Awful day, not a wonderful match but Martin O’Neill was rightly happy to see his team adapt better to the conditions and come away with three more invaluable points (see also Sixer’s Sevens) …
Martin O’Neill
Forget Man City and United: guess who is really top of the league
Click on the image of the Premier League table, or scroll down, for a better look and you’ll see what I mean.
Martin’s Musings on Norwich: ‘worthy, pleasing winners’
Martin O’Neill won’t preside over many easier wins than this. It was as if we were able to raise our game at will, scoring when we wanted and under little or no threat. And now we’re eighth top. The manager’s post-match e-mail reflects the convincing nature of another important victory …
Martin’s Musings on Boro: ‘brilliant McClean, cool Campbell keep us in it’
Martin O’Neill maintained his unbeaten home record at the Stadium of Light with the heartening goal from Fraizer Campbell, just back from long-term injury securing the draw. We now have to go the Boro and win to earn another home tie, against Arsenal, in the 5th round – and Martin’s post-match missive recognised that the main plus from a moderate display was that we were still in the hat …
Martin O’Neill is no mug, but his mug’s on ours
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Martin’s Musings on Swansea: ‘nervy and leggy’ but great goals sealed it
Martin O’Neill couldn’t possibly comment on such theories but is this not a game we would have lost or drawn up to the end of November? Early lead, immediate surrender of overall possession, sitting back deep, poor distribution – all the usual elements. MON’s e-mail salutes an entirely different outcome …
Bruce, bitterness and moving on
A penny for Steve Bruce’s thoughts? Given the probable size of our former manager’s pay-off, and the likelihood that discretion on his part was one of its conditions, a penny would not go very far.
But it is tempting all the same to imagine what must be going through his head as he reflects on his own demise as Sunderland manager and watches the exuberance and renewed hope that have accompanied the earliest days of the Martin O’Neill era.
Sweeney’s Cut: how Martin O’Neill is eliminating cynicism
A bit early for a mid-term report on Martin O’Neill, but these are potentially exciting times for Sunderland supporters who suddenly see their team written and spoken about in glowing terms, even in defeat, by the Londoncentric media. Eric Sweeney sees further progress ahead and, unlike M Salut, believes MON when he says he hasn’t yet thought about specific transfer window targets.
Martin’s Musings: lucky, lucky Chelsea were screaming for the final whistle
In his 5 Live interview, Martin O’Neill praised a “fantastic” second half performance but rued Sunderland’s ultimately costly wastefulness in front of goal. His post-match e-mail repeats the message …
Sixer’s Soapbox at Peterborough: no banana skin at London Road
A comfortable passage into the Fourth Round and a tie with Yorkshire’s top club Middlesbrough sets the seal on a good day for Pete Sixsmith. An outbreak of retro chanting, inspired by the terraces at London Road makes a good day even better, even though Jarvis the Dog was refused entry by Peterborough United …