Sunderland suffer their first defeat of the season in pretty drab fashion at the Stadium of Light. Still no wins at home highlights that despite a decent start things are far from rosy on Wearside. Time to rate the players - scroll down to do so! [More]

It is weird to have played four competitive games despite the middle of August having just passed by. That means we've got two weeks to bulk up our tiny squad, and we definitely need to do that. [More]

Sunderland were given an extremely slim chance of yo-yoing back into the Premiership at the first time of asking by the bookmakers this season. [More]

A lot of the praise might have landed at the feet of the likes of Lewis Grabban and Aiden McGeady in the last few weeks but for me, there is a player who seems to be getting maybe a little overlooked for some very solid performances in our encouraging start to the season. That man is Tyias Browning. [More]

Sunderland travelled to Hillsborough with an unbeaten start to the their championship campaign. Simon Grayson named an unchanged side to that which defeated Norwich 3-1 on Sunday. Sunderland would face former Black Cats Keiren Westwood and fans favourite Ross Wallace as well as Steven Fletcher who started on the bench. [More]

Sunderland's opening fixtures have been tough so to be unbeaten is a canny achievement for a side nobody really expected would trouble the top of the Championship. Yesterday's performance away to Sheff Wednesday was excellent up to a point, but the players really faded away in the second half to the extent a point was all we were ever going to get. Time for you to rate the players and you can do so by scrolling down. [More]