Poyet Making A Mistake Relying On Inexperienced Striker

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has re-called Connor Wickham from his loan at Leeds United, in the hope he can help lift Sunderland to safety. I can’t see how.

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A Closer Look At Jozy Altidore - Sunderland's Bullish Forward

This week I’m going to profile Sunderland forward Jozy Altidore,who scored a cracking goal against Chelsea last night in a crucial Premier League match. Unfortunately for Sunderland, they lost the game and are sitting in last place in the table, but they put up a good fight against Jose Mourinho's men.

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The Fletcher - Altidore combination for Sunderland

Watching the Tyne-Wear derby yesterday, I was incredibly excited by the performance of Sunderland's strike partnership.

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Premier League summer spending sprees not quite coming off, yet?

This summer we saw cash splashed around like no other. What was particularly unusual was that it was not just the big boys who opened up their wallets but also a large proportion of the sides who make up the rest of the league.

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Will Altidore Make The Most Of His Second Chance In The Premier League?

Jozy Altidore has played in the top flight of English football before, but it didn’t quite work out for him last time.

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What is going on at Sunderland?

The landscape at Sunderland is changing at quite an alarming rate, with Paolo Di Canio more than putting his own stamp on the club – with the Italian already well on the way to completely overhauling the squad he inherited.

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Can Jozy Altidore solve Sunderland’s scoring problems?

To call Sunderland toothless last season would be almost generous given that they scored just 41 goals in their 38 games – only QPR and Stoke scored less. So with that in mind Paolo Di Canio has been quick to add more firepower to his shot shy side in the form of American Jozy Altidore, a player who you will remember from a rather unsuccessful loan at Hull spell in 2009.

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Jozy Altidore: Soon to be hot cake?

While anyone with the faintest of interests in matters football will give a knowing chuckle or sad shake of head at the mention of former American wunderkind Freddy Adu, most wouldn’t know what to make of Jozy Altidore.

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