most of those goals were down to p1ss poor play by Sunderland. Can't remember the last time we played a team in recent times that were anywhere as inept as Sunderland were on that day. Transport today's squad into that game and I still reckon we'd have won comfortably.

# Devil's advocate klaxon #

 

Most of those goals were down to p1ss poor play by Sunderland. Can't remember the last time we played a team in recent times that were anywhere as inept as Sunderland were on that day. Transport today's squad into that game and I still reckon we'd have won comfortably.

Yeah you're probably right, Sunderland were comically bad that day. Mannone had the worst game any PL keeper will ever have, and after number 5 went in they just threw in the towel.

But credit where it's due - we put them to the sword ruthlessly.

Back of a fag packet calculations but I think it has taken us 10 games back to the beginning of the year to score 8 goals at home this year

It was all down to an Aussie fan who was watching his first game at SMS.

Dont think he has been back since and its all been downhill since then!!

We scored 8 in a match where Shane Long was one of the starting strikers. Mayuka came on to replace him.

Funny to see Reed on the bench. He was on the fringes of the team four years ago and is no closer to playing for us now.

Did Mayuka really come on in that game? I thought he left at least a year or two before?

# Devil's advocate klaxon #

 

Most of those goals were down to p1ss poor play by Sunderland. Can't remember the last time we played a team in recent times that were anywhere as inept as Sunderland were on that day. Transport today's squad into that game and I still reckon we'd have won comfortably.

No, this team would be 0-0 most of the match, then allow Sunderland to regain composure in the second half, get it together and score.

The difference then is that the team didn't allow teams (i.e. like Sunderland here) time to regain composure and get more of a grip on their mistakes.

Don't think we'll ever have a day like that again.

In a couple of days we'll all be saying "2 years ago 7,000 of us were in Milan". Where did that time go?

ALways nice to remember the good old days...Liverpool have been doing it for years.

It's especially weird as two of our best players at the time, Mane and Wanyama didnt even come onto the pitch until the 65th minute, by which point we were already 4-0 up. I noted that Shane Long didnt score...!

The game could've been entirely different had Sunderland been given a penalty when it was still at 0-0. Think we would've ended up at 10 men too.

The game could've been entirely different had Sunderland been given a penalty when it was still at 0-0. Think we would've ended up at 10 men too.

Until we scored our second if I remember rightly Sunderland were completely out playing us that day. After that they capitulated but it could have been very different.

Until we scored our second if I remember rightly Sunderland were completely out playing us that day. After that they capitulated but it could have been very different.

Yep at the start of the game they were all over us and we were looking dreadful

I'm pretty sure we also had a massive goal drought that season over xmas and new year too.

The game could've been entirely different had Sunderland been given a penalty when it was still at 0-0. Think we would've ended up at 10 men too.

Until we scored our second if I remember rightly Sunderland were completely out playing us that day. After that they capitulated but it could have been very different.

Yep at the start of the game they were all over us and we were looking dreadful

I'll never forget trousers' now legendary "This has got 0-0 written all over it" comment on the match thread!

Took us 4 years, but we've finally caught up with Sunderland.

Two things I'll never forget about that game:

- the Vergini own goal

- the fact I'd become so bored of travelling to watch rubbish games against Sunderland home and away that I decided to give this one a miss!

For me it was walking back to the car, and someone stopping to ask me the score. Telling them that Saints had won 8-0 was completely unreal. Still not sure whether they believed me or not.

# Devil's advocate klaxon #

 

Most of those goals were down to p1ss poor play by Sunderland. Can't remember the last time we played a team in recent times that were anywhere as inept as Sunderland were on that day. Transport today's squad into that game and I still reckon we'd have won comfortably.

This lot would go 1-0 up and then try and sit on it for the rest of the game.

Vagina's o.g. was claasssss.

Vagina's o.g. was claasssss.

Other end it would have been a Goal of The Month Contender

On the ferry south Red Funnel gave us all a beer voucher to celebrate. It was quite a party on board.

We'll be playing Sunderland again soon, the way we're going...

Other end it would have been a Goal of The Month Contender

The Arse?

Happy days. When home games were worth going to

Still bothers me that Pelle didn't get the hatrick that he deserved. If Sallah scored that, it wouldn't even be debated.

Great day, and of course they'll come again. Ok next season in the Championship will be another struggle but once we get down to League 1 the big wins should start to return providing we manage it correctly.

On this day 10 years ago we missed two penalties in the first 10 minutes and lost 0-3 to Watford.

However, Sunderland was a great day