Best Sean Blackburn Podcasts (2024)

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RRP: “ALLO ALLO ‘OW DO YOU DO” - Reaction to the appointment of Régis Le Bris as Sunderland AFC Head Coach! 34:55

10d ago34:55

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Mon dieu! Sacré bleu! Sunderland AFC have a head coach, as Kyril has exploited his French connection and appointed a French lad! Gav and Martin got together today to react to it all, trying to avoid lazy stereotypes and occasionally failing. What's le crack? Welcome Reg! He hasn't actually arrived at the academy yet but he'll be there imminently. S…

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RRP: "Players only love you when they're playing" - SAFC 23/24 Season Review Part Two! 1:17:43

23d ago1:17:43

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Our disorganised (and now slightly late) season review continues as we all await imminent news from our dear club about our imminent head coach. But we aren't talking about managers at all here (we'll react to that when we get an official announcement) as today our Gav, Chris and Martin's focus is on the players themselves. What's the crack? Now th…

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Nairn County success, Jock Wallace's Efforts To Try To Take Him To Hearts And His Family Football Success : John Sim: S3 E21 53:40

1M ago53:40

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Former Nairn County FC player John Sim talks to Sean McAngus in the Highland League Podcast. 🔥 Race for his signature as a youngster. 💥 Success with Nairn County. ⚽ Cup upset over Forfar. 🔥 Praise from Jock Wallace and how he tried to take him on trial at Hearts. ⚽His grandfather Andy Mitchell and uncle Andy 'Juppy' Mitchell's football success. And…

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RRP: "O manager, where art thou?" - SAFC 23/24 Season Review Part One! 52:26

2M ago52:26

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Aye lads and lasses we threw the towel in early as Dodds and the club drove us a bit insane. Following medical advice we've all had a bit of a break and now we're back to dissect everything in a really disorganised and chaotic fashion, as our Gav is joined by Chris Wynn and Martin Wanless to attempt something resembling a season review for a season…

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RRP: "Wish you weren't here" - Sunderland AFC 0-1 Millwall Reaction and Listener Q&A! 58:29

2M ago58:29

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Our Gav and Martin return to react to the increasingly painful and unfortunately still ongoing shite run/limp to the end of our season, following possibly the dullest game we've ever witnessed. Luckily they have some listener questions to try distract them from the football itself. What's the crack? Was that the most boring game we've seen this sea…

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RRP: “Tangents” - Reaction to Sunderland AFC 0-0 Bristol City and looking at Leeds away! 54:17

3M ago54:17

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Our Gav Henderson welcomes Martin Wanless back to the pod as the lads look back on Sunderland's goalless draw against Bristol City at the Stadium of Light yesterday, ahead to Tuesday night against Leeds at Elland Road, and grab a few listener thoughts on all things SAFC! What's the crack? It wasn't a win - we couldn't get the ball to go in - but wa…

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RRP: "5H1TE" - Reaction to Sunderland AFC 1-5 Blackburn Rovers! 40:47

3M ago40:47

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Our Martin and Chris had the good sense to fuck off on holiday for Easter so Gavin grabbed our heavy loss specialist, Craig Chapman, to see if they could ignore talking about any of the football from the win on Good Friday over Cardiff or the horrific loss yesterday to Blackburn! What's the crack? Those Good Friday vibes didn't continue, the lads w…

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RRP: “Paint drying and other pastimes” - Avoiding talking about Sunderland 0-0 Queens Park Rangers! 38:11

4M ago38:11

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So we stopped a cycle of losing before heading into what is a very welcome international break for most, as Sunlun held QPR to a draw at the weekend. Join Gav and Martin as they try to talk about it all.. and end up talking about everything but the game. What’s the crack? Our worst losing streak in a decade comes to an end, but we didn’t make it ea…

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RRP: "Back to basics?" - The Southampton 4-2 Sunderland reaction & QPR preview! 35:56

4M ago35:56

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If you haven't noticed there's a little gift we've posted full of joy and positivity just prior to this here podcast. Honest it's all great fun. Seriously though we are actually back, as Gav and Chris sat down late last night to look at the Southampton result and ahead to QPR! What's the crack? BREAKING NEWS: WE'RE STILL SHITE It wasn't exactly an …

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RRP: "Doddsfall - The Trilogy" - Combined SAFC reaction to the Swansea, Norwich & Leicester defeats! 1:59:28

4M ago1:59:28

1:59:28

Personal circumstances we don't really need to go on about online have unfortunately put the pods back a couple weeks, so in the interest of continuity/torture/sadism this is a combination of three recordings made after our defeats at home to Swansea, Norwich City and Leicester City… running back to back. This isn't something we'd necessarily advis…

