Preston v Sunderland

[Quinderland]

Carlos Edwards has made his sunderland debut but you may have seen that we lost at the weekend, but the team played well and were a bit unlucky not to go further.



http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1806_1822061,00.html

Preston striker Brett Ormerod scored his fifth goal of the season from Callum Davidson's through ball just after the half hour. Liam Miller was sent off for two bookable offences shortly after and while they pressed and pressed, Sunderland never really looked like creating a chance that would get them something out of the tie.

Keane said: "We're disappointed and we felt we deserved to get something out of the game but it wasn't to be.

"Considering we only had 10 men we had lots of possession, and we had one or two half chances towards the end.

"It can be a cruel game sometimes and it's been a cruel day for us today because I thought the players were outstanding.

"We made one mistake, playing the offside for the goal, and we got punished for it. You've got to give Preston credit because they didn't have too many chances but they took it."

Keane was pleased with the contributions of new signings Jonny Evans and Carlos Edwards and is hopeful of adding more new faces before the end of January.

He also refused to attach any blame for the defeat on Miller, who was sent off for a crude lunge on Ormerod and then a block on David Nugent.

He added: "I had no problems with the sending off. He set himself up because there were two (other players) there for the first yellow card so he didn't have to dive in.

"But Liam's probably feeling bad enough as it is and he doesn't need me coming down hard on him.

"Jonny was outstanding and Carlos did well when he came on. Hopefully they'll feel the benefits of that. We're delighted with those two."

Preston boss Paul Simpson agreed that his side had not made it easy for themselves but was content to be in the hat for the fourth round draw.

He said: "It was hard work and we made it hard work. It was one of those games when a team goes down to 10 men, they raised all their levels and unfortunately we dropped ours a little bit.

"But in the FA Cup the only thing you concern yourself with is you make sure you get into the next round and I'm delighted to say we've done it.

"They pushed us all the way and they've probably gone away a bit gutted that they haven't got anything out of it."

Ormerod squandered three other good chances and Simpson admitted it could have been far more comfortable.

He continued: "The one he took was probably the hardest of them all but on another day he could have gone away with the match ball.

"While we looked leggy and tired and we made it hard for ourselves we could have had an emphatic 3-0 or 4-0 victory."

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Full match info & pics here...

http://www.safc.com/match/?page_id=11403&fixture=2763654&t=2



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[palos]

Thanks very much Quinderland. 

[WestCoast]

 
Thank you
Good to see Carlos got a mention