Sunderland vs Plymouth Argyle

[Nockya]

Sunderland vs Plymouth Argyle match.

Here we go again, get ready for a nailbiting game at the Stadium of Light today.

The Black Cats entertain The Pilgrims on Wearside but can we take all three points to please the 40,000-plus crowd?
We go into this game 8th in the league, while Plymouth are 15th.
On paper, we should do it, but we are a bit topsy-turvy at the moment.

The team sheet is:

Sunderland starting XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O'Nien, Hjelde, Neil, Ekwah, Roberts, Ba, Clarke, Rusyn.
SAFC substitutes: Bishop, Seelt, Pembele, Rigg, Mundle, Aouchiche, Bellingham, Burstow, Hemir.

Kick-off is 3 pm so I better get a move on if I am to get there before the game starts.

[cam]

Michael Beale must have dropped Jobe, does he need a rest? It's a brave decision, but that's what he is paid for.

[Crawford]

An easy three points, at least it should be.
A good 3-0 win would just be the tonic for us so let's hope Beale has done his homework on Plymouth.
I hope Patto can be a bit more vocal today.

[Spider]

It's still a misty day and canny miserable out there. We have to win this game today to stay with the top six. Nothing less than three points will do and I think we all know that. Down there we were the best team by a mile, but they had two shots on target and scored to win us 2-0.

Maybe a shaky 2-1 will do today, but we need to win because Michael Beale has had enough time to sort things out.

[Sunderland Nut]

I am going for a 2-0 win for the lads today.
No way should we lose or even draw this game because it should be a straightforward controlling game.
Our lack of goals might mean a nervous game for the fans.

[Mawsey]

Ba booked in the tenth minute. What crap weather today, hopefully, the lads can cheer us up with a goal or two.

[Nockya]

Patterson made the save as Plymouth attacked.
Almost first blood to the soft Southerners argh.

[cam]

We are struggling to break though with no cutting edge.

[Nockya]

1-0 to Plymouth.
We were well and truly caught out there like.
Not long before half-time as well.

[cam]

Honestly, typical of Sunderland. It's what we do best. Go on lads, why spoil the habits of a lifetime?