{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/4374af13-2994-428c-8c72-05d2a59008e1/679f2cc390375a81fe953dba?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"RRP: \"The derby that isn't a f***ing derby\" - The debate continues - Previewing Middlesbrough v Sunderland AFC! ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60f5f3b592b8225a7f194eb9/1738484833927-882860c8-b4df-49c0-a178-6522a587cbd9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>So here we are again, waiting for a game one of us cares about more than the other and trying to explain what it is about Sunderland facing Boro that makes it less a derby and more an annoyance. Like Coventry with Parmos?&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>What's the crack?&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>*It's not a derby debate klaxon* </li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Seriously it isn't. If Hartlepool got their arses in gear and left the monkeys alone we'd probably not have this debate at all.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Right so it is a big game for other non-derby reasons but only because they're just about up there with us; how have Michael Carrick's men been getting along since we last faced one another?&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Boro players always take this more seriously than our own, so do we think Reg will have found a way to get our lads to kick that weird habit passed down from generation to generation?&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Bit of a weird game overall; live on ITV a few hours before Transfer Deadline Day ends... Are we looking forward to that sort of possible mayhem?&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Are the lads confident given our long history of not getting the result we want down their way and yet again: is this a must win? Are they all must wins?&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>This was recorded just before the announcement of Wilson Isidor signing a permanent deal with SAFC, which we're all delighted about aye, and before more strange rumours surrounding Mike Dodds and Wycombe Wanderers but... we'll cover that after Boro in more detail.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>Gerrin Wilson marra! Falling in love with a loan player has rarely ended so well. Ha'way the Lads!&nbsp;</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p>#SAFC #EFL #EFLChampionship</p>","author_name":"Roker Rapport"}