“Yes, I am staying next season, but a club like this can’t be cheering and doing a lap of honour just for escaping from relegation”. We had self-confidence, we showed that on the pitch and that’s the most important thing.
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Both Newcastle and Norwich will miss out on a huge bounty in 2016-17 as the Premier League’s new television deal kicks in.
“I hope I am here next season”. For Roberto Martinez, however, the future looks increasingly bleak after another appallingly lacklustre performance from his side, who played like they can not wait for the end of the season to come fast enough.
As for Allardyce, he gets his revenge on Newcastle more than eight years after he was sacked at St. James’ Park just eight months into a three-year deal, having been criticized for his brand of football. “That was the only way we could survive”.
Tom said seeing Sunderland’s local rivals having a hard time is “the cherry on the cake” for already happy Sunderland fans.
“What’s sweet is proving Dick wrong”, Allardyce said. “I’ve got the utmost respect for him and I’m not criticising him, but I’ve used that as motivation for the players”.
“I think he’s different class”, Merson said.
Sunderland have only lost once in their last 10 league matches and travel to Watford on Sunday to finish their season.
They rose to the occasion as goals from Patrick van Aanholt and Lamine Kone in four first-half minutes all-but secured safety, before Kone made sure of the win 10 minutes after the break.
It has been a season of change at Anfield, with Jurgen Klopp replacing Brendan Rodgers as manager in October, and more transformations will take place during the close season.
“We fought for every ball and put in a lot of effort”.
Alex Neil’s Norwich got the better of Watford after goals from Nathan Redmond, Dieumerci Mbokani and a Craig Cathcart own goal ensured the Canaries got a deserved victory in their last home game of the season. But don’t say we didn’t tell you – speaking to Betfair ahead of the Chelsea game, Defoe was in no doubt Sunderland would do it.
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“It’s the attitude of the players, who absorbed the pressure and deliver a performance like that, that’s what gets us out of trouble”.
