Here is another article by almajir, originally posted on his blog here. He has given us permission to re-publish here. For the second season in a row, Alex McLeish has opted not to start with his marquee signing striker in the first eleven, but to leave him on the bench. Read More
Colin Randal interviewed me for our up and coming match on Saturday. Originally posted on Salut! Sunderland and re-published here with Colin’s permission. We’re off. And who better to kick off the new season of Who Are You? questionnaires than Kevin Ball*? No. Their Kevin Ball, who lives amid the Read More
This is Nicole’s latest blog. Originally published here. We re-publish with full permission. With clubs like Portsmouth feeling the financial strain of over spending, Premier League clubs will be keen to avoid huge transfer fees by taking advantage of the loan scheme. Within the Premier League you can loan 2 Read More
Watching the World Cup it was interesting to see how the successful sides employed a variety of formations to get the best out of their players but very few relied on the traditional 4-4-2 formation. England’s reliance on this and their strategy of getting players to fit it made them Read More
As Bazza couldn’t get to the game yesterday, our friends at Singing the Blues have kindly said we could re-publish their match report, written by Richard Barker. The original publication can be found here. Dear Alex, Excuse the informality, but you call me Richard in your weekly emails to me, Read More
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