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title: "Sunderland: Fans slam Alex Pritchard display vs Lincoln City"
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author: "Emilio Galantini"
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published: "2021-10-06T09:15:09Z"
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# Sunderland: Fans slam Alex Pritchard display vs Lincoln City

**Flocking to Twitter, many Sunderland fans were less than impressed with midfielder Alex Pritchard following his display as The Black Cats ran out [2-1 winners against Lincoln City](https://www.sofascore.com/lincoln-city-sunderland/QsRb) on Tuesday evening.**

Lee Johnson’s side, looking to respond after Saturday’s disappointing [4-0 away defeat to Portsmouth](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58687806), began their defence of the Papa John’s Trophy in perfect fashion.

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February’s semi-final of the same competition last season saw Sunderland [beat Lincoln in a penalty shoot out](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/34652/12220106/sunderland-1-1-lincoln-5-3-on-penalties-grant-leadbitter-scores-winning-penalty-to-send-black-cats-to-wembley#:~:text=Sunderland%20reached%20the%20Papa%20John's,at%20the%20Stadium%20of%20Light.) to send them to the final – ultimately going on to win the trophy.

On Tuesday evening, they continued their recent run of form against The Imps with a 2-1 away victory – kicking off Group F with all three points.

Goals in either half from Daniel Neill and Stephen Wearne put Johnson’s men in cruise control before Lewis Montsma grabbed a late consolation strike in added time.

After what was a solid away performance, one man who certainly didn’t attract many plaudits was midfielder Pritchard as supporters pointed out his lacklustre display.

Losing possession 17 times on the night, the 28-year-old also didn’t manage any shots on target or successful completed dribbles ([SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/lincoln-city-sunderland/QsRb)) – leaving little wonder why many fans weren’t impressed.

Find all of their verdicts on the player from Twitter down below.

### Sunderland fans slam Pritchard…

***“Can someone tell Pritchard we are playing in yellow tonight.”***

Credit: [@bradsafc](https://twitter.com/bradsafc/status/1445469384818913287?s=21)

***“Pritchard stunk the place out”***

Credit: [@TommySheerin](https://twitter.com/tommysheerin/status/1445472196089032705?s=21)

***“sorry but harris deserves to stay on more than pritchard like, be woeful pritchy”***

Credit: [@safckeaton](https://twitter.com/safckeaton/status/1445472744271847425?s=21)

***“There’s nothing too him sadly he’s just very small and that’s about it doesn’t take anyone on”***

Credit: [@HirsteeSAFC](https://twitter.com/hirsteesafc/status/1445474183060750336?s=21)

***“He’s dreadful. Not even good enough for league 1.”***

Credit: [@SunlunAdam](https://twitter.com/sunlunadam/status/1445473451779579905?s=21)

***“Decent display from the lads tonight. Encouraged by Hume looking solid, and all the young lads putting a shift in. Dan Neil an absolute cut above everyone. Bit silly putting LO’N for the final few minutes, fingers crossed nowt serious (knock to back). Pritchard was poor.”***

Credit: [@AS90\_\_](https://twitter.com/as90____/status/1445474820351684616?s=21)

***“As positive as tonight has been, Pritchard has been absolutely dire. Hasn’t completed one forward pass and has had three shots that have all disturbed air traffic.”***

Credit:[@Joel\_Gradwell](https://twitter.com/joel_gradwell/status/1445473256400580610?s=21)

***“Pritchard the worst midfielder I have seen since Jeff Whitley”***

Credit: [@Rye\_Moran](https://twitter.com/rye_moran/status/1445479856335044608?s=21)