Sunderland would be top of the league if the season began on December 11. Arsenal fans should be concerned at where they find themselves in the table.
Wow.
We knew Martin O’Neill was a good manager, and we knew new managers often enjoy honeymoon periods, but surely nobody expected this.
Sunderland really are the form team in the Premier League, as this table shows, courtesy of the statisticians at Opta.
How far can O’Neill take Sunderland? Who knows, but suddenly they have north-east rivals Newcastle in their sights.
When those two meet on March 4 it should be a cracker.
We wonder what poor old Steve Bruce makes of it all?
image: © Dagur Brynjólfsson
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