Ellis Simms and Ross Stewart teamed up to hand Sunderland our first win of the the season - and it was great!

Brad Sharpe and Ross Black join me to pick apart a cracking afternoon's work, Simms' double, Rosco's winner and Jack Clarke's terrific performance.

Plus a bit of transfer market chat.

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A positive opening day performance against Coventry City has instilled a little bit more confidence that Sunderland might just be okay this season as we head to Ashton Gate.

Its been almost five years since 'Bristanbul' and - in short - things have changed dramatically at both clubs.

Returning guest and freelance journalist Gregor MacGregor (@GeeMacGee) has covered the Robins for numerous publications over the years and joins the show to chat this weekend's game, and update us on our opponents this Saturday.

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It started with a bang, and ended up with a kick in the teeth - but Sunderland's return to the Championship proved to be a largely positive affair.

Myself and Brad got to it late thanks to a combination of the Lionesses bringing it home and terrible reality TV shows - but we pick apart our 1-1 draw against Coventry for your listening pleasure.

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It often felt like it would never come, but finally, What The Falk get to present the first second tier podcast preview its history.

That day at Wembley was amazing, but now the hard work starts for Sunderland and Alex Neil as we welcome Coventry City to the SOL for Sunday's Championship opener.

Our first guest of the season is lovely Tom from the excellent Sky Blues Extra podcast joins us to give us the lowdown on a side we have a fair amount of history with.

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It's almost time!

Sunderland's return to the Championship is just 9 days away - so me, Dave Lawrence, Brad Sharpe and new recruit Ross Black got together to quickly preview the season.

Will the Lads simply survive, or can we push higher? Who will be our star signing? Are we happy with our transfer business so far? All that and loads more.

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We're back!

Our longest running show, the preview, is back as we look over our glamour friendly with Scottish giants and Europa League finalists Rangers.

The wonderful Scott Paterson of Gers podcast ThisIsIbrox joins me to chat Ross Stewart, the day in Seville and share his thoughts on Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

Tune in!

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Sunderland's summer is heating up!

Lynden, Bailey and Paddy have all signed on - and now we've added a highly rated Championship centre back in former Blackpool and Millwall defender Daniel Ballard from Arsenal.

Of course, we wanted a full low down on just who Ballard is, what he can bring and what sort of character we have, so we invited Matt from Blackpool blog Mitch Cook's Left Foot and Olly from That Millwall Pod.

Give it a listen!

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What an exciting day - fixture release day!

Myself, and regular Dave Lawrence and Brad Sharpe got together to give some "live" reaction to the fixture list being announced, chat about the opening game of the season and which games we are most excited for.

We also touch quickly on the ownership news, and Lynden Gooch's new two year contract.

Short and sharp - enjoy!

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It was a long four seasons but, non the less, there were still some gems.

The group get together to put together there League One XI draft - and the rules couldn't be simpler.

1. Each guest takes it in turns to pick one player, but once that player has been picked, they can not be picked by another guest.

2. No more than two loan players.

3. You can only play in one of three formations - 442, 433, 352.

There's some expected picks, bizarre picks and odd omissions - but who has the best team, Graham, Brad or Dave? 

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It's not often you want to go back and re-live a season in League One, but with Sunderland now officially promoted and an EFL Championship side as of July, we thought we'd put together the best bits What The Falk as we reacted to Sunderland season throughout 2021/21.

The early hope of promotion, the emergence of Dan Neil, the 5-1 defeat at Rotherham, Jermain Defoe's ill fated return, the brilliance of Ross Stewart, every last minute winner and THAT day at Wembley.

Myself, Dave Lawrence, Brad Sharpe, Phil Smith, Jack Shields, Danny Pugh and LOADS of other guests such as Tom White, Danny Collins, Conor McLaughlin and more all feature alongside a ton of more.

Drink it in, and enjoy. See you in the Championship.

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