I’ve got a mate who’s a Sunderland fan. We were visiting him when they played West Brom away so I watched the game. I was impressed with how they played. They were passing it out from the back really well. Way better than we do. Having said that the WBA goal came from a defender dwelling on the ball and losing out.
Great free kick from Hignett. If modern day players are so much better how is it we’ve nobody playing for us at the moment capable of scoring free kicks like that ?
My view hasn’t really changed. Shelling out that sort of dosh on “ one for the future “ when we desperately needed championship standard players to go straight into the team was a mistake.
Duff was the outstanding forward in the 2002 World Cup. BBD isn’t nearly in the same class, Duff was head and shoulders better. The best winger I’ve ever seen at Rovers with the sole exception of Bryan Douglas, and I’ve seen a few.
That was the pits. If I’d have been scouting Pickering I’d have put away my notebook and got up and left after 90 seconds. Anybody capable of such a misjudgement shouldn’t be playing pro football.