Dum Dum Dum... we're now less than a week away from the Championship Playoff Final, so we called upon the expert views of former Sunderland AFC winger KIERON BRADY for a chat about Saturday's game with Sheffield United, the two legs against Coventry, and how he handled the 1990 Playoff campaign!

• We pick Kieron's brains on navigating a playoff campaign as he did in 1990
• Tactics over two legs - has Le Bris been vindicated in his approach?
• Possession vs Containment - is there a 'right' way to play football?
• We dig into Patrick Roberts and the way to get the best from him;
• We look ahead to Saturday's final - how should we tackle the game and set up?
• How much of a threat to Sheff Utd carry?

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We're still not tired of talking about the playoff semi-finals yet, so we thought we'd grab the views of someone on the other end of Tuesday night's result - our old mate Andy Turner, who writes for the Coventry Telegraph!

On today's agenda:

• What did Andy make of the way Frank Lampard and Régis le Bris approached the game?
• Why didn't former SAFC striker Ellis Simms get on the pitch, and why is Haji Wright not flavour of the month at the minute?
• What did he think about the tactical battle between the two sides?
• THAT goal - what was it like from the press box?

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It still feels absolutely magical two days on, doesn't it? We can't get enough of Tuesday's win in the Playoffs, so we grabbed local radio royalty in BBC Radio Newcastle's Simon Pryde for a chat about everything that has unfolded over recent weeks, including:

• The view from above - what was it like on matchday from the perspective of the local media?
• Simon was at both legs of the Playoffs and talks about how it all came together...
• We dig into the psyche of Sunderland's head coach Régis Le Bris, and Simon's admiration of his methods;
• How important has the calmness of the coach been in carrying us to this point?
• Has everyone got their Wembley plans sorted?!

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