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It really does feel like we've shot our bolt this season. Paper thing squad in crucial areas, just devoid of confidence and looking mentally and physically drained. All reliant on players like Broadhead and O'Nien returning and we may manage to scrape enough points to sneak back in.

We haven't won in 10 but at least it's the sort of fixture we get battered in this season next. Really the sort of game that will get the confidence just pumping as we slip away from the playoffs and can't buy a win.

The players look like they've got nothing left in the tank and already the new manager is wondering what has been going on the last 6 months. We need to find a result from somewhere or else we're in danger of freefalling out of the play-offs. Off the pitch it's been confirmed the new owner...

After losing to Doncaster who couldn't buy a win, we've lost to Cheltenham who couldn't buy a win. Who is next on the schedule? Wimbledon? Well at least their form is goo- oh. Oh no.

I have a feeling this news will cause a revolt among some of our support who had their heart dead set on Keane. To be honest the fact we haven't appointed anyone yet is wild. I suspect the "ownership group" expected us to just rock up and beat Doncaster and Cheltenham and probably Wimbledon at...

It's hard to say whether it will work out this time, last time he joined he signed half a dozen players on deadline day who were all important for us in getting promoted. This time he's playing with the squad that has already been chosen for him by a sporting director. Judging by interviews he...

He has been mentioned although so has essentially everyone else past and present in the world of football league level football. There's still a long old way to go and our own implosions in the past show anything at the sharp end of the league can happen but I feel whoever does come in will be...

After arguably the worst result in the club's history at the weekend things are beginning to look slightly up again. Defoe is back which is nice, he'll probably only play a handful of minutes between now and April but it's nice to have him. Johnson is gone, he wasn't a a bad manager like we've...

It's at least somewhat comforting to know it isn't just at us that things have been noticeably deteriorating. Think the Bolton game was as bad as I've seen it - granted I had a ticket in with the 'point at opposition fans all game' crew but there must have been 10 Sunderland fans in that...

Our Sporting Director released a statement before the Wycombe game saying that we "would not compromise the integrity of the competition" by calling off the game due to covid cases. As a result we called back a few of the loans (which i think may be an EFL directive) and put some kids on the...

Our pitch has been noticeably deteriorating for a while now. One of many lacklustre things going on behind the scenes. When the new owner joined there was talks of a £500,000 pitch improvement - which I hope this isn't it. In similar news I reckon if you asked Chris Maguire before the game to...

We've basically recalled everyone who was out on loan for the game tomorrow as COVID has hit. God knows what team we'll play. Bit of a gamble considering we can surely just get the game postponed.

Looking at other clubs Charlton got 1,010 so that might be your lot. We play them away on the last game of the season so I've been curious to see where I stand in regard on getting a ticket. Could be a mad dash or another damp squib like Southend away a couple of season ago.

Probably winning the Pizza Cup as sad as that sounds. Even though in reality we did narrowly beat a League Two team in possibly the worst competition the club has ever won, even below the Albufeira Cup. It was a cathartic moment for a fanbase at that point not seen a Sunderland win at Wembley in...

There's a good article on the Plymouth fans who travelled: https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/sunderland-vs-plymouth-argyle-what-learned-pilgrims-english-football-longest-away-trip-1350233 Obviously the sort of trip we can sympathise with, also being located in the arse end of nowhere.

Peterborough away tomorrow. If we can get through Ipswich away, Portsmouth at home and Peterborough away unbeaten that sets us up nicely... as long as we beat the teams lower down which was the problem last season. Maddison is bound to score due to some sort of narrative reason beyond anyone's...

Giant killing tonight for us, nice to see Grigg and Dobson on the scoresheet. But a much changed Burnley looked poor against a much changed Sunderland. A lovely trip to Bramall Lane the reward. Portsmouth v Southampton bloody hell

Been given 3,858 tickets for Peterborough on Saturday, not sure it's too close to selling out. Communication on tickets front has been very poor this season.

Coventry resurgence in 3rd place, it's 1977 all over again. Ours makes sense. Mags, Boro and Leeds are the evergreens of our lists due to geographical reasons so I suppose the remaining 2 will be whoever fans generally dislike at the time in whatever division we're in. The 11% of Sunderland...

Of the general matchday squad this season, 1 less since Honeyman left: Denver Hume - from the Northumberland coast and beeen at the club since he was 10 Lynden Gooch - Lived in Sunderland a little while now since coming to the club at 15/16, grew up in California so his accent is a bizarre...