Wise Men Say

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Wise Men Say episodes

July 30, 2025 Xhaka Signs For Sunderland!
Stephen Goldsmith is joined by Rick, Eleanor and Jon as we react to the news that Granit Xhaka has signed for Sunderland from Bayer Leverkusen. There's a sentence we weren't expecting to write a year ago!
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35 min
July 26, 2025 REACTION: Sunderland Lose at Hearts
Mick and new(ish) WMS podder Jonathan are in an Edinburgh pub.

Does a defeat here mean anything? Does it? If any team deserve some bigger-picture thinking on that front it's Sunderland after their form going into Wembley. Still some pretty shocking defending though.
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14 min
July 16, 2025 WMS Pre-Season: Chat (General)
Stephen Goldsmith is joined by Richard Easterbrook and WMS debutant Jonathan Ellenor to discuss Sunderland's first pre-season friendly of 25-26 and to chat about some players linked with making a move to Wearside imminently...
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38 min
July 06, 2025 WMS w/ Transfer Expert Sacha Tavolieri
Stephen and Rick catch up with transfer guru Sacha Tavolieri to chat about Sunderland's movements in the European market, including the latest on Djordje Petrovic and Chemsdine Talbi as well as the lowdown on confirmed signings Habib Diarra and Noah Sadiki as we assess the almost-immediate impact of new director of football Florent Ghisolfi.
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26 min
July 03, 2025 WMS CATCHUP: Signings and Links Everywhere
Stephen, Mick and Jim have a bit of a catchup on all of the recent activity. Sporting Directors, Assistant Coaches and players. Lots to chat about.
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39 min
June 30, 2025 Bonus Pod: Expert Opinions on Diarra and Reinildo
Stephen catches up with Cyril Olives from L'Equipe and Jeremy Beren from That Atleti Pod to talk about Habib Diarra and Reinildo Mandava respectively.
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28 min
June 23, 2025 Wise Men Say Meet Peter Reid - Part 2
The second part of our wide-ranging chat with former Sunderland manager Peter Reid as we discuss his seven-year reign in charge of the Black Cats, including two promotions, our two best top-flight finishes in a generation and a heartbreaking play-off defeat.
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31 min
June 20, 2025 Wise Men Say Meet Peter Reid - Part 1
We meet up with former Sunderland manager Peter Reid and discuss his seven-year reign in charge of the Black Cats, including two promotions, our two best top-flight finishes in a generation and a heartbreaking play-off defeat.
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37 min
June 19, 2025 WMS REPLAY: Meet the Managers - Terry Butcher
Think Terry Butcher.

Blood and bandages, Italia 90, Glasgow Rangers and their English invasion, Bobby Robson's Ipswich. He also played for and managed the lads - and, in 2019, he spoke to us as part of our Meet the Managers series.
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1 hr 8 min
June 18, 2025 WMS REPLAY: Meet the Managers - Malcolm Crosby
We've delved back into the archives to bring you the second in the Meet the Manager series - today, it's Malcolm Crosby's turn.

Malcolm speaks to us about his early career, how he ended up at his home town team and all about that fantastic 1992 FA Cup run.

This podcast was first released in 2018.
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1 hr 23 min

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The longest-running Sunderland AFC podcast, established in 2013. Up to three shows a week including previews, reaction shows, live shows and feature-length episodes with quality articles live on