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PREMIER LEAGUE: STADIUM OF LIGHT, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2011. KICK-OFF: 1500 BSTIt's been the hot topic of conversation on Wearside all week. Well, it would be, wouldn't it? Such is their interest, the players have even taken to Twitter to air their views on the potential candidates.
Jordan Henderson has been mentioned in despatches, so too, implausibly it seems, Anton Ferdinand, though more than one of his team-mates reckons he might not be up to it. David Meyler, the verbose Irishman, never one short of an opinion or two, has also had his say.
Of course, we're talking about who should play up front as Sunderland's emergency forward in the absence of any other remotely fit striker, right? Wrong.
Instead, the above is the gist of an on-line discussion by members of Steve Bruce's squad as to who is in line to appear as a guest vocalist/wrapper on Asamoah Gyan's next single release. Given the potential line-up, at this rate, it doesn't promise to be a classic.
Having joined the club's lengthy injury list with a hamstring strain that is likely to rule him out for the remainder of the campaign, the Ghanaian international is set to have plenty of time on his hands to devote extra attention to his budding music career, in addition to increasing his number of Twitter disciples.
Instead, it's poor old Bruce, the self-confessed technophobe who concedes he's more right-twit than re-tweet when it comes to his grasp of social media, who is faced with the dilemma of attempting to send out a strike-force with no strikers. Work that one out.
Although, having scored three goals in 11 minutes in the victory over Wigan without a recognised forward on the pitch to secure top flight safety, perhaps Bruce would be well served in sending his troops out in a novel 4-6-0 formation and seeing how they do.
For their part, scoring goals doesn't appear to be a problem for Fulham, given their three in midweek to easily see off Bolton and seal their return to the top half of the table, a place the hosts can re-claim from them with a victory that will see them leapfrog Mark Hughes' side.
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