Battle for regional supremacy has shifted
THE gap between Newcastle and Sunderland has grown to six points in the Premier League table, but it will only get bigger as these two bitter rivals appear to be heading in opposite directions.
Sunderland's derby win might be explained as a flukey one off by the most stubborn United fan, a rare cause for celebration on Wearside, an aberration, but there was nothing lucky about it. Sunderland were the better side and deserved their first home win over the old enemy in 28 years. As things stand, they won't have to wait nearly as long for their next one. The end of January at St James's Park perhaps?
The Black Cats look like a club on the up, they have built up momentum over the past two years and, although they still look short in certain areas and will probably finish somewhere in mid-table, they look like a stronger club on the whole, well run by chairman Niall Quinn and superbly managed by Roy Keane without any boardroom interference.
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Sunderlands main problem is how long they can keep Roy Keane for, because when he goes, Sunderland will go back rapidly to being a dour unattractive club like Wigan and Fulham and they will be relegated back to where they truly belong in double quick time .
Its only a matter of time before he returns to Old Trafford to manage United and when he does I will look forward to your crummy little club imploding and playing the likes of Bury FC every week.
See ya!
Not going to be for a LONG time mate, United wont hire him till hes won something or qualified for Europe regularly so if he does any of those with us thats fine by me as we will have the pulling power after Keane.