Thursday, June 24, 2010

Sunderland 0 Fulham 0: match report

By Rob Stewart at Stadium of Light Published: 8:00AM GMT 01 March 2010

Premier League action: in pictures Words for the wise: Fulham physical education instructor Roy Hodgson and Sunderland reflection Steve Bruce at the Stadium of Light Photo: GETTY IMAGES

After his clubs run but a Premier League win was lengthened to fourteen games in this lifeless affair, Bruce lamented his players shortcomings but insisted he is in conclusion to censure for the slip in to relegation trouble.

Bruce spoke of his charges not "handling the round well enough" and "resorting to lumping it up the pitch" and questioned their capability to "handle the expectancy of personification here" prior to putting himself in the banishment line.

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"Youre paid to hoop these situations and at the impulse weve got as well most not personification well enough," Bruce said.

"But I am the physical education instructor and the sire stops with me. I have brought five or 6 of them currently to the bar and the my pursuit to strengthen them if I can that I will.

"Of march the my shortcoming and it hasnt been easy. But the one thing Im not going to do is bashful afar from it. The usually thing thats left for me to do is to hang with it. Ive been decent at the pursuit in the past and Im assured Im still right to do it."

It is right away 100 days given Sunderland last kick top-flight antithesis and judging by this confront it could be a lot longer prior to they applaud Premier League success again.

The clarity of deja-vu was strenuous as Bruces group began with copiousness of propensity but once Fulham took the sting out of their opponents, they lacked the deception to clear a counterclaim in that Breda Hangeland excelled.

The gist of Sunderlands stream sadness is a miss of midfield skill with Danny Murphy head and shoulders on top of the warlike Lorik Cana and Lee Cattermole.

A ongoing miss of certainty is additionally opposition Sunderland with usually surrogate Bolo Zenden looming to unblushing by the slump.

Sunderland fans vented their spleen on the last alarm by booing after fast 90 mins when Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer was never indeed tested a ban complaint of the home sides failings.

Fulham physical education instructor Roy Hodgson added: "I feared for this diversion since Sunderland are really clever at home and since we got behind in the early hours of Friday. If ever a diversion was going to take the fee I thought this would be it but my players astounded me.

"This additional point takes us to 38 and equates to you dont have the Sword of Damocles unresolved over you where youre regularly disturbed that if you cant wed the joining with the crater foe and that one will scupper you. We can be pretty assured well have an additional year in the Premier League."

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