Hmm. Actually, many of them (including Bardsley) are either free agents at the end of the season or loan players.
Is Martin Tyler watching this live? It's like he has no emotion. "Oh, it's gone in...a deflection I think."
At the time Johnson entered (53rd), Sunderland forwards had 2 shots (none on target), 6 TOs, 4 FKs won, 1 dribble, 1 win in the air. Shots taken by the back five and the two DMs = 9 (5 from well outside the area).
I don't know if it's this level or this team. I really wish he hadn't left Brighton; I'm very curious as to how he would have done with them in the Premier League.
Has anyone seen this Poyet quote before: "My teams will care about the ball. We will pass it more or pass it less depending on the players and the game and the position on the table. But they will care about the ball. The ball is priceless. I like to say I want the ball to be happy with us. If the ball talks he will say, ‘OK, I want to be with that side.’"
There's Adam J on, West Ham's second goal. Now we can wait until 60 for Jozy. Maybe he can at least knock one in...
Put it this way: tonight, for a must-win home game, he decided not only to pre-promise a start to a 20 yo forward with one goal in 35 EPL games, but also that their formation just did not allow enough shots and time on the ball for his defenders and defensive midfielders. Because that was the problem. Or something. It is baffling.
66': Sunderland 1-2 West Ham, Johnson with a shot from the right side of the penalty area to the top left corner.