salut! sunderlandtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-6193002007-10-22T22:30:23+02:00.........en fête TypePadSalutSunderlandhttp://feedburner.google.comWhisper it, but Keano got it wrongtag:typepad.com,2003:post-405333382007-10-22T22:30:23+02:002007-10-23T16:40:48+02:00Kenwyne in the wrong R&W stripes Picture: Darren Sumner Salut! Sunderland is in turmoil. After all I said at the Blackcats forum about us being desperately unlucky at West Ham, Pete Sixsmith weighs in with a completely different view Disappointed...yes....colin randallDo not despairtag:typepad.com,2003:post-405173462007-10-22T07:31:09+02:002007-10-23T16:40:49+02:00If this picture* - no prizes for guessing when it was taken - captured our only moment of joy at West Ham, there would be no reason NOT to despair. Losing 3-1 to a very average team at this stage...colin randallSixer's Sevens (2)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-375718442007-10-21T21:59:00+02:002007-10-22T22:35:57+02:00Oct 21, 2007 West Ham 3 SAFC 1 They were there for the taking. Frustrating Oct 7, 2007 Arsenal 3 SAFC 2 Some pride restored after disastrous first 20 Sept 29, 2007 SAFC 1 Blackburn Rovers 2 Proof that Championship...colin randallPlaying West Ham: we've been hammered, hampered....and ever so happytag:typepad.com,2003:post-404183582007-10-19T15:04:23+02:002007-10-22T17:20:33+02:00Michael Chopra - overdue a goal Picture: Peadar O'Sullivan Maybe it's just that I've seen us play them so often. But games against West Ham always bring a stream of memories to mind. One match at Upton Park that I...colin randallAbu Dhabi blues, and Abu Dhabi red & whitestag:typepad.com,2003:post-403454362007-10-17T21:39:22+02:002007-10-21T08:24:22+02:00You cannot spend all your free time in the glitzy shopping malls. There's football to watch, too. But how often in my Abu Dhabi exile will I have to watch Luton v Northampton? It may just be my bad luck,...colin randallWhere Saturday wenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-402735482007-10-16T14:46:38+02:002007-10-21T08:24:25+02:00World Cup glory, Durham style So what do you do on a blank Saturday? Pete Sixsmith reminisced about boyhood and "real Rugby", then soaked up the spirit of the FA Cup. Another week off for international games and another week...colin randallOne goes west, another goes east, the Lasses go madtag:typepad.com,2003:post-401569302007-10-13T11:49:46+02:002007-10-17T08:06:00+02:00Ha'way the Lasses Picture: BCLFC photographer Jaskirt Dhaliwal .....while proper football - except for the great SAFC v Mags scoreline you'll see if you read on - takes a break. No, I know it isn't really a football-free weekend. And...colin randallWhen Mackem passion nearly muzzled the swaggering Gunnerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-399721142007-10-09T12:24:43+02:002007-10-13T15:51:53+02:00In the first of his new series of articles for Salut! Sunderland - under the working title of Sixer's Soapbox (let me know if you come up with something better) - Pete Sixsmith draws huge encouragement from a gutsy Sunderland...colin randallHeads high at the Emirates - but the cost of a sausage in a dry bun was higher stilltag:typepad.com,2003:post-398866922007-10-07T16:27:44+02:002007-10-09T18:57:20+02:00Not for the first time, Pete Sixsmith's seven-word summary captures the reality of the game he has just witnessed: in today's case, a valiant 3-2 defeat at the Emirates. The measure of how much better we are than the last...colin randallMoving mountainstag:typepad.com,2003:post-394513802007-09-27T11:07:44+02:002007-10-07T16:11:57+02:00My big move, or at least the first of two (south of France back to the UK, to be followed by London-Abu Dhabi), has limited my opportunities to post to Salut! Sunderland. Reminds me a bit of how Peter Reid's...colin randall