<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/resources/xsl/"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
  <channel>
    <title>Durham Times | The Roker Report</title>
    <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/</link>
    <description>Durham Times /sport/rokerreport/</description>
    <language>en-gb</language>
    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:47:51 +0100</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:47:51 +0100</lastBuildDate>
    <docs>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/rssterms/</docs>
    <generator>M6</generator>
    <managingEditor>nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent)</managingEditor>
    <webMaster>webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy)</webMaster>
    <image>
        <url>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/resources/images/916963/?type=rsslogo</url>
        <title>Durham Times | The Roker Report</title>
        <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/</link>
    </image>
    <atom:link href="http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
<item>
           <title>Di Canio needs to heal Sunderland's scars from previous season</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/10398844.Di_Canio_needs_to_heal_Sunderland_s_scars_from_previous_season/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[
  IF HISTORY has taught Sunderland fans anything – the younger generation at least – then it is nothing comes easy. Or, just as fittingly, that bad follows the good just as readily.
]]></description>
           <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:26:46 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">d9f9cfdfa519eac6e5035b596ee390dd</guid>
    </item>


    <item>
           <title>The case for Connor Wickham</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/9320418.The_case_for_Connor_Wickham/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[DESPERATION is in the air at the Stadium of Light. ]]></description>
           <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:03:20 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">597e0d1b6bc05ba8888f1e6d272ea96b</guid>
    </item>


    <item>
           <title>Back to the bread and butter – at last</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/9305305.Back_to_the_bread_and_butter_____at_last/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[Thankfully, another international break weekend is over and we can get back to some proper football, or as close to proper football as Sunderland AFC can play anyway. At least normality will be resumed anyway.]]></description>
           <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">0d5a25261be57addd0a8a6cedc468e99</guid>
    </item>


    <item>
           <title>Changes at the top testament to Quinn's success</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/9292330.Changes_at_the_top_testament_to_Quinn_s_success/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[Sitting watching Shane Long waltz through the Sunderland defence unopposed to fire West Bromwich Albion into an early two goal lead last week, I can't have been alone in believing that a change in the leadership of the club was surely imminent. ]]></description>
           <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">7d39324c1eec8714e76b63d6b7c210b7</guid>
    </item>


    <item>
           <title>It’s time to face up to reality</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/9281298.It___s_time_to_face_up_to_reality/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[BEFORE I get down to business here, let me make a couple of things clear. None of this is borne out of a knee-jerk reaction, I am not a doom-monger, and I don't enjoy Sunderland AFC doing poorly. I gain no pleasure in being negative about them, but frankly, at the moment, they are leaving me little choice.]]></description>
           <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:45:33 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">9eb057d7473c7ab99d800cf565315079</guid>
    </item>


    <item>
           <title>Bruce proves a point or three</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/9266743.Bruce_proves_a_point_or_three/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[SUNDAY afternoon's three points couldn't have come quick enough for both Steve Bruce and the Sunderland fans. ]]></description>
           <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">388e9352579f2a921fec6aaf8222e1fb</guid>
    </item>


    <item>
           <title>Cats’ malaise deepens as Gyan goes</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/9256900.Cats____malaise_deepens_as_Gyan_goes/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[AT THIS stage last week, we were looking ahead to the visit of Chelsea with cautious optimism.]]></description>
           <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:49:34 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">7c5e93dc811be6f6d5d85bec7404ad35</guid>
    </item>


    <item>
           <title>Good things come to those who wait</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/9241433.Good_things_come_to_those_who_wait/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[IT IS a sign of how far Sunderland have come in recent times that fans are currently bemoaning their slow start to the season.]]></description>
           <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">d36cb0e86905f0ff9410a55a686763eb</guid>
    </item>


    <item>
           <title>Bruce needs to build a team</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/9228197.Bruce_needs_to_build_a_team/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[IT HAS certainly been a testing start of the season for Sunderland fans. Hopes were high over the summer of achieving some derby dominance and a credible Carling Cup run, yet both have evaporated just 4 games into the campaign amidst a crippling inability to transform positive passages of play into goals. ]]></description>
           <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">91b71b47fa10126073cfc64e488dae1a</guid>
    </item>


    <item>
           <title>Few positives, but progress made</title>
           
           <link>http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/sport/rokerreport/9038394.Few_positives__but_progress_made/?ref=rss</link>
           
           
           <description><![CDATA[THOSE who have read this column from its embryonic beginnings, almost four years ago now, will have gone on a journey with me.]]></description>
           <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
           <guid isPermaLink="false">b7e12114e410b79b8b8d412a11aa698d</guid>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>