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 serious too, the man loves a challenge.  Wasn't our finest performance of the...

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 end up in a promotion race...  WILSONNNN; He keeps scoring, he keeps smiling and...

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 legend!  Heed the balls; The Hatters threw absolutely everything including the kitchen sink and plenty...

The lads only just got the chance to sit down to quickly react to yesterday's awkwardly timed game; as Sunderland took all three points from Hull to take us back to the TOP OF THE LEAGUE MAN HAWAAAAAY! Also stopping to preview (sort of) our trip to Kenilworth Road as we face Luton on Wednesday night! What's the crack? Aye it's a quick one and Gav and Chris managed somehow to stick to that... He tore up Russia, he started out in France! He came to Sunderland to make the mackems dance!...

Why wait until late Saturday night you ask? Well why get us to play on Sunday at 3pm? Nobody really knows. Regardless, our Gav and Martin sat down to talk about Sunderland's visit to Hull tomorrow/today and basically just thank our lucky stars we're no longer playing Parkyball. What's the crack?  First and foremost the lads get straight down to trying to establish the sort of game we'll see tomorrow against an unstable but still dangerous Hull City;  Football is back aye, everyone else is in...

After witnessing one of the funniest goals ever conceded by any keeper at the Stadium of Light, Gav and Chris sat down to reflect on that, thank the gods of the internet for live reaction footage, and just laugh at the misfortune of others.  What's the crack?  Divot blame it on the pitch man, we just had it done; The lads launch straight into that goal.  What did we make of the performance on Friday; where we evenly matched with a still very expensive Leeds Utd side?  Another game of two...

Gav and Chris sat down yesterday to discuss all things Sunderland following the win over Derby County on Tuesday night, and ahead of our clash with Leeds tonight!  What's the crack?  Sunderland are the league leaders currently, but with Burnley playing tomorrow afternoon and ourselves facing Leeds this evening (before the international break) will it last another few hours or a couple more weeks? Chris asks if Gav's and the wider fan's expectations have risen since the start of the season;...

So we lost. Yous wanna fight about it? Come on I’m walking here! Bada bing. But seriously we did lose after Dan Neil lost his mind and brought a lad down for no good reason, so our Gav and Martin sat down to talk about it and lightly preview the upcoming fixture with Derby at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday. What's the crack?  Just can't stand losing a game like that. It stings.  What did the lads make of that first half performance? Besides of course it being shite aye. WILSON IS A DOOR;...

We accidentally went and left ourselves with nothing much to talk about following the win over Boro at the weekend and it looks like we've signed this Aaron Connolly lad who just so happened to play for them, so Gav and Chris return to consider a few things (like Gav's arse in the Binns window) and look ahead to Watford!  What's the crack?  The last Binns has, luckily for us all, closed down. Leaving Gav with no window but his own. So our new signing then.. is he another rehabilitation...

Aye we went and won the (not a) derby by a single but absolutely magnificent goal against Boro from our young Chris Rigg in front of the Sky cameras! Gav and Chris jump on quickly to react to it all.  What's the crack?  Getting Riggy with it; If you do nothing else with your evening just stick that finish on repeat.  We're top as we record but possibly second if West Brom beat Plymouth in the rest of todays Championship fixtures, but still it's not a bad start this for Regis and the lads is...

So we have to talk about them, it'll only go to their heads but our Gav and Martin have done it anyway, looking ahead to this weekends meeting with... some random club from just outside the region... at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. What's the crack?  They aren't Newcastle no matter how much they want to be, they aren't what we are to the mags either, they just exist in a permanent state of pointlessness.  Parmos were invented by Italian Americans; this isn't discussed enough here. Look...

Aye Régis Le Bris finally lost a league game in charge of the mighty Sunlun and the lads were utterly devastated and couldn't talk about it at all. Not really.  What's the crack?  We started a petition to ban international breaks but gave up 5 minutes later; This was always bound to happen; Gav and Chris set about telling themselves and everyone else that this was coming and while it was unlikely we were going to win everything… should we have won this?  Anthony Patterson has conceded one...

Right, we know anything might happen at any moment so our Gav and Martin have attempted a podcast recording regardless of that and the upcoming deadline day, looking ahead to Portsmouth away on Saturday and a potential injury blow for RLB.  What's the crack?  How are we feeling ahead of a busy weekend?  It appears Aji Alese has suffered another injury following the Burnley victory that is rumoured may keep him out for an estimated eight* weeks; if this is the case can Dan Ballard pick up...

