Stuff. Rumors. Items. Sheep.

By: Lucas | February 15th, 2008

Some items and rumors to keep you busy while you wait another week for the next Sunderland match. You could also kill time by helping police find these dastardly hooligans.

Rumor has it Roy Keane is interested in US int’l midfielder Michael Bradley (whom the Mirror values at £3m). Bradley, son of US manager Bob Bradley, is currently in double plus good form for Dutch club Heerenveen, having scored 8 goals in the past 8 games. His coach at Heerenveen is cautious, but says, “He is ready though for the step to a top club. Bradley has a great mentality; he will always make it… I am almost certain that he will make it elsewhere.”
(English fans may also get a chance to see Bradley wearing the USA kit if this rumor is true, that the US will play England in a friendly at Wembley on June 28.)
Kieran Richardson is back in full training, and with an extra week between games he may be fit for the trip to Portsmouth Feb 23. Keano is adamant though that he’s not going to repeat his mistake from Anfield and rush Kieran back if he is not entirely ready. Also taking advantage of the extra week, Grant Leadbitter, Danny Higginbotham and new arrival Andy Reid continue to work off their respective injuries. Leadbitter and Reid saw action as subs during last weekend’s win over Wigan, and Higgs is nearly back from his broken toe.
Keane has sent the players to the Lakes District for more team morale/bonding type stuff. This day of “quad-biking, clay pigeon shooting [and] sheep-penning” is reminiscent of last September’s boot camp, and joins other team building days which have included white-water rafting, paint-balling, go-karting and mountain biking.
Turning to the kiddos, Sunderland youths defeated Liverpool to move into the quarterfinals of the FA Youth Cup. Martyn Waghorn, 18, who has gotten a couple run-outs with the first team under Roy Keane, scored 2 goals in the 5-3 extra time affair.