Matty Hewitt and Joe Ramage sat down to discuss the latest red and white news as Sunderland hit the midway point of the first week of the international break.

There may be a contingent of Black Cats' players away on international duty but there's still plenty to talk about domestically.

Corry Evans and Bradley Dack both featured for Sunderland's U21s in the recent defeat to Newcastle United as they step up their recovery from injury.

We Are Sunderland's morning briefing takes a look at how Mike Dodds could utilise Evans in the final part of the run in, with one eye on next season.

You can watch that and talk about Sunderland's recent investment into the Stadium of Light, in the player below, on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts from.