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MAX: WE HAVE TO POWER ON LIKE CITY

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The LeaguePaper Team
5 May 2019

By Dan Barnes

THUMBS UP: Max Power believes Sunderland can handle the play-off pressure
PICTURE: PA Images

THE template is there – and Max Power is sizing up a play-off tilt that could put Sunderland on the road to redemption.
Automatic promotion slipped through the Black Cats’ fingers after they won just three of eight games in April and the end-of-season lottery now awaits as Jack Ross’ class of 2019 look to begin repairing the damage of back-to-back relegations. Fearsome challenges await as this year’s Checkatrade
Trophy finalists bid for a return to the Champi...

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