DARREN Bent faces an anxious 24-hour wait before finding out tomorrow whether his performance in England’s stuttering 2-1 win over Japan was enough to earn him a World Cup place.Read
JOSE Enrique ranks Chris Hughton as the best manager he has played under at Newcastle - classing him as a cut above Kevin Keegan, Alan Shearer and the man who brought him to Tyneside Sam Allardyce.Read
IN football, as in life, sometimes you don’t get what you deserve. Steve Bruce felt Sunderland did not get the point their performance at West Ham merited on Saturday.Read
BOLO ZENDEN is backing Gianfranco Zola to keep West Ham in the Premier League – but insists his old Chelsea team-mate will get no help from Sunderland this afternoon.Read
BOLO ZENDEN will seek assurances over his future role before committing to another year at Sunderland after admitting he has found it tough being a bit-part player this season.Read
ANTON Ferdinand insists it will take more than one season for Sunderland to usurp Newcastle as the region’s dominant footballing force, as the North East braces itself for the return of the Tyne-Wear derby.Read