The Sunderland Chronicle
Market23 Aug 2027
Luis Vázquez puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sunderland, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Sunderland's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sunderland has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Dayann Methalie at Sunderland
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Dayann Methalie is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Match21 Aug 2027
Sunderland cannot find the net
5 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Sunderland
Omar Alderete and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Sunderland
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anthony Elanga was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Sunderland
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Robin Roefs gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match21 Aug 2027
Arsenal take the points off Sunderland
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Market Anthony Taylor steps up from the Sunderland academy
- Market Sunderland promote Adam Harris from within
- Market One of our own: George Hughes joins the Sunderland first team