Sunderland followers want little or no this Christmas.
The workforce has performed them proud with a staggering 27 factors and sixth place within the Premier League!
In late November, a look on the fixtures main as much as Christmas was on paper barely intimidating. Chelsea, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Manchester Metropolis, Newcastle United and Brighton loomed within the headlights however why fear. Sunderland cruised by way of with wins over Chelsea, Bournemouth and Newcastle and attracts at Liverpool and Brighton.
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Solely a 3-0 defeat on the Etihad Stadium blotted the copybook, however that was certainly not a humiliation in opposition to a Metropolis aspect in imperious type.
With no match till Sunderland are at house to Leeds on 28 December, the transient hiatus means Christmas will most likely be all of the extra fulfilling – though I believe many can be dissatisfied the normal Boxing Day fixture has been expunged from the calendar this season. Such is the pay-off the followers need to make for consuming at soccer’s prime desk.
So Christmas this yr, will on the entire, be one during which to wallow and luxuriate in for Sunderland followers!