Three league games, three clean sheets, three wins and top of the EFL Championship table! Regis Le Bris becomes the first manager in our history to achieve this and it's delightful, f*****g delightful. What's le crack?  ROMAINE MUNDLE; Upon stepping into the still flaming shoes of the outgoing Jack Clarke he only went and won the game for us didn't he. Unbelievable Jeff.  TOP OF THE LEAGUE; Aye we're only three games in we know but that's a historic run for Sunderland AFC and everything is...

Aye we recorded a preview and it was mint but everyone involved went and sold their players, so upon hearing the news of Jack Clarke's imminent departure our Gav and Martin sat down for a chat at 1am. Fabrizio Romano announced on his social media feed at 22:24 on Thursday night that our Jack the lad will be leaving Sunderland AFC for Ipswich Town following a medical on Friday morning so...  How are we taking this news?  Is the £20 million fee with an as yet unknown sell-on clause enough for...

Our Gavin Henderson and Chris Wynn sat down to gloat and be all smug about how mint we were in our 4-0 victory over Wednesday on Sunday and discussed 'Le Football liquide' so far under RLB. The game was Rigged from the start. What's the crack?  ELIEZER MAYENDA: GET IN LAD!  We keep saying it but just how vital is Dennis Cirkin to the way we play?  Chris Rigg is just ridiculously good. How good is he exactly? What is his ceiling? Is he the second coming?  Luke O'Nien has been found out this...

Our Gav and Martin are back to full podcasting duties as the new SAFC 2024/25 season begins with a nice tidy win over Cardiff City in Wales yesterday to get their teeth into!  What's the crack?  How do the lads feel about that result? Reg isn't as happy as you might think but as first League games go in charge, that wasn't bad at all.  A clean sheet, two goals and three points; can't really ask for more can we? Especially away from home.  Dennis Cirkin. That's all.  Did Jobe have his best...

Oui oui, we are not dropping the ridiculous accents or French puns yet. Monsieurs Gav and Chris return to drink wine and talk all things RLB, SAFC and more ahead of our Spanish double header this weekend!  What's the crack?  Regis lad; How is our new head coach settling in? Gav was over Shields on Saturday, so what did he make of the game?  Early recruitment seems to have focused on keepers and also strengthening the midfield, both areas getting the experience we asked for, so are the lads...

Mon dieu! Sacré bleu! Sunderland AFC have a head coach, as Kyril has exploited his French connection and appointed a French lad! Gav and Martin got together today to react to it all, trying to avoid lazy stereotypes and occasionally failing.  What's le crack?  Welcome Reg! He hasn't actually arrived at the academy yet but he'll be there imminently.  So has everyone calmed down a bit? It's been a bit of a month for a few, so does this settle the nerves ahead of preseason?  Who is Régis Le...

Our disorganised (and now slightly late) season review continues as we all await imminent news from our dear club about our imminent head coach. But we aren't talking about managers at all here (we'll react to that when we get an official announcement) as today our Gav, Chris and Martin's focus is on the players themselves. What's the crack?  Now the lads are away on their hols and with plenty of time to reflect, who do we think stood out in the past season? Besides Jack Clarke aye.. The...

Aye lads and lasses we threw the towel in early as Dodds and the club drove us a bit insane. Following medical advice we've all had a bit of a break and now we're back to dissect everything in a really disorganised and chaotic fashion, as our Gav is joined by Chris Wynn and Martin Wanless to attempt something resembling a season review for a season Sunderland AFC itself abandoned.  What's the crack?  That season was shit aye. So how is everyone?  Appointment announcement incoming? That's a...

Our Gav and Martin return to react to the increasingly painful and unfortunately still ongoing shite run/limp to the end of our season, following possibly the dullest game we've ever witnessed. Luckily they have some listener questions to try distract them from the football itself.  What's the crack?  Was that the most boring game we've seen this season/decade/century?  Can we end the season now? Editors note/answer: Yes. Yes we can. If Mike Dodds wants a career in management Mike Dodds might...

Our Gav Henderson welcomes Martin Wanless back to the pod as the lads look back on Sunderland's goalless draw against Bristol City at the Stadium of Light yesterday, ahead to Tuesday night against Leeds at Elland Road, and grab a few listener thoughts on all things SAFC!  What's the crack?  It wasn't a win - we couldn't get the ball to go in - but was it better?  A far improved performance from Pierre Ekwah yesterday; Martin thinks he needs to get a bit of consistency going ahead of...

Our Martin and Chris had the good sense to f**k off on holiday for Easter so Gavin grabbed our heavy loss specialist, Craig Chapman, to see if they could ignore talking about any of the football from the win on Good Friday over Cardiff or the horrific loss yesterday to Blackburn!  What's the crack?  Those Good Friday vibes didn't continue, the lads would've talked about them but why bother?  Argh why us argh etc  Dodds was a mistake. A terrible, terrible mistake aye.  Would Heckingbottom be...