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THE SUNDERLAND COMPLIMENT THAT IS BECOMING A REGULAR OCCURRENCE
The quality of Aiden McGeady’s delivery is little secret, and was again reinforced by his superb cross that led to Charlie Wyke opening the scoring.
But teams are becoming savvy to the threat posed by Sunderland set-pieces – particularly when you factor in the likes of Power and Jordan Jones can also deliver enticing corners.
So as was the case with Charlton Athletic on Saturday, Wigan sent every player back to defend visiting corners during the early stages of the game.
It’s a compliment to Sunderland and their set piece takers in many regards, but it’s certainly making it difficult for the Black Cats to fashion any real chances from corners and free-kicks.
Indeed, the only set piece that led to anything meaningful was one which was played short by Jones to McGeady in the first-half, with the latter then forcing the home stopper into a good save.
Similar invention may be required moving forward if teams are to keep defending in numbers against corners.
There was plenty of focus placed on Sunderland’s defensive lapses at Wigan, and rightly so after they conceded two soft goals for the second game in quick succession.
But equally concerning should be the lack of a cutting edge at the other end.
The Black Cats registered just two shots on target during the whole game, and – despite making a host of attacking changes and seeing plenty of the ball after falling behind – failed to register an attempt on goal during the second period.
Goals win games, and while the Wearsiders weren’t good enough in their own box so too did they lack the necessary quality in the opposition box.
While Hull and Peterborough continue to put teams to the sword, Sunderland are finding goals somewhat hard to come by. Indeed, they have only scored more than two goals in a league game once in their last 12 games.
In contract, Hull have scored more than two goals on five occasions over their last twelve games.
That should be a concern for Lee Johnson, who may now also be re-evaluating Sunderland’s Plan B given the tactical and personnel changes deployed at the DW Stadium did not have the desired effect.
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/spor...7vWxo40KJKYiFUsDY_evkaRpOq8Jy6ITBcaDCK6tXANB0
The quality of Aiden McGeady’s delivery is little secret, and was again reinforced by his superb cross that led to Charlie Wyke opening the scoring.
But teams are becoming savvy to the threat posed by Sunderland set-pieces – particularly when you factor in the likes of Power and Jordan Jones can also deliver enticing corners.
So as was the case with Charlton Athletic on Saturday, Wigan sent every player back to defend visiting corners during the early stages of the game.
It’s a compliment to Sunderland and their set piece takers in many regards, but it’s certainly making it difficult for the Black Cats to fashion any real chances from corners and free-kicks.
Indeed, the only set piece that led to anything meaningful was one which was played short by Jones to McGeady in the first-half, with the latter then forcing the home stopper into a good save.
Similar invention may be required moving forward if teams are to keep defending in numbers against corners.
There was plenty of focus placed on Sunderland’s defensive lapses at Wigan, and rightly so after they conceded two soft goals for the second game in quick succession.
But equally concerning should be the lack of a cutting edge at the other end.
The Black Cats registered just two shots on target during the whole game, and – despite making a host of attacking changes and seeing plenty of the ball after falling behind – failed to register an attempt on goal during the second period.
Goals win games, and while the Wearsiders weren’t good enough in their own box so too did they lack the necessary quality in the opposition box.
While Hull and Peterborough continue to put teams to the sword, Sunderland are finding goals somewhat hard to come by. Indeed, they have only scored more than two goals in a league game once in their last 12 games.
In contract, Hull have scored more than two goals on five occasions over their last twelve games.
That should be a concern for Lee Johnson, who may now also be re-evaluating Sunderland’s Plan B given the tactical and personnel changes deployed at the DW Stadium did not have the desired effect.
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/spor...7vWxo40KJKYiFUsDY_evkaRpOq8Jy6ITBcaDCK6tXANB0
