Important game to put a bit more distance between us today, Fat Sam will make it hard, but Blackburn have a dodgy defence so we will have to wait and see, whoever wins will have to score more than 1 imho. Likely to be unchanged team, again the result more important than the performance.
Hope everybody had a good Christmas Day.
Here are the link pages ( not updated yet, nearer the game), not sure whether it will be on.
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=27026&part=sportshttp://atdhe.net/live-tv-1736.htmlAudio Link
http://mfile.akamai.com/6095/live/reflector:35549.asx?bkup=35550Match News
http://www.safc.com/match/?page_id=16499&fixture=3004223By Nick Alexander
Sunderland are set to name an unchanged side for the third game in succession on Boxing Day when Blackburn Rovers visit the Stadium of Light.
And if Ricky Sbragia uses the same 11 players that started last weekend's 4-1 win at Hull, it will be the first time for nearly three years that the starting XI has been the same for three games in a row.
Sbragia is reluctant to change a winning formula after a god run of form. Wins over West Brom and Hull have lifted Sunderland out of the Barclays Premier League's bottom three.
"We're looking for continuity, we don't want to change the team and we'll look to keep it the same on Boxing Day," said Sbragia.
"The good news is that we have no new injuries or knocks and there is a good chance it will be unchanged."
Sunderland will face a trip to Everton just two days after taking on Rovers, now managed by Sam Allardyce, on December 26.
"Two games in thee days is ludicrous but it's the same for everyone," said Sbragia.
"We might have to change things around for Everton but the focus is on Blackburn at the moment, that's the big one because it's the next one."
Sbragia watched Daryl Murphy, David Healy and Grant Leadbitter play well in Sunderland's 8-0 reserves win over Carlisle on Monday.
"It was good to get the likes of Daryl, David Healy and Grant involved for the Reserves because we might need them over the weekend.
"They had a good workout, we got them involved purely because they needed minutes on the pitch playing football. We need everyone fit and ready to go at this time of the season when games come thick and fast.
"There will be a time during the next two games when we are going to use all the squad and we need them sharp."
Sunderland are looking to record a third successive win. "We mustn't waste the good work we have done," said Sbragia.