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A tricky visit to Fratton Park, but time to deliver
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
An 11-hour flight from Beijing gave
Colin Randall plenty of time to ponder gloomily on Sunderland’s present predicament …
Niall Quinn has reason to remember Nov 20 1997. It was, if my memory is correct, the last time Sunderland managed to win at Portsmouth and his was the first of four goals in a superb 4-1 victory.
Thirteen years on, Niall has asked fans to show patience and support despite – or perhaps because of – the present appalling run of defeats and draws. And he cannot be faulted for doing so: booing the team as they leave the field after a rotten display is one thing, getting on players’ back from the first misplaced pass is another (especially in our case, given how many misplaced passes we have come to expect).
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