Sunderland's Beastly Charge to the Top!

English Premier Division - 10 Nov 2012

Cardiff vs Sunderland (Away)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 1-4

Cardiff:
Kenny Miller (38)
Kenny Miller (9)
Earnshaw (10)
Keinan (48)

Sunderland:
Wickham (5, 26, 90+1)
Dante (79)
Felipe Anderson (61)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Wickham (9.6)

Manager Views

A sublime performance from Wickham. He was absolutely brilliant today as was Felipe Anderson who made some delightful passes today!

English Premier Division - 14 Nov 2012

Sunderland vs Norwich (Home)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 4-0

Sunderland:
Barkley (6)
Vetonghen (17)
Nistelrooy (87)
Sigurosson (89)
Wes Brown (14)
Felipe Anderson (84)

Norwich:
Bailey (11)
Surman (19)
Johnson (59)
Adilson (61)
Morison (61)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Sigurosson (8.9)

Manager Views

Another good performance from the team. Barkley did brilliantly, bossing the midfield and controlling the game. Sigurosson was great too, and terrorized the right flank, and Vertonghen was superb in defence too!

WTF was with the Aston Villa formation?? 2-4-4?? eh?? that I have never seen before....

#45796 adamahc : WTF was with the Aston Villa formation?? 2-4-4?? eh?? that I have never seen before....

Haha tell me about it. They actually started with a 4-4-2 but i took the screenshot at then end of the match, so thats the formation they ended with!

English Premier Division - 24 Nov 2012

Swansea vs Sunderland (Away)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 0-1

Swansea:

Sunderland:
Sigurosson (26)
Romalho (10)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Sigurosson (7.8)

Manager Views

A poor performance. We should have won by more, and created a few chances too. But Swansea played some lovely football and did well to keep us from scoring more

UEFA Champions Laague - 27 Nov 2012

Sunderland vs Rangers (Home)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 1-0

Sunderland:
Nistelrooy (44)

Rangers:
Naismith (78)
McFadden (86)
Naismith (90+6)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Stegen (8.3)

Manager Views

Not a bad match, but we should have scored more goals. With the amount of chances we created, we should definitely have bagged a few more goals. Stegen was fabulous in goal though, pulling off some fabulous saves.

English Premier Division - 1 Dec 2012

Sunderland vs Manchester City (Home)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 3-0

Sunderland:
Barkley (6)
Vetonghen (18)
Hazard (23)

Manchester City:
Yaya Toure (28)
de Jong (70)
Srna (90)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Vertonghen (8.4)

Manager Views

A brilliant win for my side. Our home is definitely a fortress, which no team can break (barring Barcelona...maybe!). We created chances, took those chances, and Man City paid the price. A great win over a team who were hot on our tails in the table!

English League Cup Quarter Final - 4 Dec 2012

Sunderland vs Middlesbrough (Home)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 3-0

Sunderland:
Nistelrooy (3, 23, 40)
Digne (9)
Toloi (26)

Middelsbrough:
Arca (34)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Nistelrooy (9.6)

Manager Views

The demolition man is back in town! Nistelrooy was something else today. His movement and finishing were sublime and it was as if he was in his peak days again. Superb performance. He was aided by some brilliant passing and movement from the midfield too. Overall an easy win though

English Premier Division - 8 Dec 2012

Birmingham vs Sunderland (Away)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 0-2

Birmingham:
Zigic (36)
Davies (74) Davies (77)
Verkhovstov (80)

Sunderland:
Toloi (3)
Nistelrooy (8)
Vertonghen (32)
Iturbe (53)
Felipe Anderson (56) Gibson (57)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Felipe Anderson (8.2)

Manager Views

A decent match. But again, for the number of chances we created, we should have scored more goals! I am pleased with Nistelrooy's form though, and he really looks in good touch at the moment.

great results against chelsea and man city but complacency got the best of your players against swansea :p

keep it up mate!

UEFA Champions Laague - 12 Dec 2012

Villarreal vs Sunderland (Away)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 1-2

Villarreal:
Valero (8)
Pavlyuchenko (34)
Oriol (61)
Gago (65)
Elm (70)
Mario (81)
Rodriguez (90)

Sunderland:
Kadlec (27)
Lopez (45+1)
Nistelrooy (18)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Kadlec (7.4)

Manager Views

A match that coyld have swung in either direction, and it was only through a little luck that we won. Sometimes luck is what you need to give you the edge

English Premier Division - 16 Dec 2012

Chelsea vs Sunderland (Away)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 0-1

Chelsea:
Kalou (9)
Luiz (43)
Alex (60)

Sunderland:
Dante (50)
Gibson (24)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Dante (8.2)

Manager Views

What was i saying about luck? We definitely got very lucky here!! In all honesty we should have lost, and we truly robbed Chelsea of their 3 points. Oh well, im not going to complain!!

Mass Update

Hey guys, i am running behind with updates, so to catch up im going to post one long update...so here goes:

English Premier League - 22 Dec 2012
Sunderland vs Everton (Home)

FT: 1-0 Nistelrooy (8)
MOTM: Vrsaljko (7.4)


English Premier League - 26 Dec 2012
Sunderland vs Newcastle (Home)

FT: 3-0 Wickham (4), Giuliano (20, 28)
MOTM: Giuliano (9)


English Premier League - 29 Dec 2012
Wolves vs Sunderland (Away)

FT: 1-2 Sigurosson (21), Fletcher (45+2), Gibson (pen 82)
MOTM: Sigurosson (7.4)


English Premier League - 31 Dec 2012
Arsenal vs Sunderland (Away)

FT: 2-2 Chamakh (38), WIlshire (45), Kadlec (87), Vertonghen (90)
MOTM: WIlshire (9)

World Awards

Golden Ball

Player of the Year

Mass Update Part 2

FA Cup 3rd Round - 5 Jan 2013
Sunderland vs Millwall (Home)

FT: 3-1 Wickham (32), Moussa (70), Fierro (74, 83)
MOTM: Fierro (9.1)


English Premier Division - 12 Jan 2013
Sunderland vs Stoke (Home)

FT: 3-1 Kadlec (1, 24), Ethrington (81), Wickham (82)
MOTM: Felipe Anderson (8.8)


League Cup Semi Final - 16 Jan 2013
Everton vs Sunderland (Away)

FT: 2-2 Missed Penalty Jagielka (2), Anichebe (20), Vertonghen (38), Giuliano (74), Osman (86)
MOTM: Giuliano (8.5)


English Premier Division - 19 Jan 2013
Bolton vs Sunderland (Away)

FT: 1-3 Medo (9), Own Goal Medo (34), Giuliano (45+1), Missed Penalty Hazard (80), Felipe Anderson (90+1)
MOTM: Giuliano (8.2)


English Premier Division - 27 Jan 2013
Sunderland vs Manchester United (Home)

FT: 1-0 Nistelrooy (47), Red Card Evra (90+3)
MOTM: Dante (7.4)


League Cup Semi Final Replay - 30 Jan 2013
Sunderland vs Everton (Home)

FT: Kadlec (92)
MOTM: Tim Howard (8.1)