Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakaae a Connor Wickham ko ngā kaiwhawhai o Sunderland e hē ana te patu, e tika ana te whakahē i a rātou. E 23 noa iho ngā whāinga a te kapa Black Cats i roto i ngā tukinga 28 o te Barclays Pirimia League i tēnei wā, he hokinga mai kua tū rātou i te taha tata o te rohe whakaheke i te wā e eke ana te wā ki te wāhi tino nui. Tērā pea ko te mea nui ake te āwangawanga ko te mea e iwa noa iho ngā whāinga o ngā kaiārahi a Gus Poyet, he rekoata e mōhio ana a Wickham me whakapai ake mēnā e kore e whai wāhi atu ki te whakataetae tuarua mō te oranga o te kapa matua. E rua noa iho ngā whāinga a Jermain Defoe, te kaiwhawhai o Sunderland, mai i tana taenga mai i FC Toronto i te marama o Hānuere. 'E kore ahau e mea he hē te whakahe i ngā kaitukino,' i whakaae a Wickham, e kōrero ana ki te Northern Echo. 'Ka whiwhi te nuinga o nga kaiwhawhai i tetahi karapu na te mea ko ratou nga kaihanga moni, ko ratou nga mea e whakawhirinaki ana nga kaiwhaiwhai ki te tohu i nga whaainga. Koinei te wāhi e puta mai ai te whakahe. Ka puta mai ngā tūponotanga, ā, me whakatakoto e koe. E waihanga ana mātou i ngā tūponotanga. Ko te huarahi e whakatakotohia ana e matou, kei te whakatakoto matou ki te whakaeke i nga wa ka whiwhi matou i te poi. Ka ngana mātou ki te whati tere i te wā ka riro mai te pōro i a mātou. E ai ki a Connor Wickham, e toru noa iho ngā whāinga i eke ki te whakataetae i tēnei tau, me pai ake te mahi a te kapa whakaeke o Sunderland. I eke a Wickham, 21, ki tētahi o ana whiwhinga e toru o te Pirimia Pirimia i tēnei wā ki te kapa toa o Manchester City. 'Kua oti i a mātau te mahi i roto i ngā kēmu, engari me kaha ake mātau ki te whakauru atu ki roto i te pouaka. Ka eke atu mātou i te toenga o te rōpū ki raro inā ka taea e mātou te tīmata ki te whakatakoto i ō mātou tūponotanga.' Kei te ārahi a Scotland a Steven Fletcher i te huarahi mo nga kaiwhawhai me nga whaainga e wha - te maha ano o te kaitakawaenga a Adam Johnson - me Wickham e whakahaere ana i te toru me te taenga mai o Hanuere a Jermain Defoe e rua. Kāore anō a Danny Graham kia piro mō te karapu, ā, ko Jozy Altidore, i wehe atu i te Stadium of Light mō Toronto i roto i tētahi kirimana whakawhiti ki a Defoe i te marama o Hānuere, nāna i kitea te tuara o te kupenga e toru noa iho ngā wā i roto i ngā putanga 52 i roto i ngā whakataetae katoa....
E 23 noa iho ngā whāinga a ngā kaitākaro o te Barclays Pirimia League i roto i ngā kēmu 28. E iwa noa iho o aua whāinga i kaia e ngā kaitākaro o Sunderland. I eke a Wickham, 21, ki tana whāinga whakamutunga i te marama o Hanuere ki a Burnley. Ka tūtaki a Sunderland ki a Aston Villa i te Stadium of Light i tō rātou kēmu ka whai ake. Patohia TENEI mō ngā rongo hou katoa o Sunderland.