Pile it on

More injury woes for Sunderland: Kieran Richardson’s injured hamstring will keep him out for three weeks. “We’ll persevere,” said Roy Keane. “Perseverance is possibly the biggest word you can use in football. You get setbacks and the result on Saturday was a disappointment but life goes on and makes the next match even bigger.” At this rate, if the games keep getting any “bigger,” the season closer at home to Arsenal in May will be the biggest game in the history of the universe. Or something.

Richardson hurt the hammy in training ahead of the 2-0 loss to Spurs last weekend, and his absence made it necessary for Keane to put Paul McShane back in the lineup. McShane (and Nyron Nosworthy, who looked so good the previous week vs Pompey) wasted no time in gifting Tottenham a goal after just two minutes, and it’s just this kind of circus sideshow defending captain Dean Whitehead wants to eliminate: “When the ball’s there, we’ve got to clear it rather than mess about, especially in the first 20.” Intriguing concept…not giving away ridiculous goals! Wow, what a great idea, skipper!

We sit now at January 21, and our transfer tally consists of one loan (Jonny Evans, who has looked good) and one signing (Jean-Yves Mvoto, who may not see any first team action at all this season). Something’s got to happen, and soon, or else we’ll have to crawl out of this self-imposed hole with just the players we’ve got. And right now McShane et al. aren’t exactly inspiring optimism and confidence on Wearside.

Category: English Premier League, Team News, Transfers

Tags: Dean Whitehead, English Premier League, injury, Kieran Richardson, Paul McShane, shit defending, Sunderland, Team News, Tottenham, Transfers

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