Oct 8, 2026 · 45 min · 14 segments
Ryan Adsett is joined by Sunderland fan Chris, who talks all things Sunderland before an intriguing clash in the North East... Talk Seagulls…
Ryan AdsettHost
Like, uh, only in the last couple of years we've really got the credit since getting into the Europa League.
Teams like Brighton get relegated." Until probably when Potter started finally hitting the ground running.
I think all the time before that, no one took us seriously till De Zerbi, and it was, it was literally just like that.
And I think that's what Brighton fans were kind of scared of at one point when we kind of had them few years in mid-table thinking, "What if we just stagnate a little bit?" Uh, you know, "Are we gonna just be associated with a bottom relegation team?" But I just don't think that's a thing anymore.
What I will say is that maybe from the national press who were all big six-centric, if you like, because y- you know, if you watch "The Overlap"- I mean, there's always a section on Manchester United every week.
There's always a section on Liverpool every week.
There's always-- So, you know, th- and there might be a couple of seconds, you know, where they go through the, the-- where they do the, the scores at the end or what they think the predictions are gonna be, or they might mention the other clubs.
But I think outside of that, you know, o-outside of that journalist sphere, if you, if you w- for want of a better word, when we were coming up, when we were in the championship and we were thinking, "Can we get in the Premier League?" We were look- you know, as fans of Sunderland, we were talking about Brighton, we were talking about Brentford, we were talking about Bournemouth.
And it, and it's, it's clubs who aren't part of the big six look more at the likes of yourselves-
...and go, "How have they done that?" And really get into it and go, "That, that's just genius the way they've brought those players on and sold maybe let's say one every year just to keep things ticking over for, you know, 60, 70 million," or whatever it might be.
Um, or maybe a couple [chuckles] in one go, which we'd never like.
But I think outside, outside of that world that we, we get caught up in the big six.
And, you know, even now, Spurs bottom of the league.
I mean, Spurs finished 17th the last two seasons.
They're still getting more headlines than the likes of yourselves and-
And, and the likes of, uh, the likes of ourselves finishing seventh when we get promoted to the Premier League.
Like, uh, only in the last couple of years we've really got the credit since getting into the Europa League.
Teams like Brighton get relegated." Until probably when Potter started finally hitting the ground running.
I think all the time before that, no one took us seriously till De Zerbi, and it was, it was literally just like that.
And I think that's what Brighton fans were kind of scared of at one point when we kind of had them few years in mid-table thinking, "What if we just stagnate a little bit?" Uh, you know, "Are we gonna just be associated with a bottom relegation team?" But I just don't think that's a thing anymore.
What I will say is that maybe from the national press who were all big six-centric, if you like, because y- you know, if you watch "The Overlap"- I mean, there's always a section on Manchester United every week.
There's always a section on Liverpool every week.
There's always-- So, you know, th- and there might be a couple of seconds, you know, where they go through the, the-- where they do the, the scores at the end or what they think the predictions are gonna be, or they might mention the other clubs.
But I think outside of that, you know, o-outside of that journalist sphere, if you, if you w- for want of a better word, when we were coming up, when we were in the championship and we were thinking, "Can we get in the Premier League?" We were look- you know, as fans of Sunderland, we were talking about Brighton, we were talking about Brentford, we were talking about Bournemouth.
And it, and it's, it's clubs who aren't part of the big six look more at the likes of yourselves-
...and go, "How have they done that?" And really get into it and go, "That, that's just genius the way they've brought those players on and sold maybe let's say one every year just to keep things ticking over for, you know, 60, 70 million," or whatever it might be.
Um, or maybe a couple [chuckles] in one go, which we'd never like.
But I think outside, outside of that world that we, we get caught up in the big six.
And, you know, even now, Spurs bottom of the league.
I mean, Spurs finished 17th the last two seasons.
They're still getting more headlines than the likes of yourselves and-
And, and the likes of, uh, the likes of ourselves finishing seventh when we get promoted to the Premier League.
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