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Phil’s second city turn-off

PHIL Bardsley has played down the significance of his return to Aston Villa this weekend after claiming he never felt entirely happy at the club. Read

Sunderland manager Roy Keane

Transfer-listed stars impress Keane with attitude

DESPITE having seven players on the transfer list, manager Roy Keane does not expect anyone to leave Sunderland before today’s Football League loan deadline. Read

Coaches can do the talking

ROY Keane does not believe in idle chit-chat with his players, but he is happy for them to natter to a sports psychologist if they feel it helps them. Read

Roy Keane

Roy loving the battle for places

ROY Keane tried to crank up the intensity of Sunderland’s training sessions by dropping some of his more high-profile players at the weekend, but one of the beneficiaries believes the sheer sight of so many senior players on the practice pitches has already done it for him. Read

Diego Forlan

Cats target fancies a return to England

DIEGO Forlan has dropped a massive hint to his former Manchester United team-mate Roy Keane by admitting he would love a return to the Premier League. Read

Roy Keane

Keane refutes bust-up rumours

ROY Keane has angrily rejected suggestions he left two of his most expensive signings out of the side to face Chelsea for ill-discipline, arguing he had simply taken advantage of a near full-strength squad. Read

Jones wins the plaudits from Chelsea

KENWYNE Jones has been described as the Premier League’s most potent threat by the man charged with combating him at the weekend. Read

Roy Keane

Keane so close to realising his vision

AFTER having their patience sorely tested for the last seven months, Roy Keane hopes Sunderland’s fans will finally get to see the team he envisaged last summer. Read

Bardsley wants repeat of Barnsley blues

WHEN Sunderland fans were looking at the new Premier League fixture list this summer, eagerly trying to work out where the points which would spare them a third consecutive relegation might come from, their eyes would have skipped quickly over March 15. Read

Roy’s sick of bad decisions

ROY Keane believes refereeing decisions have cost Sunderland six Premier League points this season and that their rough treatment from officialdom has even extended to the Black Cats’ youth team. Read

Carlos Edwards

Struggle to the top drives on Edwards

IT has taken Carlos Edwards more than a decade to get to the Premier League and he is determined to ensure an injury-ravaged season will not be his first and last in the top flight, writes LUKE EDWARDS. Read

Carlos Edwards

Edwards in bid for a cats return

CARLOS Edwards put himself in contention for a timely return to the Sunderland team to face Chelsea on Saturday with a 60-minute run-out for the reserves who beat Manchester United 1-0 last night. Read

Young cats will learn from cup run, says Liddle

YOUNG defender Michael Liddle is adamant that Sunderland’s two-leg defeat by Manchester City in the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup will serve as a valuable learning curve. Read

Phil Bardsley

Tackle not as bad as it looked – Bardsley

PHIL Bardsley has apologised for his X-rated tackle on Everton’s Steven Pienaar at the weekend, but insists it was not as bad as television replays made it seem. Read

Roy Keane

Keane hopes Edwards’ trickery can lift Black Cats

ROY Keane has not had much to get excited about this season but the imminent return of the player he feels will give Sunderland an extra dimension in their fight against relegation is clearly one of them. Read

Cats can claw way back in Cup tie

THREE months after making his Premier League debut at home to Manchester United, Sunderland striker Martyn Waghorn is still motivated by a desire to lift the FA Youth Cup with his Under-18 team-mates. Read

Roy Keane

Roy: We didn’t deserve to lose

ROY Keane admitted he is sure Sunderland’s supporters are getting bored of hearing him argue his players deserved better than another defeat this season, but he still felt hard done by following the 1-0 defeat to Everton. Read

Craig Gordon

‘Gordon on course to be best in world’

ROY Keane has backed Craig Gordon to become one of the world’s best goalkeepers just three months after he dropped him as first choice at Sunderland. Read

Keane takes hope from huge setback

WHEN Sunderland were thrashed 7-1 by Everton at Goodison Park in November it was a painful lesson for Roy Keane as a manager, but it was also one that gave him hope for the future. Chief sports writer Luke Edwards reports. Read

Busy Toffees can be beaten

SUNDERLAND have to cash in on Everton’s schedule to maximise their chances of a fifth consecutive Premier League home win. Read

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