We asked for your thoughts after Friday’s Premier League game between Sunderland and Nottingham Forest.
Here are some of your comments:
Sunderland fans
Lynne: So disappointing! No excuse for such a poor performance. No quality in the team.
Keith: The stuff of nightmares. The game was even till the first goal, but then energy ran out and mistakes crept in. Forest had done their homework and scored three times by good wing play and neat crosses – helped by our shocking marking. At least we showed a bit of fight in the second half. We had a quick and traffic free journey home – everyone else had left long ago! We end the season with a whimper.
James: We’ve been due this result for a while – have rode our luck for too long. Personally, 5-0 at home should result in a fine for the full squad.
Dave: I’m proud that at 4-0 the fans were in full voice and behind the team. Forest were efficient but we were inept. Played the game like a training drill with no intensity. We aren’t ready for the demands of European football. If we had got it we’d be next year’s Forest.
Forest fans
Sean: Where to begin? Struggled to score from set-pieces all season, and like a bus three came at once in that first half! Wood is back in the goals, Igor Jesus continues where he left off last week and is there any stopping MGW? Not looking likely. Even when we stepped off in the second half Anderson pops up with a gift of a goal. Rode our luck with the disallowed goal but it didn’t affect the outcome. Mathematically still in the relegation fight, but eight points clear and a performance like that against a strong Sunderland side has laid the gauntlet down for Tottenham and West Ham. Dare I say we should only focus on the Europa League semi now?
Martyn: Looks like we’ve found a way to play. Good old fashioned 4-4-2! Pressed high and capitalised on the mistakes. MGW has become the goalscorer we knew was in there and great to see the whole team fight for each other. Massive result!
Dave: A sublime first half which was followed by an isolated incident of game management in the second in the context of this season. To a man, they played a blinder and credit to the coaches too. A real team performance all round. Whisper it, but we might be all right now.
Soulalways: Fantastic result from my beloved Reds! We should not be down at the foot of the table because we have class players who can win games and trophies. The bad decisions of the past year have landed us in this mess, but we proved we can climb out of it after a great result at Sunderland. Going forward, we have nothing to fear – let’s get out there and beat the rest of the opposition home or away. We still love Nuno at West Ham and I hope they stay up and the spuds go down…that would be justice! COYR!