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Sunderland Women lost their final must-win home game of the season to concede the title to unofficial champions, Crystal Palace.
Sunderland hosted Charlton in their final home game of the season in a position needing 2 wins from this game and their next against Crystal Palace to cinch the title and gain promotion to the WSL....

Any doubts I had about what was needed this summer were put to bed on Saturday as a very uninspired Sunderland did the bare minimum instead of using the game as a chance to try some new stuff out.
Can you see that?! It’s the end of the season... it’s so close that I can almost touch it....

“The midfielder’s absence against Millwall was glaring, and we can only hope that he hasn’t already made his final appearance in a Sunderland shirt”, writes Phil West
It was the ‘Club Communication’ that nobody would’ve wanted to have heard.
Not a statement announcing that Steve Cooper will be appointed as Sunderland’s new head coach ahead of the 2024/2025 season or that Chris Rigg has signed his first professional contract at the Stadium of Light....

Sunderland’s latest home calamity is duly skewered in today’s mailbag, and there are also some thoughts on pre-match music. Got something to say? Email us: RokerReport@yahoo.co.uk
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Five at the back for a home game against Millwall? Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the donkey, the star, and the three wise men!...