Yes, another Blackburn Match Recap

By: Stephen | February 5th, 2009

Teams:

Sunderland: Gordon; Kay, Ferdinand, Collins, McCartney; Edwards, Leadbitter, Reid, Malbranque; Murphy, Healy. Subs: Colgan, Bardsley, Whitehead, Richardson, Yorke, Colback, Luscombe.

Blackburn: Robinson; Simpson, Nelson, Givet, Khizanishvili; Treacy, Mokoena, Dunn, Villanueva; Santa Cruz, Roberts. Subs: Bunn, Ooijer, Tugay, McCarthy, Pedersen, Olsson, Doran.

Referee: Phil Dowd.

Well, that’s all I want to say about the match, but I’ll go on. We lost 2-1 because Benni McCarthy has a good foot. Well, that and he was facing a keeper who has been out on injury for a bit. Never a good sign.

What Ricky said after the match: “”But we didn’t put away our chances and then we switched off. We shouldn’t have given a free-kick away and then we switched off when it was taken.

“We really need to be able to see games out, we’re not doing it. At 1-0, we should take control of the game and dictate it better but Blackburn came back.

“On too many occasions we’ve gone one up and not seen the game out, it’s disappointing.”

The only goal for us came: 7 mins: Goal Blackburn 0 Sunderland 1 Murphy’s left-foot shot is deflected into the path of Healy and he finishes well into the corner, it’s a great strike.

Ok, so lets hope this can be the last time we see Blackburn? (looking at the fixtures, it is) I’m sick of writing about them. I’d rather write a recap on Notts County or Wimbledon than the freaking Rovers. Not to get into some smack talk but, I just don’t see their relevance to the league. They really haven’t done anything since winning the league in the 90’s.