Niall Quinn
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Wow.
They've got to do something radical and something different now.
And you know the fans would respond better to a more direct approach.
And poor Jermaine Defoe, he'd like it as well, because I'm sure he'd like to think that he has a better chance of playing if there's somebody up there alongside him, if they can turn it around.
I just don't think they're confident enough to play this passing game that David Moyes wants them to play.
So why does he stick with it when it's bearing no fruit whatsoever?
He's hoping that if they get one result, it'll spark something that will just move it along to a better place and they'll all feel happier with their lot.
A curious instance in my mind, the penalty was scored, Defoe celebrated, Watmore went over and tapped him, but they went back to the halfway line sheepishly, the other players went back sheepishly.
I'm looking for leadership then, I'm looking for people getting the crowd going, I'm looking for the two centre-halves to go, right, you lot, you're winning every ball, we're pressing on to get the winner here.
What happens?
Giroud comes on the pitch and the game is over because there is no leadership, there is nothing there in that team to suggest they can play the type of football that David Moyes wants.
And in this kind of situation, you need fight.
Well, Ndong did really well.
He's took that ball out of the box.
He's knocked one over the top.
The fact that Sunderland don't water the pitch really helped there because it meant, you know, Mustafi looked odds on favour to get it, but Watmore got it because of the spin on the ball.
Then he's managed to take it around the goalkeeper and he does well, actually, to get the contact and get the penalty.
And this was it.
They started to believe, as you said, the Sunderland fans, Jermaine, Ice Cool... Kev would have studied this.
Yes, he probably did, and he waited for the goalkeeper to make that commitment, so it was a really good moment, because it's difficult.