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RRP: “Beale Burning Bridges & Doddsy Dilemmas” - Previewing Sunderland AFC v Swansea City! 49:47

4M ago49:47

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Chris and Gav look at the Beale burner fiasco that unfolded since we last recorded, at the task Dodds has ahead of him now for the rest of the season, and look ahead to his first challenge against Swansea on Saturday! Or they try to but get distracted aye. What's the crack? BurnerGate; Well that's not very a clever thing to do is it lad? The lads t…

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RRP: "The Departed" - Reaction to Michael Beale 'parting ways' with Sunderland AFC and a return to DoddsBall!! 38:09

4M ago38:09

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Aye there'll be more from us on this in the near future - specifically burner related - but Gav and Chris sat down to give their initial thoughts on the short tenure of Michael Beale coming to an end at SAFC and the appointment of Doddsy as caretaker coach for the rest of the season! What's the crack? Beale gets his name in the Sunlun record books;…

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RRP: "To Beale or not to Beale" - Sunderland AFC 3-1 Plymouth Reaction & Huddersfield Preview! 1:09:27

5M ago1:09:27

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Editor's note: Gav has taken my recent illness badly, I fear for my life. If something happens to me it was Gavin Henderson aye. The lads got together to chat all things Sunlun after a lovely win over Plymouth at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, as well as to answer a few listener questions and look ahead to a busy week as Michael Beale tries to f…

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Following Coaching Dream In America, Connecting With Famous People In Football And His Role As Nairn County's Scout: Calum McKenzie: S3 E20 1:25:29

5M ago1:25:29

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Nairn County scout Calum McKenzie talks to Sean McAngus in the Highland League Podcast. 🔥 Swapping Lossie for America to follow coaching dream 💥 Coaching experiences in Scotland ⚽ How he connected with well-known goalie Asmir Begović. 🔥 The switch from goalkeeping coaching to scouting. ⚽ Remarkable spell scouting goalies for a Luxembourg top divisi…

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RRP: "More mass debating with friends" - A bumper listener Q&A session chatting all things Sunderland AFC! 1:24:23

5M ago1:24:23

1:24:23

So yesterday our Gavin spammed all your social media feeds asking for questions the lads can get themselves in trouble answering and you didn't disappoint. Listen in as they try to cover off as many of your talking points as possible! What's the crack? First threesome in a little while, they've not forgotten how it all works though. Aye. The transf…

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RRP: "Cockney Revels" - Reaction to Sunderland 3-1 Stoke City & everything else SAFC! 51:17

5M ago51:17

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The lads got together to chew the fat about our win against Stoke on Saturday and all the mayhem surrounding the club as we approach the end of the January window! Apples, pears, Pritchards and cockney stuff. Bosh. What's the crack? WE WON. Doesn't that feel a bit better? Well played Mason; Young Burstow had one of his best performances, if not the…

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RRP: “Shit, meet fan.” - A pretty miserable Sunderland AFC 0-1 Hull City reaction! 53:40

6M ago53:40

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It all went wrong for the Lads at the Stadium of Light last night so our Gav and Martin got together to try work through their emotions.. What's the crack? We didn't score. This is still an issue, surprisingly. Why aren't we trying something different? Is Beale doing enough to hold off the baying mob? Where exactly do the hierarchy go from here wit…

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RRP: “Crack the f***ing window, Kristjaan” - The Ipswich Town 2-1 Sunderland AFC Review! 52:50

6M ago52:50

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So for part two of our return to pod action in the New Year, we resume normal service as Gav and Martin react to our loss to Ipswich on Saturday and give some further thoughts on the January transfer window! What's the crack? So we might need a striker aye; Could we have taken at least a point from that game? Martin shares his worries about the sta…

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RRP: “New Year Revolutions” - Catching up on everything SAFC this year so far with a listener Q&A! 1:38:10

6M ago1:38:10

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Aye we didn't exactly escape anything these first two weeks of 2024, but having upgraded a few things (and taking a bit of time to haul ourselves back on the wagon for another year) we are in fact back to a more settled schedule; Kicking off with a double bill of podcasting chaos as Gav and Chris got together first - prior to Ipswich - to answer li…

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RRP: “Clarke has bailed the Lads out, again” - Reviewing Sunderland’s Christmas chaos! 44:24

6M ago44:24

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While we’ve been enjoying a few too many Baileys, mince pies and turkey, the Lads have been on the road — join Gav & Martin as they chat all about it and look ahead to the Preston game! What’s the crack? Sunderland drew at Rotherham in what was a flat performance, so what did the lads think of what they saw? Weird team selection at the start seemed…

