For Stoke, the bad man Alex Neil is gone but for us...the Beale remains as Sunderland season looks set to slide.
Michael Beale will be hoping he can silence some critics this week and mastermind a victory over a manager who was appointed on the same day as he was last month.
To chat over how Alex Neil's reign came to an end, how Steven Schumacher is faring in his opening games and why Lynden Gooch is just great, Stoke City reporter Pete Smith joined me for a chin wag.
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