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Nosworthy didn't play. Higginbotham, halford, mcshane and collins make up the back 4. Both goals sounded explosive...and kj get the credit for the assis on miller, as he headed the ball down to him before he blast it in
Quote from: Midknight on September 22, 2007, 10:01:57 AMNosworthy didn't play. Higginbotham, halford, mcshane and collins make up the back 4. Both goals sounded explosive...and kj get the credit for the assis on miller, as he headed the ball down to him before he blast it inHe get benched just so or he injuried?
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and kj get the credit for the assis on miller, as he headed the ball down to him before he blast it in
Sunderlands Team Photo http://www.safc.com/uploads/documents/sep_07/safc_1190293749_Team_Wallpaper.pdfzoom midknight can u put up the standings .
Liam Miller's 89th-minute goal snatched a point for Sunderland in a thrilling 125th Tees-Wear derby.Sunderland took the lead after 75 seconds when Michael Chopra's shot hit Grant Leadbitter and fell kindly for him to slot past Mark Schwarzer.Boro equalised when Gary O'Neil's cross was headed in by Julio Arca and then Stewart Downing drilled past Craig Gordon from 25 yards out.But with time running out Miller fired in a left-foot shot from 20 yards.Full Report
"I think we deserved a point, mind Gareth [Southgate] might think differently. Overall, we deserved something."We probably scored too early, we didn't know what to do and we got sloppy. I thought the game had 1-1 written all over it. It's always nice to get something, especially when it comes late in the game."There were a few [controversial] decisions, a few tackles, but I don't mind that, it's a derby match, I enjoy that side. We could have passed it better."Liam [Miller] has been doing good in training so it was touch and go whether I started him. It was a good goal."It's nice to get an early goal - we have not got too many since I got the job. After that, we struggled, we lacked experience, someone to put their foot on the ball."We looked like we wanted to hold onto it and you can't do it for that length of time."It was written in the script that [Julio] Arca was going to score. I hope the lad is OK."I have to say that at 1-1 I thought it would take a spectacular goal to win it. [Stewart] Downing did it and after that it needed something special from us. Liam produced it."When you play these matches, you know they are going to be tough. It was stop-start, there were plenty of bookings. I've played in these type of games before and I thought it was going to be a 1-1 draw."It was a fantastic strike from their lad and from Liam - they were the highlights of the game. If we had lost it would have been one step forward from last week and two back."Come the end of the season, this point might be vital. It's good to get something out of the game when it's so late, it's pleasing and we can play a lot better than today."
Dickson Etuhu will miss Sunderland's game against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season.Etuhu was booked against Middlesbrough, taking his card count to five, which means an automatic one-game ban.He said: "I've been a bit unlucky with one or two of the bookings, I'm gutted to pick up a suspension so early in the season. Whoever comes in, I wish him all the best."The former Norwich midfielder has also been shown a yellow card in the Black Cats' games against Birmingham, Wigan, Liverpool and Luton. He is the first Premier League player to reach five yellow cards this season.Liam Miller, who scored after coming off the bench at the Riverside Stadium, is favourite to replace Etuhu against Rovers.
Roy Keane hopes that Nyron Nosworthy will recover from a knee injury in time for Saturday's game against Blackburn.The injury forced Nosworthy to miss Sunderland's game against Middlesbrough last weekend and cost the centre-back his ever-present tag this season.But Keane has suggested that the Londoner could be back against Rovers at the Stadium of Light.The Black Cats boss said: "We hope Nuggsy's OK. He had a knee problem before the Reading game and got through it but he couldn't train all week after that."We had hoped he would be alright for Boro but we decided not to risk him. When Nyron misses training you know it must be sore. Hopefully he will be OK for our game against Blackburn."
Roy Keane believes his Sunderland players are showing the toughness required to stay in the Premier League.The Black Cats boss reckons much of modern-day football has gone soft, with too many players happy to spend time in the treatment room.A number of Sunderland's key performers have suffered long-term injuries in the opening weeks of the season - Keane had just 14 first-teamers training this week.And he says the situation would have been worse had it not been for the attitude of some of his 'fit' players."You need tough lads and to be fair a lot of ours are," said Keane. "We had Paul McShane playing with an injury a few weeks ago and I know plenty of our other lads are playing with strains and knocks."Some of our players have been training when they are injured - that's where the character comes into it and the tough lads get on with it."You need lads like that. It should take a lot to stop you from wanting to play every weekend, wanting to play for Sunderland in front of big crowds, that's my attitude towards it."Keane added: "It's rare that you go into a game 100 per cent fit. The speed and pace of it, you get tackled a lot harder, from different angles, it's so obvious that you are going to pick up knocks."To me it's a case of just dealing with it and getting on with it, and not playing the sympathy one."OK, if you have an injury like Deano's, Nuggsy's last week or Carlos's, then you can't play - you treat the players and you try to get them right."But if lads think they are going to go into game in tip-top condition, it's not going to happen; the nature of this game doesn't let you do that."There are not many players in the Premier League at this moment in time that could say they are 100 per cent fit."If your leg's broken, fair enough; but players these days have just got to get on with it and be a bit tougher, not be spending so much time on the treatment table."You get out there - you are playing in front of 40-odd thousand people and the adrenalin kicks in. If that doesn't get you going, then something is wrong."
Blackburn scored twice in two minutes to maintain their unbeaten start to the league season away from Ewood Park.A dull first half only sparked into life in the last five minutes when Sunderland striker Michael Chopra had a penalty appeal turned down.But within 10 minutes of the restart, David Bentley had smashed Rovers in front and Roque Santa Cruz slammed a second into an empty net.Grant Leadbitter's low 25-yard sidefoot shot was too late to spark a revival.Full Report
"I thought we deserved more out of the game. The way we conceded was disappointing, the players gave it their all and with a bit of luck we could have got something, it wasn't to be."Every goal you concede is disappointing, the first certainly was and the second one was a big blow. When it's 1-0, I was thinking we have a chance - especially with our record of late goals and being at home."So the second one was the killer blow. Even so, there was more than enough time and with another five minutes on the clock we might have got something.[On the penalty appeal] "Chops feels he got the ball before the keeper made contact, but it would be wrong to blame that on costing us the game. The referee made his call, we have to accept it."Games like this are all part of the learning process."They are an experienced Premier League team and today there were one or two lessons, in terms of when to play and when not to play."After conceding the first, we should have kept our heads because there was plenty of time left."When a player makes a mistake, there's not much you can do about it. I was more disappointed with the first goal. The lad has run about 20 or 30 yards without anyone touching him."I thought the first half was evenly matched. They started well - teams are going to come here and have decent spells - but overall, I felt we deserved something better."When you go two goals behind, it's always going to be tough."The lads gave it their all and some of our general play was very good. It was one of those days for us - the two soft goals cost us."It's all about putting the ball in the back of the net. We gave two bad goals away, you can't do it in the Premier League."The players gave it their all and it's small comfort for me. If you do that, you've got a chance and we'll look to bounce back next week."
Sunderland midfielder Graham Kavanagh says that he would like to extend his stay at Sheffield Wednesday.Kavangah's initial one-month loan deal from the Black Cats runs out after the game against Stoke on 20 October.The 33-year-old told BBC Radio Sheffield: "I feel I'm getting stronger all the time and starting to stamp my influence games."If Wednesday ask me to stay and Sunderland allow it then I'd like to stay because I've enjoyed it here."
