In a special fantasy edition of Martin’s Musings, the manager gives early news of his plans for beating Manchester United to end a dismal run …
Sixer’s Sevens: Fulham 2 SAFC 1
An early afternoon kick off and the hope that a good result today would secure the club’s status as a top ten side saw Pete Sixsmith on the road at 4.30 am. With neither side having to worry about honours or relegation this was a game that perhaps would give an indication of the manager’s thinking regarding who would and would not be part of the side’s make up next season. With Ji Dong Won starting and Bentdner on the bench, no sign of Craig Gordon or Kyrgiakos and no action for Bridge, Meyler and Elmohamady it could be that we are in for wholesale changes. The MON effect has, it seems, worn off and if Swansea avoid defeat a top ten finish may be beyond the side.
Sixer conquers Scotland with starring role at East Fife, club with a heart
Pete Sixsmith is en route to Craven Cottage but will do anything to avoid FA Cup Final day. At least this example of his Maytime rambles had its own special rationale …
Salut! Sunderland’s Week: the best of enemies – Newcastle and their sharper Cissé
The Mediterranean sun must be getting to Monsieur Salut. Readers of a sensitive disposition may wish to avert their eyes …
Jody Craddock: is Wolves, was Sunderland, gets all our support
How much can a parent take? You’d think Jody Craddock and his wife Shelley had taken enough when their baby son died while Jody was a Sunderland player. Now another of their children, Toby, just two-and-a-half years old, has been diagnosed as suffering from lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Guess the Score at Fulham: would only a mug try?
We must live in hope that the Lads have all got their hols sorted, tickets filed away into a safe drawer and lasses purring at the thought of Dubai or Denbigh. Then they can concentrate on winning … it would be a nice feeling for us, albeit one they’ve hardly accustomed us to of late …
Sixer’s Sentiments: breakfast with the rich boys (like Keano and Bruce)
The rich man in his castle (Chateau Keane, Chateau Bruce?), Pete Sixsmith at his gate …
Fulham-SAFC Who are You?: (2) Monty made me a 5-1 winner
A familiar problem descended this week: a game just days away and no one to do the Who are You? No sooner had I started wondering how to fill the gap than not one but two came forward with a Monty-style double save. Roger Meloy, a visitor here last season, came up trumps again with answers from actross the Atlantic, including a memory long enough to recall a canny bet on Sunderland in 1973 …
French Fancies: allez Dijon as we recall Carteron’s goal vs Newcastle
Most attention in French football, providing welcome distraction from the elections, focuses today on the Premier-style movement at the top, where moneybags Paris Saint-Germain are again threatening to tear up the fairytale script that would have Montpellier as champions. And once-mighty Marseille’s first Ligue 1 win in centuries, Loic Remy grabbing the only goal at home to far-from-mighty Nancy.
I prefer to look forward to tonight’s game and hope for a Dijon victory over Auxerre.
STOP PRESS. Beaten two nil …