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No. I said he always has a defender between himself and the person playing the ball. Makes the chance of him actually getting the ball pretty small. He needs to try and run across the defender as well.

New signings need time to gel, get used to their teammates and learn the system

That's the type of team I want to see us put out - a mix of older pro's not currently getting a game and promising kids. It'll help them learn so much.

Wouldn't want it used every time, but having people in the box ready for it opens up other opportunities. Our short throws are crap, with little movement and almost always just knocked back to the throw in taker (if not straight out of play)

People have mentioned him not getting the service, but one thing I've noticed is that he always makes the run behind the defender, this putting a player between him and the passer. So the passer might think the ball would get intercepted if he played it and so doesn't bother. This seems to be a...

He's Walking In The Ayari.

Wilson - 7 Lats - 8 Fadz - 8 Thomas - 6.5 MvE - 6.5 JD - 7.5 Eccles - 7 Sheaf - 7 Palmer - 7 Simms - 6 Godden - 6 Ayari - 7 Wright - 6

I thought it looked like he was going to a few times but ended up leaving the ball slightly behind and that gave the defender just enough time to close him down.

I agree, but then it leaves the issue of who to play up front. Godden never seems to get involved when up front on his own, Simms doesn't seem to have the movement or spotting the runs, though could probably hold the ball up. Wright could be the one, but I feel he might be inconsistent. You're...

I thought he let too much go and was encouraging someone to fly in with a challenge. With O'Nien on the pitch that's a dangerous thing to do. But he was consistent in letting it go for both teams.

No, it makes people concentrate very specifically on the small areas that the pay is linked to at the expense of other areas. Been shown in organsiations it's created overall poor performance because different departments are measured on different metrics and one will do something that affects...

I don't think one necessarily follows the other. We see people in very prominent positions that throw the blame on others the second anything goes wrong. People in it for the pay and prestige, but when accountability rears its ugly head, suddenly they're not interested. I've been in jobs where...

That's the argument politicians use for their pay increases.

Personally I'm fine with Luton being there - they earned it. Whether they spend loads of money trying to stay there or not, or try and change their style of play or not, doesn't bother me one bit. They need a new stadium and focusing their PL windfall on that is a far more sensible approach...

So why not just have them throw a dice to decide which way the decision goes. It'd be interesting.

FFY

Unchanged starting XI, with Ayari replacing Andrews on the bench. Got a confident feeling abouut tomorrow, though I always find that a bit unnerving.

That's one hell of an arm you've got to get it into the Sunderland fans from Block 20.

MR loves Jamie Allen. Really can't see him being let go on a free.