Colin Randall

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Wrinkly Pete’s Crystal Ball: the glass has finally shattered

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Peter Lynn, aka Wrinkly Pete

Monsieur Salut writes: in public comments and – seen by me – private ones, Niall Quinn has been eloquent and even moving about the end of a dream he was such a magnificent part of creating for and onwards from the 2006-2007 season, having of course been a wonderful player for us, too. Our resident Wrinkly, Peter Lynn, had held out some sort of hope to the bitter end. He accepted the inevitable after the tame defeat at Boro and saw his worst fears finally confirmed on Saturday … this is the updated and closing edition of his once-optimistic peering into the future. The crystal ball lied to him … you can see a full version, which laso includes some updates on the original, of how he once (wishfully) saw it at this link

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Moyes on the boys v Bournemouth: “…nobody is going to talk about the performance*”

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Moyes on the boys

John McCormick writes: To read the above in our manager’s post-match missive* you might think we went down 5-6 to Bayern Munich or Real Madrid after storming their barricades for 90 minutes.

The truth is somewhat different as we once again failed to score or keep a clean sheet against mediocre opposition.

At least he gets it right about the fans:

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Sixer’s Sevens: SAFC 0-1 Bournemouth. Dead and buried. That’s official

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Jake: ‘after a lengthy flirtation and courtship, the relationship is finally consummated.’

Pete Sixsmith today witnessed his ninth relegation. He and Monsieur Salut were both around for the one before that, Sunderland’s first, but just too young to have formed their lifelong allegiance, one that – promotions and an FA Cup win apart – has been a largely unrequited love. Come back for more – Sixer’s immediate verdict appears below but will write more fully and, as most readers know, is eloquent win, lose or draw. As for the game, we created a lot of chances but never really looked like taking them while Bournemouth were more composed throughout …

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‘Game plan, you’re assuming David Moyes has one?’: Sixer to Bournemouth fansite

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Steve Menary, a Bournemouth ‘Who are You?’ interviewee last season, asked if we could reciprocate by answering a few questions for his Tales from the South End site. Pete Sixsmith was pressganged into service …

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Wrinkly Pete’s Crystal Ball: Middlesbrough suddenly make the screen look clearer

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Peter Lynn, aka Wrinkly Pete

So has our Wrinkly one, who also answers to Peter Lynn, finally seen the light staring back at him from his imaginary crystal ball?. We regret to say he has. Scroll down for the updated predictions and his thoughts on a grand evening out to Middlesbrough. Well, the company was good, not to mention fish and chips at Wetherby and slices of Mrs Wrinkly Pete’s cake …

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SAFC vs Bournemouth Guess the Score, not that it matters much any more

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Ah but there is a prize and it aids the Bradley Lowery campaign. Read on …


This is a deliberately brief edition of Guess the Score. It will receive the same sort of effort the players put into most games.

A prize will be awarded to the first reader who correctly predicts the `result of Sunderland vs Bournemouth. The choice will again be between a mini-version of the Nick Barnes Matchbook or a suitable mug designed in accordance with your allegiance. In other words, Bournemouth fans can enter, too.

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Moyes on the Boys after Middlesbrough: another slap in the face for the manager

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Moyes on the boys

Malcolm Dawson writes….Pete Sixsmith is the most resilient of the Salut! Sunderland regulars. While M Salut was tied up entertaining long distance relatives, John McCormick was fighting his own relegation battle in the Merseyside Chess League or whatever and I was occupied in my post retirement part time career opportunity in Lytham St Annes, Pete was at the Riverside suffering ……again! His seven word summation suggests that he and our manager differ in their opinions as to how tonight’s match went if this post match e-mail is anything to go by…

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Sixer’s Sevens: Middlesbrough 1-0 SAFC. Even Benno lost for words

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Jake: ‘Boro have won five games all season, two of them against us – ’nuff said’

Pete Sixsmith will have more to say, here and standing in for Monsieur Salut at ESPNFC, but this is his immediate post-match verdict on another wretched defeat, once again when facing fairly poor opposition. Some folk were clinging to the straw of a possible West Ham demotion after today’s HMRC raids. They won’t be now. I am told Gary Bennett had this to say on radio: ‘I tell you what… no, I can’t tell you anything. I’ve got nothing to say’. Sixer thought we deserved a point from as dismal a game as you’ll encounter. As Jake said in his caption above, ’nuff said’ …

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