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Cole Mooney - They don't care what you know until they know you care 49:00

6M ago49:00

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This weeks guest is Cole Mooney. Cole is curently coaching at Pakaranga Rugby Club in New Zealand. During our chat we spoke about creating haits during training and increasing your players capacity and conscienceness. Cole also spoke about to create relationships with players and finding a common ground. We also chatted about as a coach you need to…

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RRP: “Twas the shite before Christmas” - Sunderland AFC 0-3 Coventry City Reaction! 36:20

6M ago36:20

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Sunderland were left embarrassed by Coventry at the SoL in Michael Beale's first game in charge - Gav and Martin were there and react to everything that happened. What went wrong? We're about to find out... What's the festive crack? Well, that was tough - so what went wrong? Ba's performance left a lot to be desired, but he didn't deserve the boos …

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RRP: “Avoiding Asda” - A very quick Sunderland AFC v Coventry City Preview! 29:05

6M ago29:05

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Having fun out there? Join us as Gav and Chris look ahead (rapidly) to Michael Beale's first game in charge of the Lads at the SoL - with our old rivals Coventry standing in our way of an important three points - and us all running around currently like headless chickens, fighting random strangers in Christmas jumpers.. What's the crack? Coventry a…

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RRP: “The Real Beale?” - Reaction to Michael Beale becoming the new Sunderland AFC Head Coach! 30:01

7M ago30:01

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Gav and Chris got together to completely ignore the shite performance at Bristol City and instead talk about the news that Sunderland have hired former Rangers boss Michael Beale as their new head coach! What's the crack? Well, Michael Beale is here - so what do the lads make of it? How much stock should we place into what happened to him at Ranger…

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RRP: "A Mike Dodds Masterclass" - Reaction to Sunderland AFC 1-0 Leeds Utd! 34:20

7M ago34:20

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Our Gavin and Chris return to react to a tactical masterclass from the legend that is Doddseh - as Sunderland beat Leeds by a goal to nil at the Stadium of Light last night! Other titles considered: On a mission from Dodds DoddsBall: The Sequel Nectar of the Dodds Dodds Day Sunrise Who let the Dodds out Live or let Dodds Dodds, take the wheel In Do…

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Cam Treloar - Reflections on his 1st year as a Head Coach 45:24

7M ago45:24

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This weeks guest is Cam Treloar. Cam is the current coach at West Harbour in the Shute Shield. He also coached at Warringah as an Assistant Coach for a few years 2023 was his firstyear as a Head Coach and he reflected a lot and his first year. He spoke about changing clubs to enhance his coaching career and transitioning from player to coach shortl…

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RRP: "DoddsBall" - Sunderland AFC 2-1 West Brom Review & looking at Leeds! 1:03:10

7M ago1:03:10

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Sunderland won a game of football with Mike Dodds in charge, and we're here to react to it! Join Gav & Chris as they mull over a pleasing performance, chat about the departure of Tony Mowbray and look ahead to Leeds tomorrow... What's the crack? Well, it's been a bit of a week, hasn't it? Chris catches us up on his thoughts on Mogga's sacking; Back…

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RRP: "Don't revel in it" - Reacting to the sacking of Sunderland AFC gaffer Tony Mowbray! 36:16

7M ago36:16

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Tony Mowbray was relieved of his duties by Sunderland AFC very late last night (just a few hours ago aye) so our Gav and Martin convened an emergency recording session to give their initial thoughts on the news! What's the crack? "Argh ye killed me other pod, man" and other tales. Was it the right call to axe Tony? Was the writing on the wall after…

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RRP: "Let's talk about Tony" - Reaction to the recent run of poor performances from Sunderland AFC! 53:38

7M ago53:38

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Aye it looks as though we've been quiet but unfortunately for you all it was merely preparation for an extremely busy month for ourselves and the Lads... Our Gavin Henderson sat down with Martin Wanless to talk about the last couple defeats at the hands of Plymouth and that Huddersfield horror show and try to work out why we're in the situation we …

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From Highland League Breakthrough to Life Changing Aussie Move: Trophies Galore, Yoogali Return As Player Coach And His Recruitment Hunt For Two Scottish Attacking Players: Darren Bailey: S3 E19 58:41

7M ago58:41

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Former Formartine United and Lossiemouth player Darren Bailey talks to Sean McAngus in the Highland League Podcast. 🔥 Highland League breakthrough with Lossiemouth. 💥 Life-changing move to Australia 🏆 Trophies galore across different teams like Yoogali Soccer Club. ⚽ Returning to Yoogali as a player-coach and promotion to the National Premier Leagu…

