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Post by Les on Feb 27, 2024 12:06:48 GMT
Next up . . . This will be a test of confidence in the team/manager from our members 😉 As you can see Norwich have only won one game more than us but we have lost three games more than them.
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Post by Les on Feb 29, 2024 23:25:35 GMT
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Post by Les on Mar 1, 2024 18:31:04 GMT
EchoMike Dodds confirms the Sunderland striker 'definitely' in contention after making significant improvementsSunderland striker Luis Hemir is in line for more playing time after impressing Mike Dodds Mike Dodds says that Luis Hemir is in line for more playing time at Sunderland after making significant strides behind the scenes on Wearside. The striker has struggled for regular game time since his summer switch from Benfica, but looked a threat in his cameo from the bench against Swansea City last weekend. Dodds says he feels that improved performance level is no coincidence, saying the 20-year-old has worked hard to improve his fitness levels in recent times. Dodds says the striker faced a major challenge in adjusting to the intensity of Championship football and is now beginning to show his potential. While Dodds believes the striker can still improve on that front, he says the progress is very encouraging and will mean more opportunities in the near future. With Sunderland about to play three games in seven days, Dodds says he is 'definitely' in his thinking to start a game. "He's definitely in the thinking, because we're going to have to utilise the squad across these three games and he is definitely pushing harder than he probably has done before," Dodds said. "First and foremost, he is just a lovely kid. He's come here because he wants to accelerate his career and he's got real pedigree at youth level. He's taken some time to adapt to life in England, he's a 20-year-old boy who has come over by himself having never left his own country. Sometimes, those boys just need a little bit of time. He's a wonderful finisher, he's still got to get fitter but he has improved on that and I think that's why you see the level of his performance improve in the recent games where he has come on. I think there's a definite correlation between him getting fitter and his performance level improving. "There's a still a lot of a development in that area and I've had that conversation with him, but we think really, really highly of him as a footballer," he added. "He's going to be a huge asset for the football game and he will definitely be in the thinking for the next few games, definitely."
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Post by macmackem on Mar 1, 2024 18:34:17 GMT
I had high hopes for Hemir when he came after watching his highlights on YouTube.
Would love the lad to excel.
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Post by Les on Mar 2, 2024 12:51:40 GMT
I had high hopes for Hemir when he came after watching his highlights on YouTube. Would love the lad to excel. I was at the Coventry game at the start of the season when Hemir played and thought he was lazy. Balls were played into great areas but he wouldn’t run to get on the end of them. He didn’t seem to be able to think ahead. Hopefully Dodds has been able to give him the kick up the backside he needed and is a better player now. Time will tell.
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Post by macmackem on Mar 2, 2024 14:25:32 GMT
I had high hopes for Hemir when he came after watching his highlights on YouTube. Would love the lad to excel. I was at the Coventry game at the start of the season when Hemir played and thought he was lazy. Balls were played into great areas but he wouldn’t run to get on the end of them. He didn’t seem to be able to think ahead. Hopefully Dodds has been able to give him the kick up the backside he needed and is a better player now. Time will tell. The lad looked half decent in the pre season games, think the coaches knocked the stuffing out of him, played him sometime and dropped the next time, that could be said for most of our strikers, didn't help when Mowbray said none of them were good enough for the championship, plus we never played the way strikers want, they never got the service.
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Post by macmackem on Mar 2, 2024 14:26:27 GMT
Attacking side today, hope it bears fruit 🙏
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Post by Les on Mar 2, 2024 14:29:10 GMT
Team Sheet . . . Lots of changes. Click to enlarge
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Post by Les on Mar 2, 2024 15:34:41 GMT
Benno not impressed at how deep Hemir is playing
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Post by Les on Mar 2, 2024 15:50:56 GMT
Benno and co. saying Hemir couldn't care less, not trying, not running not interested and playing too deep.
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Post by Les on Mar 2, 2024 16:40:12 GMT
been coming all afternoon.
1-0
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Post by macmackem on Mar 2, 2024 16:45:46 GMT
Not been watching it, gave up awhile back
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Post by Les on Mar 2, 2024 16:56:10 GMT
Once the changes were made on 70 minutes we looked a good side but we conceded another poor goal.
Hemir was piss poor.
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Post by Les on Mar 2, 2024 17:06:43 GMT
unless the BBC have not updated the table we stay in 10th place.
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Post by macmackem on Mar 2, 2024 17:16:29 GMT
unless the BBC have not updated the table we stay in 10th place. It's correct Les, 9 points off relegation 🤨
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