Podcast Appearances
Squad-wise, how well equipped do you feel you are for the challenge ahead this season?
How different will the emotions be in the North East this evening?
Yeah, well, Middlesbrough have waited a long time for a day like today and their fans will be absolutely thrilled and delighted for their chairman, Steve Gibson.
This must be so good for him.
After all he's done for that club, to come again a second time and to get a win in a derby like that, that's great for them.
For Sunderland, the manager spoke beforehand.
We saw the interview and he spoke about he doesn't want to hear the word survival used around the ground.
You've got to think bigger and better than that.
But until they get their first win, I'm afraid it's still very much a mentality in that club.
Oh my God, we haven't enough.
We'll do really well to stay up here.
And he has to change that and he needs personnel in quickly to do it.
Well, we were there at the back end of the season.
We saw Sunderland beat Everton to stay up.
Just three of the players that started that game actually started for Sunderland today.
Does that tell a story in itself, Jamie?
Yeah, it does.
I think they've got lots of problems there.
It's really difficult.
You've got, was it 10 days before the window closes?