A bleak season on Wearside came to a frankly fitting end with a dull and uninspired 1-1 draw with Southampton - a result which makes Arsenal fans out of us all. Here is what we made of it.

Every week we provide views to The Durham Times. Here's our latest column which was in the paper yesterday. Just buy it next week will you?

Ahead of this Sunday's game against Southampton, we talked to Saints fan, former blogger at The Equaliser and current Prozone Sport's worker Chris Mann to give us the lowdown on his team's season.

Sunderland's final home game gives our tipping team their penultimate chance to topple Luke at the top of our table - who will go for broke?

This weeks edition of Make Your Case see's Karl Jones go head-to-head with a new name but a familiar face, it's host of the Wise Men Say Podcast, Stephen Goldsmith as they look at whether or not a Director of Football is even necessary at Sunderland.

With the season drawing to a close and survival finally looking likely, lets take a depressing saunter through the soul-crushing reality of it.

As if writing about tactics when following Sunderland wasn't difficult enough, Monday's visit of Stoke stretched capabilities to the limits. Surviving through several heart attacks and one of the most nervy games in recent memory, here's our view...

Sunderland couldn’t get the win which would have virtually guaranteed survival this season but given the circumstances a point at full time is much better than how things could have turned out after the first half.

With the end of the season in sight our tipping team have some serious work to do if they are to topple Luke from his spot at the top of our leaderboard

Every week we provide views to The Durham Times newspaper, a tip-top publication which covers the North East's sports scene very well. Pick up a copy from your local newsagents for just 50p every Friday, or read this slightly out of date version.

Ahead of this Monday's crunch game against Stoke, we again caught up with TEAMtalk and Sky Sports writer Mark Holmes to tell us more about his beloved Potters.

The club chairman's decision to replace the scouting network is the latest in a series of changes being made to the way Sunderland operate. These changes marks the start of a new era for the club: one that could lead to success.

Never being ones to keep bringing up a night we'd prefer to forget, this weeks edition of Make Your Case takes a look at whether or not Stephane Sessegnon's challenge on Yacouba Sylla on Monday evening was worthy of the red card it sadly received...

Come one, come all, it's time to have a ball. Or not. Yes, contractual Roker Report obligations (or something like that) dictate that we simply can't get out of providing a tactical analysis of Monday's crushing loss at Villa Park. So come on in...

Sunderland's Stephane Sessegnon saw red last night against Aston Villa, so here we explore some of the options available to Paolo Di Canio as he looks to see out the season without his star player.

Sunderland came crashing back down to Earth with a humiliating defeat at Villa Park. Here's what we made of it.