SUNDERLAND

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Paolo Di Canio is not the first Sunderland manager to be given seven games to save our season. In 1995, Sunderland sacked Mick Buxton, replaced him with Peter Reid and handed him exactly the same task. Here's how it panned out...

Last night was an interesting one for Sunderland fans as we got a glimpse of how disappointed the players are in their performances this season and how they acknowledge their poor form. No wait, that's not what happened at all...

Some football snobs believe Wigan have offered nothing in the Premier League, ignoring how they're a wonderful example of how to over-achieve in modern football. After all, Dave Whelan didn't take the ultimate plunge in my dream for nothing.

Sunderland are safe after a wretched season but, even after watching Swansea and Arsenal deliver the fatal blows to Wigan, it's wrong to say that the club didn't save themselves from the drop.

Danny Rose and Connor Wickham have both been called up for this summer's Under-21 European Championship in Israel.

The season has been a wretched one to say the least. There is plenty of blame to go around and causes to be cited for the club's stunning on-pitch failure, so I asked our writers to take us through just some of them.

Wigan travel to Arsenal tomorrow night and we need the Gunners to do us an almighty favour. They themselves need to win though, and there's plenty of reasons to feel confident that they will beat Wigan, so stop all your worrying ok?