Armstrong had played Premier League football umpteen times for Newcastle before he joined us and Murphy had Championship, League 1 and League 2 loans before he come to us
If anything the squad was stronger in the second half of the season as Maddison returned from an injury that kept him out pretty much all of the first half of the season
He blew it in a season Burton Albion playing turgid shite football got promoted, simple
Speaking to mates up here who support Sunderland, apparently it's more of a fall out than it is about results.
He was told that he needs to start the young players over the likes of Dack, but expected to achieve results with young kids who aren't ready to play week in week out. A lot going on behind the scenes be interesting to see who they appoint.
Hope the new manager starts all the young players not ready to play on the 23rd...
In all seriousness it is utterly ridiculous when management tell the manager what to do. Especially sacking Mowbray for not starting young players when his track record for developing talent & giving young players game time is very good.
That’s a fair point. Ben Turner came in on loan aswell on that basis didnt he and then also got injured?
Mind you, Mowbray got rid of Aaron Martin and pulled out all the stops to get Jordan Turnbull……..