Roker Rapport Podcast

We'll be playing Hull in about 24 hours so jump in with our Gav and Martin to hear them repeatedly tell Regis Le Bris to just go for it. Over and over again aye. 

What's the crack? 

• Sheffield or Burnley could slip up so we need to keep up, that's the message in a nutshell here lads and lasses. 

• Martin thinks we should maybe just.. go for it aye. What do we have to lose at this point in the seaso...

Argh did we have to? We didn't want to. The Lads tried their best to pull themselves together following a heartbreaking end to the game at Elland Road, chatting all about how close Sunderland were to getting a very good result against Leeds…

What's the crack?

• Drama. Heartbreak. Torture. Sadness. This is Sunderland - would you expect anything else?

• Sunderland controlled the majority of the game on their terms, ...

Join Gav and Chris as they look back at a professional performance from Sunderland at the SoL against Luton and look forward to an exciting yet daunting trip to Elland Road to take on Leeds United! 

What's the crack? 

• A routine win for Sunderland - it was much needed after a tough few games at home recently;

• How good were Enzo Le Fee and Dan Neil?

• The difference in Luton is remarkable - ...

Gav returns with Martin to quickly preview the Hatters visit to the Stadium of Light on Wednesday night, trying to work out what Regis Le Bris should be looking to do to ensure all three points! 

What's the crack? 

• Just give the ball to Enzo a bit more. 

• Luton are in an absolute state currently, so how do we use any of this to our advantage without falling victim to.. an act of Sunlun? 

Gav Henderson and Chris Wynn return to react to either another failure to get all three points at home or a successful defence of our home record, depending if your glass is half empty or full.  

What's the crack? 

• So is that a negative or a positive? Feels a bit like a negative aye. 

• Four points from six ain't bad; but it's not helping any hopes of catching up with the few above. Then agai...

So here we are again, waiting for a game one of us cares about more than the other and trying to explain what it is about Sunderland facing Boro that makes it less a derby and more an annoyance. Like Coventry with Parmos? 

What's the crack? 

• *It's not a derby debate klaxon*

• Seriously it isn't. If Hartlepool got their arses in gear and left the monkeys alone we'd probably not have this debate at all....

If you don't fancy listening to our Chris Wynn detailing his frustrations with our last fixture while our Gavin Henderson tries to look back without anger, you can skip straight to the next one. Just saying aye. 

What's the crack? 

• The lads weren't exactly apoplectic after the result at the Stadium of Light against a Plymouth fresh from a mauling, but they weren't exactly delighted either... 

• Th...

So where were we? Oh aye that was it, Gav and Martin return after our win over Derby County and yet another injustice for our boy Wilson, this time at the hands of a mystery match official. They even squeeze a few minutes in about our upcoming fixture against Plymouth on Saturday! 

What's the crack? 

• Well. Speaking of crack, the match officials seem to be smoking a fair bit if decision making is anything to go b...

A slightly abridged version of the missing reaction to Burnley here if anyone is desperate to hear Gav and Martin defend our Wilson Isidor and.. praise Wilson Isidor and.. mention at least one other player following that decent point away last weekend. 

What's the crack?

• Aye you guessed it. It's the penalties. They talk about the penalties.

• Wilson Isidor has fully embraced Sunderland since arriving and so...

Big game coming up lads and lasses. It's absolutely massive, git huge, humongous actually but... it's not a must win; it's a 'be really nice to win this hew' type match aye. Gav and Chris explain all this and give their thoughts on Connolly leaving SAFC - and Tom Cannon possibly coming in - as they look ahead to Burnley away live on Sky under the Friday night lights. 

What's the crack? 

• SO IS IT MASSIVE OR ISN'T...

So it turns out Reg didn't really give a shit, and neither would we if we hadn't gone and lost Aji Alese to injury. So what positives can Gav and Chris take from that forgettable fixture? 

What's the crack? 

• Aye we lost it's terrible and very sad we're obviously devastated... but fear not, it's not a league game so it doesn't count. 

• Is it bad that we'd rather focus on the league? We don't think...

Aye we've been gone a month, it's complicated. Back to business though, our Gav and Chris return just in time to welcome and chat about Enzo Le (pretty hefty) Fee as he undergoes his medical at the club to reunite with former boss Regis Le Bris, as well as look back on some FA Cup third round excitement of ye olde days and try not to talk about the really important test against Burnley after this break from league action against St...

Let's be honest it could've easily been 5 or 6 for young Tommy Watson but our Jack Clarke regen decided to let Stoke off a little bit on Saturday by scoring just the two of his first senior goals for the club. Maybe he's saving some for our visitors on Tuesday night? 

What's the crack? 

• We won a game for the first time in what feels like forever, so another one this week will do us nicely, cheers Reg. 

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Well, it's been a bit of a week - you don't know the half of it - but it's not all doom and gloom as the Lads look almost optimistically ahead to the visit of Stoke to Sunderland following a disappointing but promising performance at Bramall Lane.

What's the crack?

• Three games against Stoke in just over five weeks, starting on Saturday... this is football 'eritage.

• Despite losing on Friday we looked pretty ...

Join Gav and Chris as they got together on the full time whistle after a long old game to try and dissect another Sunderland draw at Millwall - where do things stand as we head into the West Brom game on Tuesday? 

What's the crack? 

• Another draw aye; we'd probably have taken it before the game, just not in those circumstances… 

• Tired legs and tired minds; could we have done better to see the gam...

Aye after a short but some might say blessed period where their editor lost his hearing and everyone lost their shit (it was peaceful my end at least) the lads returned to talk about how much they hate these breaks, before sort of contradicting themselves a bit whilst trying to look back on the last few fixtures with a little bit of perspective and of course ahead to December. 

What's the crack? 

Club before country...

The Lads ground a point away from home against a physical but ultimately toothless QPR as we saw Jobe Bellingham given a straight red and Sunderland fail to score for the first time this season! 

What's the crack? 

• Still top, just the three points separates us from Leeds but Régis Le Bris has a challenge on his hands and there's a distinct possibility he's genuinely loving the chance to solve this puzzle. We're ...

Our Gav and Martin return to talk all about the win over Oxford and what the last three wins might mean for the club, look at our match tomorrow against QPR at Loftus Road and basically just... praise these lads. Endless praise aye. 

What's the crack? 

• How good have we been since returning from the international break? We remain FIVE POINTS CLEAR at the top of the Championship and if we're not careful we might e...

WE'RE HAVING A LAUGH WE'RE TAKING THE PISS and recording a podcast late at night after a chaotic win over Luton Town to take Sunderland three points clear at the top of the Championship table! 

What's the crack? 

• CHRIS RIGG OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ; The lad stuck at it after Regis stuck with him and what a goal that was! 

• ROMAINE F***ING MUNDLE LAD! He only went and won it for us didn't he the absolute legen...