Phil and Anto are joined by former Sunderland player and current English football broadcaster Micky Gray to have a look at Sunderland since the club replaced Steve Bruce with Martin O`Neill to gauge the club fortunes as we make the turn in the Premier League season toward the stretch run. Lots to consider including the ongoing struggle to find that goalscorer since Asamoah Gyan and Darren Bent left the club, along with the emergence of some new faces who will have to deliver as some key fixtures are coming into view. Micky helps us evaluate the options for strikers with the club and whether the club might make a move in the transfer window to help the team across the line. We also discuss the fortunes of Newcastle United and whether that influenced the decision to make that change in manager, and how passions in the Northeast always get magnified, especially in a season like this where the top ten is in a constant state of flux. We also go into some other key players in the midfield and emerging players to watch as important factors going forward. Wonderful part of this episode is the chat on Darlington Football Club and how it should force football into a rethink about priorities and how economics are shaping most of the Premier League outside of Manchester City and Chelsea with long established clubs showing an element of austerity after many free-spending years.

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