#5 Sunderland’s squad not Premier League quality
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With a meagre 20 points from 31 league games and sitting 10 points adrift of 17th placed Hull, time is surely up for the north-east club in the Premier League. David Moyes’s side have now gone 975 minutes without beating an opposition keeper in the league. The fundamental problem lies in the structure and depth in the squad.
Apart from individuals like Didier N’Dong (Sunderland’s record signing), Jermain Defoe and possibly Jordan Pickford, the remainder of the squad looks inexperienced and nowhere close to Premier League quality. Centre-halves Lamine Kone and Jason Denayer have struggled for consistency this season, being opened up by opposition attacks far too often.
In games that he has started for the Wearside club, Jack Rodwell has only been on the winning side on a solitary instance and his lack of ideas going forward is a serious problem for Moyes’s side. Defoe has been cutting an isolated figure at number 9 on a majority of occasions.
The negative vibes around the team were apparent after the second goal went in, they looked like a side resigned to Championship football next season. David Moyes – if given the chance to manage the club next season – has a massive rebuilding task on his hands as the current crop of players are just not fit and mentally tough to compete at this level.
