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Poyetry without rhyme from Southampton: where were the positives? Bravo the fans

October 19, 2014 by Colin Randall

Jake: 'Gus didn't feel it right to show his face here!' — Jake: ‘Gus didn’t feel it right to show his face here!’

Colin Randall writes: there should be no surprise that non one among Salut! Sunderland‘s hardy band of helpers found the enthusiasm to publish Gus Poyet’s post-match e-mail last night. What could the man possibly say to alleviate the gloom, soothe the embarrassment, kiss the wounds better? For me, it was a grim way to resume UK life after my return from France, twice as grim as last season, when I came home to a 4-0 thumping at Swansea on Poyet’s debut as head coach. At least the QPR game, caught on a fleeting visit, was close-fought. Yesterday, as I said at Facebook, seemed to have the makings of a decent day out: easy train journey from Waterloo, pints with Sixer and others at the excellent Platform Tavern opposite the IoW ferry terminal and leisurely stroll to the ground. What could go wrong? ..

Sixer’s Stoke City Soapbox: fair dinkum from the lads in red and white

October 6, 2014October 5, 2014 by Dean Cruddace

Malcolm Dawson writes…..Peter Sixsmith has concerns about his manservant Pardew. He let slip his feelings in a beer fuelled frenzy …

Pure Poyetry: making the calls against Mark Hughes’ s Stoke City

October 6, 2014October 4, 2014 by Dean Cruddace

Malcolm Dawson writes….in the games I’ve seen this season Sunderland have been consistent and on a par with the opposition. …

Pure Poyetry: no goals but a bright performance against the Swans

September 29, 2014September 27, 2014 by Dean Cruddace

Malcolm Dawson writes….it wasn’t a bad day. The match was OK for a nil-nil. Afterwards, Pete Sixsmith, Doug and my …

Pure Poyetry: ‘Stoke didn’t deserve to beat us,’ says the boss

September 24, 2014September 24, 2014 by Colin Randall

Jake captures the Bard, with thanks to Owen Lennox

Gus Poyet writes to Monsieur Salut after every game. It’s not the most exclusive of communications, going to thousands of other Sunderland fans, too. This is what he made of our exit from the Capital One Cup, robbing us of one of our chances of another trip to Wembley. Sixer’s Sevens spent the night with no access to the Comments section. This was not intentional – the site’s system was playing up, also preventing uploading of Jake’s images – but, as Salut! Sunderland’s deputy editor, Malcolm Dawson, said, this was perhaps no bad thing. Gus was more upbeat …

Pure Poyetry across the Pennine Way: faint praise for draw at Burnley

September 20, 2014September 20, 2014 by Colin Randall

John McCormick writes: This morning I was still hoping I’d get that phone call to tell me there was a spare ticket. I was ready for a last minute rush but I’d have got there. Was I lucky or not? Even our esteemed manager accepts it wasn’t the best game in this, the post match e-mail he sends to our equally esteemed editor and maybe one or two others …

Burnley vs Sunderland: Gus’s words, Jake’s image to stir the Lads

September 20, 2014 by Colin Randall

Jake: 'me, over-dramatic?' — Jake: ‘me, over-dramatic?’

The buildup is over. Go to https://safc.blog/2014/09/striking-out-for-victory-at-burnley/ if you ant t re-cap; it contains onward links to the prize Guess the Score and the Burnley “Who are You?”.

Sixer’s Tottenham Soapbox: resilience the key as Kane o.g. makes the point

September 15, 2014September 14, 2014 by Colin Randall

Those who were there will be able to say “I was there” and those who weren’t there will be able to say “I wish I’d been there” but no one will be able to say how we came away with a point. Except, perhaps, our own Pete Sixsmith, who eschewed the triumphalism of the last night of the Proms to bring us this report:

Pure Poyetry on SAFC’s draw with Tottenham: ‘excitement, effort, achievement’

September 13, 2014September 13, 2014 by Colin Randall

Gus Poyet saw it as an incredible game of football. Some of us felt it was an incredible escape! But let the boss speak before we do …

Wearied by the Borini saga, wondering whether we’re better off

September 2, 2014 by Colin Randall

We’ve gone three PL games without any forward scoring so it looks like the front line failings we’ve experienced for at least two seasons are destined to continue. Jozy will score one day but Fletch looks like he’s playing the wrong system and Wickham’s playing the wrong position.