Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wigan vs Sunderland
Well I was spot on with Wigan last time around and I will back them again this game. Whilst admitting the handicap is a bit high because since on their good days I don’t think there is too much in it between these two sides. I still believe Wigan will be too strong at home for this Sunderland team.
Big surprise so far this season for Sunderland is that they seemed to be playing a lot better away from home. They don’t strike me as a good away team because they are a little short at the back and the forwards are not consistent so it has been a surprised that their only win so far has come away from home.
With all that being said don’t be fooled by the results. IMO they have been pretty poor so far and has clearly not got things going yet. This might be partly down to all the changes in the team and new players coming in.
The win against spurs might look impressive on paper but Spurs were very poor that game and sunderland won the game without playing very well.
Wigan I have been very impressed with so far, providing they can keep their key players healthy then JJB will be a very tough place to go. Football is direct and creative plus they have plenty of pace down the wings and a hard working front two. I don’t think sunderland deals with pace from wide too well and they certainly will struggle to deal with the physical presence of Heskey.
Lets not kid ourselves here by looking too much into their only away win and think they will come good again. If Sunderland was to avoid relegation this yr then much will be relied on their home form again and not away from it.
The only thing I am concern with is the unpredictable front two they now have in Diouf and Cisse. Those two on their days can be brilliant and its players like them that make the game unpredictable.
However morale is high right now and I expect Wigan to take this one
8 Unit -0.5 Wigan win @2.1 with bet365.com
Big surprise so far this season for Sunderland is that they seemed to be playing a lot better away from home. They don’t strike me as a good away team because they are a little short at the back and the forwards are not consistent so it has been a surprised that their only win so far has come away from home.
With all that being said don’t be fooled by the results. IMO they have been pretty poor so far and has clearly not got things going yet. This might be partly down to all the changes in the team and new players coming in.
The win against spurs might look impressive on paper but Spurs were very poor that game and sunderland won the game without playing very well.
Wigan I have been very impressed with so far, providing they can keep their key players healthy then JJB will be a very tough place to go. Football is direct and creative plus they have plenty of pace down the wings and a hard working front two. I don’t think sunderland deals with pace from wide too well and they certainly will struggle to deal with the physical presence of Heskey.
Lets not kid ourselves here by looking too much into their only away win and think they will come good again. If Sunderland was to avoid relegation this yr then much will be relied on their home form again and not away from it.
The only thing I am concern with is the unpredictable front two they now have in Diouf and Cisse. Those two on their days can be brilliant and its players like them that make the game unpredictable.
However morale is high right now and I expect Wigan to take this one
8 Unit -0.5 Wigan win @2.1 with bet365.com
# posted by jackson5 @ 1:04 PM 
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