Manchester City v SAFC Who are You?: ‘we have striker problems too!’

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Jake has ways of making them talk
Jake has ways of making them talk

Everyone is getting in on the Who are You? act. Football’s greatest ‘from the other side’ interview – yes, we would say that – has been conducted by deputy editor Malcolm Dawson and associate editor John McCormick in recent weeks. And now Sixer finds Tony Morehead*, lifelong Man City fan, to preview the New Year’s Day game at the Etihad. Any Salut! Sunderland reader with kith and kin who’d make great candidates should let us know. Meanwhile, let Tony explain the unexpected assertion that City have weaknesses up front …

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Manchester City vs SAFC Guess the Score: cricket score or awayday shocker?

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Jake: 'if Burnley can rattle them ...'
Jake: ‘if Burnley can rattle them …’

No one guessed SAFC 1-3 Hull. Plenty among us saw the potential for a traditional flop immediately following a derby win, but the common Guess the Score practice is to be, or appear, positive.

Drummer was chuffed to win the Aston Villa competition but would probably have gone happily without his prize mug in return for one of Connor Wickham’s shots being a little more, er, hard to save.

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Hutch’s Patch: the weak and tepid, strong and tigerish at Aston Villa

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Rob: sometimes a man of few words
Rob: sometimes a man of few words

First let M Salut, just back from a few days in France, salute deputy editor Malcolm Dawson and associate editor John McCormick, nobly assisted by Pete Sixsmith and Jake, for manfully keeping the ship of Salut! Sunderland afloat over Christmas. I wish I could now salute a couple of superb post-derby performances lifting us to heady mid-table heights. A glance at Rob Hutchison‘s one-word verdicts on the Sunderland players on duty at Villa Park rightly suggests a strong enough defensive display and very little else to shout about …

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Sixer’s Sevens from Villa Park: another draw for the nil all specialists

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NEWsevens copy This is the spot where you can find Pete Sixsmith’s (or an asterisked sub’s) seven word summation of the latest game. Sunderland had chances. Villa had chances. In the end it was all rather predictable.

Dec 28 Aston Villa (0) 0 SAFC (0) *Just couldn’t break down 10 man Villa

Jake says you are now entering a goal free zone
Jake says you are now entering a goal free zone

Dec 26 SAFC (1) 1 Hull City (1) 3 A good Christmas spoiled by awful performance.

Dec 21 NUFC (0) 0 SAFC (0) 1 Four in a row brings Christmas cheer

Dec 13 SAFC (1) 1 West Ham United (1) 1 One point better than none. Tight game

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A somewhat delayed Sixer’s Seven: SAFC 1 Hull City 3

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bugger!
Like that old man on The Fast Show “Bugger!” says Jake!
Malcolm Dawson writes……I was in Sixer’s seat today as he enjoyed corporate hospitality courtesy of his old mucker Peter Horan and daughter. His view of the game would have been no more satisfactory than mine was but at least he had roast beef before kick off and prawn sandwiches at half time. Can’t think it made the result any easier to stomach though. Apologies for the delay, we do try and get his instantaneous reaction but today M Salut was otherwise engaged and I am just home having stopped off at my brother’s on the way back. Well it is Christmas!

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Anyway – here was Pete’s post match reaction as texted to me when the full time whistle went.

Dec 26 SAFC (1) 1 Hull City (1) 3 A good Christmas spoiled by an awful performance.

Dec 21 NUFC (0) 0 SAFC (0) 1 Four in a row brings Christmas cheer

Dec 13 SAFC (1) 1 West Ham United (1) 1 One point better than none. Tight game

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