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Sean Hedger - Plan-Act-Review 59:35

7M ago59:35

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This weeks guest is Sean Hedger (Hedge). Hedge is the Director of Rugby at IRAA. He coached Sydney Uni to a victory in the Shute Shield in 2022 and was also named joint Shute Shield coach of the year the same year. He has also coached extensively in Japan as well as Bond Uni and the Melbourne Rebels. During our chat we spoke about Flexibility of th…

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RRP: "The Wayne Rooney Effect" - The Sunderland AFC 3-1 Birmingham City Review! 1:00:11

8M ago1:00:11

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Gav halts his weekend bender (temporarily) to chat with our Chris Wynn about Sunderland's 3-1 victory over old Wayne Rooney's Birmingham City at the Stadium of Light this afternoon! What's the crack? That's a lovely way to enter an international break isn't it? How we all feeling after that? Huggins is the boy; after an injury to Cirkin in the warm…

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RRP: "Friday Night (Not Really) Live" - Previewing Sunderland AFC v Birmingham City! 49:27

8M ago49:27

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Chris and Gav (they swapped sides of the table for this one) take a look as Tony Mowbray welcomes Wayne Rooney's Birmingham City circus to the Stadium of Light before another unwanted International break stops all meaningful football for a couple of weeks. What's the crack? How are we feeling ahead of not just the Birmingham match itself, but the d…

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RRP: "Patto Penna Patino Patter" - Reviewing Swansea City 0-0 Sunderland AFC! 44:28

8M ago44:28

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The lads took a look at our trip to Wales over the weekend - as Sunderland managed to take just a point from ten man Swansea City thanks to the penalty saving exploits of a certain Anthony Patterson - as well as taking some time to ponder Tony Mowbray's comments about his young strikers. What's the crack? How are the lads feeling after that result?…

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Michael Magriplis - Building rugby IQ in your players 1:20:09

8M ago1:20:09

1:20:09

This weeks guest is Michael Magriplis (Grips).Grips is the Head of Community Coaching at Rugby AustraliaDuring our chat we spoke about developing our people and games to improve player Rugby IQ.We also chatted about knowing your players before given them feedback and what language we use during training to held players get clarity.Grips also spoke …

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RRP: "Dan the Man & Jack the Lad" - Sunderland AFC 3-1 Norwich City Reaction & Analysis! 56:32

8M ago56:32

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WE WON THE FOOTY AGAIN AND EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL! Aye our Gav and Chris reconvened to wax lyrical once more about the joys of comfortably winning matches as Sunderland beat a terrible Norwich side over the weekend; Jack Clarke got back to tearing things apart, Dan Neil just keeps getting better and even Trai sort of got back on the scoreshee…

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RRP: "Green shoots and shooting boots" - Dissecting Leicester 1-0 Sunderland & looking ahead to Norwich! 57:50

8M ago57:50

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Apparently not everyone enjoyed the game quite as much as these two, but Gav and Chris have a few bones to pick with Mogga over a few issues - despite finding a lot of positives to take from our performance against Leicester on Tuesday night - and look ahead to the Lads return to the Stadium of Light as we take on Norwich on Saturday! What's the cr…

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RRP: "Podcasting at g*npoint" - Reaction to Stoke 2-1 Sunderland & Previewing Leicester v SAFC! 49:33

9M ago49:33

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Gav and Chris return to action and find themselves reacting to a loss against Stoke City in a pretty shit and extremely Stoke-esque game marred by a mixture of tactical mistakes, Stoke themselves and PGMOL apology worthy errors from more useless officials. What's the Crack? Two weeks of waiting for 90+ minutes of frustration; how do the lads feel a…

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RRP: "PGMOL 12-0 Football" - Jarred Gillett v Dan Neil Analysis & Sunderland 0-4 Boro Reaction! 53:41

9M ago53:41

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After avoiding the issue for as long as possible, Gav and Chris sat down in the aftermath of a refereeing and game management disasterclass to look at Sunderland 0-4 Boro and the state of officiating in the modern game. What's the crack? What the actual f*** was that? How is that the standard of refereeing in this country? The letter of the law ver…

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Nick Piva-Giblett - Driving Competition at Training 49:28

9M ago49:28

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This weeks guest is Nick Piva-Giblett.Nick was recently the defence coach at Warringah Rats and is also involved in NSW Waratahs Gen Blue program.We chatted about driving competition at training and indentifying different learning styles of your players.We also spoke about giving feedback and there no right way to coach but there is definately a wr…

