Sunderland's Beastly Charge to the Top!

League Cup 3rd Round - 21 Sep 2011

Blackburn vs Sunderland (Away)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 1-2

Blackburn:
Mignolet (74)
Rochina (18)
Linganzi (59)
Ramm (78)
Dann (90+5)

Sunderland:
Kadlec (53)
Brunt (71)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Petrovic (7.9) (Blackburn)

Manager Views

A good game where we created a fair few chances. Blackburn looked dangerous on the break, but werent good enough to actually break us down. We held firm and secured a win to take us to the next round

English Premier Division - 24 Sep 2011

Sunderland vs Man Utd (Home)

Formation and Line-ups

Additional Tactics

I told the players to tackle hard and close United down everywhere.

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 4-2

Sunderland:
Vaughan (19)
Vidic (22)
Brown (48)
De Gea (53)
Brown (56)

Manchester United:
Vidic (3)
Rooney (42)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Vaughan (8.9)

Manager Views

Unbelievable!! I cant believe we won this. I was expecting us to put up a good fight, and maybe, just maybe, grab a draw, but certainly not a win. But my did the boys perform today. They played their hearts out and never let United settle. Vaughan was sublime in the middle and truly deserved his man of he match award. I really hope we can continue to perform like this at home, and make it a fortress!!

Good luck for the season mate, You have made some shrewd young signing with future in mind and results have been brilliant for you imo, I am sure you are gonna take Sunderland to a new level. Cheers

Nicely done! 4-2 against ManU!
Also, Ji-Dong-Won, 90+5 minutes... Sunderland Vs Man city much? XD

#43474 FMmad19 : Good luck for the season mate, You have made some shrewd young signing with future in mind and results have been brilliant for you imo, I am sure you are gonna take Sunderland to a new level. Cheers

Thanks mate.

#43476 Atreidas : Nicely done! 4-2 against ManU!
Also, Ji-Dong-Won, 90+5 minutes... Sunderland Vs Man city much? XD

Thanks! I was delighted with the Man Utd result. Lol hopefully we can replicate that 90+5 minute result against Man City in my game!!

Have you stopped the man united one??

Monthly Update

Manager of the Month

Roberto Mancini
Nakul Patel
Andre Villas-Boas

Player of the Month

Wayne Rooney
Darijo Srna
Ryan Giggs

Young Player of the Month

Lucas Digne
Felipe Anderson
Ganso

#43503 Nickbonista : Have you stopped the man united one??

Temporarily yes. As soon as Sunderland are fully underway, i will re-continue the Man Utd one.

English Premier Division - 1 Oct 2011

Liverpool vs Sunderland (Away)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 1-1

Liverpool:
Gerrard (8)
Skrtel (24)

Sunderland:
Gerrard (34)
Welbeck (32)
Felipe Anderson (70)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Wes Brown (8)

Manager Views

Not a bad performance away from home. Anfield is a difficult location to play at, but the team didnt get intimidated and played some good football. We had the better chances though and i think if we had pushed a little harder we could have won! But what was annoying was the two injuries sustained during the match. I will have to wait for the physios report to see how bad things actually are.

Injury Update

Felipe Anderson out for 6 weeks with strained knee ligaments

Danny Welbeck out for 6 weeks with strained knee ligaments


These injuries pose a massive blow to the team. Felipe Anderson is a brilliant playmaker, and Welbeck a big thorn in the oppositions defence. With them both injured, we will have an interest 2 months ahead of us!

English Premier Division - 17 Oct 2011

Fulham vs Sunderland (Away)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 1-2

Fulham:
Murphy (71)
Grygera (55)
Grygera (69)

Sunderland:
Kadlec (4)
Wes Brown (23)
Digne (17)
Vrsaljko (60)
Kadlec (73)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: Vaclav Kadlec (8.3)

Manager Views

Fulham may have had more shots, but we made the better chances. Not only did we make chances, we made them count, and that was pleasing to see. Kadlec was great up front, and I cant wait to have Bendtner back to partner him. Current he is lacking a partner to link with!

English Premier Division - 22 Oct 2011

Sunderland vs Wigan (Home)

Formation and Line-ups

Matchday Information

Full Time Score: 3-0

Sunderland:
Gibson (1)
Toloi (56)
Alcaraz (81)
Vrsaljko (42)

Wigan:
McCarthy (26)

Player Ratings

Man of the Match: David Vaughan (8.9)

Manager Views

An easy win in which we dominated the game. We had the home advantage and used it well. Another home win which means we continue our undefeated spout at home, and in the Premier League

Nice wins

Injury Update

Bramble out for 4 weeks with a sports hernia