You simply cannot argue with four wins in six games. Martin O’Neill reflects on what was for him the best of the all …
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Martin’s Musings on beating Man City: ‘fantastic, overwhelming, brilliant, sensational’
This is a day every Sunderland supporter will savour for a long time. Martin O’Neill was forced by injuries and …
Martin’s Musings: O’Neill on Everton’s penalty shocker – a dignified ‘poor’
The nation – as represented by Match of the Day viewers – is about to laugh while watching it. Except Sunderland fans, who will cringe, and Evertonians, who may well smirk. Martin O’Neill could have talked himself into a hefty fine after watching Howard Webb apply for membership of the Everton Supporters’ Club. He didn’t …
Salut! Sunderland: Christmas cheer in challenging times – and Everton at home tomorrow
Salut! Sunderland – along with the original Salut! site, the folkies’ haven Salut! Live and even the much neglected Salut! North – wishes all readers, regular or casual and even if they do not support Sunderland, a happy Christmas and prosperous new year.
Salut! Sunderland’s Week: honour at Spurs, points and a dog at QPR
Salut! Sunderland takes another look back over events of the past week, as reflected in our postings …
Martin’s Musings from QPR: ‘character, performance and a nice trip home’
Martin O’Neill was doubtless as furious as the away fans when the two-goal lead was sacrificed in the only spell of the game when Sunderland were not dominant. Luckily, it lasted only 10 minutes and he ended up applauding a deserved second victory in three games in charge, while we could all laugh at Neil Warnock’s absurd claim that QPR were the better side …
Martin’s Musings: full marks for effort at Spurs, but we’re goal-shy
Martin O’Neill voices praise for the team’s effort at Spurs, thinks we might have snatched something and rues our inability to score. He is right on all counts; we just weren’t quite good enough to maike promising spells matter …
Dear Colin,
We put a big, big effort into the game, I thought, before they scored and certainly in the last 25 minutes of the match.
Tottenham are a very fine side. Overall I’m disappointed that we didn’t get something from the game, particularly as it looked as though the storm had been calmed.
Salut! Week: from Dylan and Middlesbrough to hope eternal
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Another Saturday morning review of the week as seen by Salut! Sunderland …
Martin O’Neill’s dramatic last-gasp win in his first game as manager set us up for a great week for banter and upbeat thought.
Whatever happens at Spurs tomorrow afternoon – and no pundit is likely to give us a hope – we have seen reason to believe better times may lie ahead.
Martin O’Neill, the burden of expectation – and Sixer’s dark thoughts at Wolves
Eric Sweeney** avoids over-excitement in a cool look at what the new era of Martin O’Neill means for him and the club. And study the now famous image of a green-hatted Pete Sixsmith at Molineux before entering a jolly little competition (see below*) …
Luke’s World: Sunderland set an example Blackburn may follow
Salut! Sunderland is always open to new writers. Hilary Fawcett’s marvellous account of her twin obsessions with SAFC and Bob Dylan has won deserved acclaim. Now Luke Harvey, absent from these pages for too long, returns with a reflections on Steve Bruce’s demise – and how one game summed up a second club’s need for change …
Martin O’Neill’s start as Sunderland manager ultimately ended in triumph, and he was given a good, up-close look at his predecessor’s legacy.
That’s not to say MON has inherited only negative aspects from Steve Bruce even if recent weeks on Wearside might have made that look the case. Bruce did leave our new manager a team of unified and hard working professionals, something David Vaughan and Sebastian Larsson reinforced with their goals.
It would be folly and rather disrespectful to think Bruce did not care about our team. Even against his former employers – Wigan – in what turned out to be his last game in charge, you could see he wanted to win just as badly as we, the fans, did.