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RRP: "Wednesday Night's Alright (For Fighting)" - The Sunderland AFC v Watford Preview! 32:40

9M ago32:40

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Hello again... As we play midweek we thought it would be a good idea to preview the fixture a little, so Chris and Gav took a quick look at Watford's visit to the Stadium of Light! What's the crack? What are Watford up to recently? They're not looking great sat where they are in the table; Be nice to get another three points under the lights agains…

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RRP: "Clarke, Clarke Will Tear You Apart" - Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Sunderland AFC analysis and reaction! 50:52

9M ago50:52

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Our Gav and Chris were joined this week by a very tired Martin from the land down under as they tried to work out what time of day/night it was, chatted about the win on Friday and look at your thoughts and opinions on all things SAFC right now! What's the crack? CLARK, CLARKE WILL TEAR YOU APART, AGAIN! Just aye. Jack Clarke is too good for this d…

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RRP: "Behind Enemy Lines - South Yorkshire Edition" - The Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland AFC Preview! 44:47

9M ago44:47

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Following on from the breakdown of our home defeat to Cardiff at the weekend, Gav and Chris reconvene to discuss Sunderland's upcoming fixture at Hillsborough against Sheffield Wednesday (in front of the Sky cameras) on Friday night. Given that our Chris has been studying their fans down in their natural habitat of South Yorkshire for a few years n…

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RRP: "The Dan Neil Appreciation Society" - Sunderland 0-1 Cardiff deep analysis & reaction! 59:45

9M ago59:45

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Gav and Chris were quite frustrated with the result on Sunday but they managed to sit down and relive it all for a giggle, weaving a few of your points, questions and three word reviews throughout.. and aye just generally being themselves. What's the crack? Gav bans his mate from attending any future home fixtures; How can we dominate like that and…

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Rhys Thompson - From Playing to Coaching at the same club 44:45

9M ago44:45

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This week's guest is Rhys Thompson. Rhys was the Head Coach at Hills Rugby Club in Division 2 of the Sydney Sub Districts Competition. During our chat we spoken about going straight from playing to coaching at the same club. How we should be focused on the process not the outcome and how little control we actually have on the players once they take…

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Starring In Vale Side With Young Jim Leighton, Trophy Success, Endless Untapped Highland League Talent And Scouting Young Players For Aberdeen: Grant Smith: S3 E18 1:02:56

10M ago1:02:56

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Former Vale, Broch, Cove Rangers and Deveronside player Grant Smith talks to Sean McAngus in the Highland League Podcast. 🔥 Playing alongside young Jim Leighton at Vale. 🔥 Trophy success. ⚽ Scouting players for Aberdeen and much more. 🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE for FREE on iTunes!! Scottish Fitba Base: seanmcangusfootballblog.wordpress.com Facebook: www.…

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RRP: "Tony's Fluorescent Adolescents" - Blackburn 1 - 3 Sunderland Reaction & Cardiff Preview! 1:00:21

10M ago1:00:21

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CLARKE, CLARKE WILL TEAR YOU APART, AGAIN! What a match that was man. After picking themselves up off the floor our Gav and Chris sat back down to pick apart another three points on the road, try to put into words what we just witnessed and somehow preview our upcoming home fixture against Cardiff City on Sunday! (Cheers for the title idea @Rachael…

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RRP: "The Ginger Snaps" - QPR 1-3 Sunderland Reaction as Jack Colback sees red! 59:48

10M ago59:48

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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I'm alright Jack; The p*** biscuit saw red at Loftus Road after trying to snap Jobe's leg in half, before our very own Jack Clarke fired in a beautifully timed …

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RRP: "A lovely little selection headache" - Previewing QPR v Sunderland & giggling at Scotland! 37:49

10M ago37:49

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The international break is over! Sunderland are back to league action against Gareth Ainsworth’s QPR at Loftus Road on Saturday. Gav and Chris sit down to preview the trip, try to guess what changes Mogga may make (if any) and react to the official unveiling (finally) of our new Ukrainian forward Nazariy Rusyn. What’s the crack? Slava Ukraini! Welc…

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RRP: "A big hot chat" Analysing the SAFC transfer business & that Sunderland 5-0 Southampton result! 1:13:05

10M ago1:13:05

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Sunderland had a bit of a mad end to the 23/24 Summer Transfer Window and followed it up with an immediate battering of a poorly prepared Southampton side at the Stadium of Light. So now some of the Lads have a bit of time off with the international break, our lads Gav and Chris have had a look at everything from the departure of Batth, Goochy and …

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