Sunderland at the moment are and not using a win of their final six video games within the Championship after a Friday night time defeat to new league leaders Sheffield United.
The 1-0 loss that closed out a colorless November for the Black Cats additionally meant that Regis Le Bris’ males had fired blanks in 4 out of six league contests within the harrowing month, because the pressure of being close to the highest of the second tier pile continues to hassle the Wearside outfit.
In the end, the Frenchman will hope that is only a blip on the best way to Sunderland rediscovering their greatest kind down the road, as he makes an attempt to get extra out of his younger squad throughout a busy December.
The most effective of Sunderland’s younger workforce this season
Sunderland boasted the youngest common age of a lineup this season within the Championship, with the Black Cats XI that took to the sphere in opposition to Burnley on the finish of August having a mean age of simply 22.7.
This strategy of fielding up-and-coming children paid off firstly of the marketing campaign too, with the second-tier aspect’s solely aim of the sport in opposition to the Clarets coming courtesy of Romaine Mundle, because the 21-year-old went about respiration life again into his Sunderland enjoying days.
The previous Tottenham Hotspur man has ended up being a shrewd substitute for Jack Clarke, with Mundle equally as tough and slick for Le Bris’ males as their former star as soon as was, having amassed 4 objectives and two assists within the league earlier than a latest harm setback.
Mundle has additionally been joined in midfield this season by Chris Rigg and Jobe Bellingham – who’re solely 17 and 19 years of age respectively – however are necessary elements of the jigsaw underneath the previous Lorient boss’ steering nonetheless.
That incredible back-heel end is only one of three strikes Rigg has managed in Championship motion, while Bellingham has two objectives and one help subsequent to his title as one other harmful midfield presence.
Le Bris might be what he has at his disposal within the U21 fold quickly to try to uncover one other younger gem on the Stadium of Mild, with a striker probably the following in line for a senior alternative.
Sunderland’s subsequent Maja is able to be unleashed
In fact, not like the examples above the place Sunderland have managed to maintain maintain of the cream of the crop that come up the ranks, Josh Maja is one which left the Stadium of Mild earlier than he had totally blossomed.
The now 24-year-old departed Wearside in the summertime of 2019 after an explosive useless of kind noticed him internet 15 strikes throughout the 2018/19 season in League One from simply 24 encounters, along with his golden contact in entrance of aim not letting up this marketing campaign for West Bromwich Albion.
Maja has ten strikes subsequent to his title from 18 second-tier contests, with Wilson Isidor 5 objectives off that complete in the meanwhile in league motion as considered one of Sunderland’s foremost retailers.
Subsequently, Le Bris would possibly nicely wish to experiment along with his choices up high and chuck 17-year-old Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi in on the deep finish quickly, hoping he might be the membership’s goalscoring sensation from the academy, similar to Maja.
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Samuel-Ogunsuyi’s aim document for Sunderland |
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Age bracket |
Video games |
Targets scored |
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U18s |
25 |
9 |
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U21s |
16 |
7 |
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Senior workforce |
0 |
0 |
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Sourced by Transfermarkt |
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Showing on the bench right here and there underneath the Frenchman, his first-ever look within the senior fold would possibly nicely come about shortly, with Samuel-Ogunsuyi serving to himself to eight objectives from his final seven video games enjoying for each the U18s and the U21s.
With Maja additionally serving to himself to seven objectives for the U21s earlier than being bumped as much as the primary workforce, that might be what comes subsequent for the “tremendous” teen – as he was labelled by soccer expertise scout Antonio Mango lately.
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