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Dan Ballard has heaped praise on Sunderland coach Mike Dodds for what he has been doing ‘behind the scenes’. Mike Dodds joined Sunderland in 2021 and has had an extremely up-and-down time on Wearside ever since. The 37-year-old was part of the team that won promotion back to the Championship, but he has also had three stints as interim manager. Dodds first took over following Lee Johnson’s sacking and lost back-to-back games, before looking much better during his second spell before Christmas – beating both Leeds United and West Brom. Dodds has now just picked up another four points off the pr…

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