John McCormick writes: I woke up this morning feeling fine and decided that, as Pete Sixsmith had introduced a musical theme with Roy Harper, I should continue it. I hope the title and my opening make him and our other Pete (the Wrinkly one) happy together, not to mention our readers. Which begs two questions*,
“Is happiness sweeping this club of ours, or is it too soon to know?”
We do know things can only get better and it looks like it’s getting better all the time, although there will be those who say it’s early days and there’s nothing to get hung about.
Pete Sixsmith’s report, which I think can be summarised as Good Day, Sunshine, says more or less the same, only he does it better, which is no surprise as nobody does it better.
I last saw Sunderland play in February, at the Macron, when we lost 1-0 in a dire and dreary game. Things have changed since then, not least the playing squad. In fact, in my three previous games I’d seen twenty-eight players starting, and the Charlton game was to add another eight. The only three I’d seen previously were Love, against Watford in December 2016, Matthews, at Preston almost a year ago, and Honeyman, whom I’d seen alongside Matthews and again at Bolton.
