Sunderland v Burton

Burton Albion Preview (Virtual)

No Football……. No Problem……

…..SAFCBlog will just make it up! Whilst Match Previews and Reviews are now Virtual, they are powered by the SAFCBlog Super Computer – so are officially 100% accurate. Since stopping playing, Sunderland have been playing well! 6 consecutive wins and just 1 goal conceded, Coventry and Portsmouth have imploded, which is a real shame.

Programmed properly by experts, computers are very clever….. you just need an expert to enter the correct algorithms…..

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Gone for a Burton….

We’ve played Burton 5 times previously, after winning our first meeting, our record isn’t good….

25.11.17….

2-0 win. A terrible game between 2 terrible teams, it soon became clear Coleman didn’t have a fucking clue….

21.04.18…. A bit like taking a knackered dog to the vets, this felt like, one last act of kindness, as 2 late goals from Bent and Boyce condemned us to the 3rd tier, (oh well, we’ll come straight back up……..)

15.09.18….. unbeaten in our first 7 games, we never really turned up. Despite a wonder goal from Maguire, we got what we deserved…..

We didn’t play well, we deserved to lose

09.04.19…. after 2 wins on the road, Burton and Coventry at home in the space of 5 days. Surely we are home and dry now? A draw was a fair result, Burton looked decent, so much so that SAFCBlog subsequently tipped then for promotion this season.

Another bloody 1-1…… Still fear not, I reckon we’ll put 4 past Coventry on Saturday!?

26.11.19…..we only lost at home once last season, we’ve only lost at home once this season. We played well for 45 minutes, it became clear after 65 minutes that we were absolutely fucked…. some media outlets reported it was the biggest humping by Burton since Richard had a go on Liz Taylor…

1-2, we were fat not fit? The King got himself sorted, McGeady was moved on….. 2 massive moments in our improvement under Parkinson

Tough game then?

It certainly is, I expected Burton to go up this season, for whatever reason they don’t seem to have got going? The willingness to sell a proven goalscorer in Liam Boyce for relative peanuts, (although not cheap enough for us to buy), perhaps speaks volumes for their ambition, (or lack of?)

On Monday we would have welcomed the son of arguably the greatest manager ever in Darren Ferguson. Bizarrely 5 days later we meet with the son of the other contender to this accolade…..

Pre match beers

Burton is a great place for a session. The fact they don’t really have any fans also means it’s guaranteed a hassle free day in terms of where you can and can’t drink……