Lee Cattermole

Rob’s one word Villa summary: Point taken

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Rob: one word will suffice.
Rob: one word will suffice.

John McCormick writes: I thought a becoming-good (bar one) midfield won us a point yesterday but I didn’t see it live and I didn’t see the full game. I’ll have to wait, therefore, for more considered opinions before I have the full picture. Here’s the first of them, from Rob Hutchison who, as usual, needs only a word to get his message across

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Leicester City Who are You?: ‘I like Catts but you’re doomed with Norwich and Bournemouth’

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Sometimes, Who are You? interviewees bend over backwards to please, offering upbeat predictions for Sunderland’s season that even we wouldn’t share. Not Ben Jacobs*, another of Monsieur Salut’s ESPN FC colleagues but also a busy sports broadcaster and journalist in the Middle East. A passionate Leicester supporter, and first in the WAY hot seat for the new Premier season, he makes due apology, but forecasts an end to our top-flight stay. What’s worrying is that he comes across – with fascinating views on football cheats, Qatar as 2022 World Cup hosts and Foxes management issues – as knowledgeable!…

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Jake: check out last season’s Who are You? stars at https://safc.blog/category/who-are-you-2014-2015/

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Lee Cattermole and Liverpool’s Sebastian Coates: two cracking signatures for Advocaat

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Jake: 'when he keeps his head, he's a class act'
Jake: ‘when he keeps his head, he’s a class act’

For Metro, it was the signing of the summer, or at least Dick Advocaat’s summer.

Then you look to see which foreign star has been lured to the Stadium of Light and realise they meant the new six-year contract for Lee Cattermole. To be fair, the Metro piece was one of its club-by-club blog postings and the writer, Gary Johnson, is one of us.

And he is right. The close-season progress may seem leisurely, but it is progress. Tying Cattermole to Sunderland until 2021 is a good move. It means that even if Roy Hodgson suddenly woke up and did what he’d have done already, if only Catts played in London or the North West, our tenacious midfielder would be a very valuable asset should another club come sniffing.

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