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Keano’s Learning Curve
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The transfer market has not been kind to Roy Keane in his first time having a go at the Premiership. The players he’s most wanted (Nugent, Baines, Gordon) have rejected his advances, and with due respect to Keiran Richardson the players he’s gotten are either unproven at the highest level (Etuhu) or unpopular with [...]
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Transfer Tidbits and Rumors
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•Graham Kavanagh, who has not traveled with the team to either their training camp in Portugal, or the current Irish tour, looks to be on the way out of the Stadium of Light. With a well-stocked midfield, including new signings Etuhu and Richardson, in front of him, Keane is intimating that the Irishman may [...]
Category: Team NewsTough Win in Dublin
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The Black Cats yesterday won the opening match of their Irish tour, 1-0 over Bohemians FC, though it was never an easy task. Stern John headed in the only goal of the contest off a cross from Ross Wallace on 78 minutes. John scored after being on the pitch for 5 minutes, having [...]
Category: Team NewsHysen to Hie Himself Homeward
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Sunderland Swede Tobias Hysen misses his girlfriend, and wants to go home. Keano said today that he’d spoken with the winger, who was one of Niall Quinn’s first acquisitions as SAFC Chairman and scored 4 goals last season, and the youngster is just plain homesick.
So while the rest of the team goes to Portugal [...]
Category: Team NewsNo Baines, No Gain?
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Wigan Athletic are reporting that young defender Leighton Baines will not be leaving for the Stadium of Light, despite an agreed upon fee thought to be between £6m and £8m. Add Baines to the short list of players (Nugent) who have not succumbed to the allure of playing for Roy Keane. Baines, who [...]
Category: Team NewsNew Kit
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Dean Whitehead shows off the sharp new 3rd/alternate kit the boys will be wearing this season. They’ll unveil it on the final day of their Irish tour later this month, against Galway United.
According to the team’s website, this is the first time three new strips will be introduced in the same year; [...]
Category: Team NewsGreetings, Mackems!
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My name is Lucas, and I am a Sunderland supporter. I live in Portland, Oregon, and I am still a relative newcomer to The Beautiful Game (please don’t hate me if I call it soccer, which I will do more often than not). Here’s how I ended up writing in this space (for [...]
Category: Team NewsBlack Cats have a fighting chance
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So I have been without internet for the past month, I moved into a new apartment and everything is now nice and dandy. Anyways lets get past that and get on with the new and very exciting news and the new players we have now.
-First off lets start with our pre-season friendly agaisnt Darlington, Greg [...]
Category: Team NewsWrite for the Sunderland Offside
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Do you have a passion for Sunderland football? Do you like to write and to share your opinions? Are you fired up for the 2007-2008 season? We’re looking for someone to captain this blog. This is not a paid position, but you will be rewarded with an admiring worldwide audience that [...]
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