There may be no Soapbox report of the Manchester City match. Pete Sixsmith’s internet has been playing up and Salut! Sunderland‘s deputy editor, Malcolm Dawson, is sorting out car problems. Malcolm was encouraged by what he saw but feels there is too much to do in the remainong 14 games to ward off the threat of relegation.
Meanwhile Rob Hutchison, our master of the one-word, one-score ratings, is purring in defeat. ‘Best performance of the season with no cigar,’ he says. ‘New signings look just the part. With that XI we’ll be fine wherever we are next season’ …
Vito 6 safe
Jones 5 quiet
JOS 7 leader
Kone 8 beast
Pva 7 sharp
Kirchhoff 9 tremendous
Catts 6 patchy
Lens 6 frustrating
Borini 6 workaholic
M’Vila 7 improved
Defoe 7 unfortunate
Substitutes:
Khazri 7 prospect
Johnson 5 impactless
N’doye 5 insufficient
And finally …
Big Sam 8 tactician
If anyone’s interested my ignition keeps cutting out. The garage said I could have a courtesy car but when they went to fetch it the same thing happened to that one. Both cars less than a year old. Hopefully fixed tomorrow.
Bald Eagle says we have a new KING , KING KONE
Good Team effort can we do it.