A Look At Sunderland’s Managerial Candidate Dick Advocaat

I’ve known about Dick Advocaat since 1994, when he managed the Netherlands at the World Cup in the US. But it wasn’t until 1998 when the Dutch coach joined Rangers, did I get to see him and his managerial skills up close. Now in 2015, Advocaat seems favourite to land the Sunderland job, at least […]

Time For Sunderland To Back Or Sack Poyet!

Sunderland’s manager Gus Poyet seems to be clinging on to his job at the moment, as his team slide down the table. To be honest I could have written that same opening sentence a year ago. The truth is so far after two games in March 2015, Sunderland have picked up the same amount of […]

Steven Fletcher Needs To Keep Up The Momentum

It looked as though the weight of the world had been lifted off of Steven Fletcher’s shoulders when he nodded home a Jordi Gomez cross on the twenty-third minute mark against Stoke City this past Saturday. That was the Scotsman’s first strike this calendar year and it ended the strikers personal thirteen game goal drought! […]

Five EPL Players That Need To Step It Up In 2014/15

As each season ends, certain players will feel they could have done more or fans will look at them and think they under performed this season. The good thing about football is that the close season is pretty short and that players can look forward to a new campaign and see it as a chance […]

Sunderland Survival Would Be Greatest Escape

Jose Mourinho and Chelsea will probably take most of the headlines today, as Chelsea worked on a game plan and succeed in derailing Liverpool’s immediate title party plans. But another man well associated with Chelsea will wake up this morning with a huge grin on his face. That man will be Sunderland boss Gus Poyet. […]