Roker Rapport Podcast

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 like to consider thinking about what Mike Dodds really has to lose by trying to win games at home. Did anyone try to win that game for us? Mike Dodds once again laid the blame at the players feet and doesn't think it's on Mike Dodds but is that fair in this case? Shouldn't he be shouldering responsibility for team selection and tactics? The lads try once again to address the issues at hand and look at the backroom as well as the head coach; should they be cleared out too when summer finally arrives? Answering your questions and more! Aye, just get to the summer aye. #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Martin and Chris had the good sense to fuck 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? #EFL #EFLChampionship #SAFC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So we stopped a cycle of losing before heading into what is a very welcome international break for most, as Sunlun held QPR to a draw at the weekend. Join Gav and Martin as they try to talk about it all.. and end up talking about everything but the game. What’s the crack? #EFL #SAFC #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you haven't noticed there's a little gift we've posted full of joy and positivity just prior to this here podcast. Honest it's all great fun. Seriously though we are actually back, as Gav and Chris sat down late last night to look at the Southampton result and ahead to QPR! What's the crack? #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Personal circumstances we don't really need to go on about online have unfortunately put the pods back a couple weeks, so in the interest of continuity/torture/sadism this is a combination of three recordings made after our defeats at home to Swansea, Norwich City and Leicester City… running back to back. This isn't something we'd necessarily advise you listen to, especially if you're feeling a bit low, but if that's your thing then we won't judge. Enjoy the descent into madness or switch to the Southampton reaction and QPR preview that's just gone up. What's the crack? #EFL #EFLChampionship #SAFC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris and Gav look at the Beale burner fiasco that unfolded since we last recorded, at the task Dodds has ahead of him now for the rest of the season, and look ahead to his first challenge against Swansea on Saturday! Or they try to but get distracted aye. What's the crack? BurnerGate #EFL #EFLChampionship #SAFC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aye there'll be more from us on this in the near future - specifically burner related - but Gav and Chris sat down to give their initial thoughts on the short tenure of Michael Beale coming to an end at SAFC and the appointment of Doddsy as caretaker coach for the rest of the season! What's the crack? #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Editor's note: Gav has taken my recent illness badly, I fear for my life. If something happens to me it was Gavin Henderson aye. The lads got together to chat all things Sunlun after a lovely win over Plymouth at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, as well as to answer a few listener questions and look ahead to a busy week as Michael Beale tries to fix our away form against both Huddersfield and a certain Birmingham City at the weekend! What's the crack? #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So yesterday our Gavin spammed all your social media feeds asking for questions the lads can get themselves in trouble answering and you didn't disappoint. Listen in as they try to cover off as many of your talking points as possible! What's the crack? #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The lads got together to chew the fat about our win against Stoke on Saturday and all the mayhem surrounding the club as we approach the end of the January window! Apples, pears, Pritchards and cockney stuff. Bosh. What's the crack? WE WON. Doesn't that feel a bit better? Well played Mason; Young Burstow had one of his best performances, if not the best so far, in a Sunderland shirt. Congratulations to the lad for getting his first goal for the club! Alex Pritchard apparently plain refused to pull on his shirt this weekend. The lads debate how reasonable this is given his seniority and responsibilities and judge the fan reaction they've seen so far to the news. ABDOULLAH! The lad comes good again! Take a bow; Pierre Ekwah found the net again also! What did we make of the performance overall - does it look like we're starting to see any significant changes? How are Gav and Martin (who had no strong feelings on Michael Beale's arrival) feeling about the microanalysis of pressers and interviews; Beale got in trouble for calling out personal insults (when asked about them) and got himself in more bother trying to explain what he meant. Could he have handled that a bit better? Did the following wave of clickbait bullshit from impossible to navigate sites built by Satan's minions help matters? Would the Alex Neil approach to journalists work better for him or should he ask the group what their favourite chocolates are? RAWA meeting minutes and Speakman speaks; so did we learn anything new? How we feeling about the approaching end of the window? Nervous? Relaxed? Wanting a signing or three? All this and more! Ha'way the Lads! #SAFC #EFLChampionship #EFL Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It all went wrong for the Lads at the Stadium of Light last night so our Gav and Martin got together to try work through their emotions.. What's the crack? #SAFC #EFLChampionship #EFL Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So for part two of our return to pod action in the New Year, we resume normal service as Gav and Martin react to our loss to Ipswich on Saturday and give some further thoughts on the January transfer window! What's the crack? #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aye we didn't exactly escape anything these first two weeks of 2024, but having upgraded a few things (and taking a bit of time to haul ourselves back on the wagon for another year) we are in fact back to a more settled schedule; Kicking off with a double bill of podcasting chaos as Gav and Chris got together first - prior to Ipswich - to answer listener questions about pretty much everything that's happened since we last recorded! What's the crack? #SAFC #EFLChampionship #EFL Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While we’ve been enjoying a few too many Baileys, mince pies and turkey, the Lads have been on the road — join Gav & Martin as they chat all about it and look ahead to the Preston game! What’s the crack? *Recorded at some point in the last 24 hours aye. Been busy hew. Ha'way the Lads! #EFL #EFLChampionship #SAFC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sunderland were left embarrassed by Coventry at the SoL in Michael Beale's first game in charge - Gav and Martin were there and react to everything that happened. What went wrong? We're about to find out... What's the festive crack? All this and more! A Merry Christmas to one and all… #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having fun out there? Join us as Gav and Chris look ahead (rapidly) to Michael Beale's first game in charge of the Lads at the SoL - with our old rivals Coventry standing in our way of an important three points - and us all running around currently like headless chickens, fighting random strangers in Christmas jumpers.. What's the crack? #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gav and Chris got together to completely ignore the shite performance at Bristol City and instead talk about the news that Sunderland have hired former Rangers boss Michael Beale as their new head coach! What's the crack? #SAFC #EFLChampionship #EFL Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gav and Chris got together to completely ignore the shite performance at Bristol City and instead talk about the news that Sunderland have hired former Rangers boss Michael Beale as their new head coach! What's the crack? #SAFC #EFLChampionship #EFL Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Gavin and Chris return to react to a tactical masterclass from the legend that is Doddseh - as Sunderland beat Leeds by a goal to nil at the Stadium of Light last night! Other titles considered: On a mission from Dodds DoddsBall: The Sequel Nectar of the Dodds Dodds Day Sunrise Who let the Dodds out Live or let Dodds Dodds, take the wheel In Dodds we trust All this and Mike fucking Dodds! Ha'way the Lads! #SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.