West Bromwich Albion boss Carlos Corberan believes injuries and turbulent moments have arguably been the key reasons behind Sunderland’s struggles this term, speaking to the Baggies’ media team.
The Black Cats made a decent start to this campaign, but they struggled during the latter stages of Tony Mowbray’s tenure and a decision was taken by the board to dismiss the 60-year-old.
Despite the Wearside outfit’s form just before his dismissal, this decision to sack him didn’t go down well with many fans and the reaction to successor Michael Beale’s appointment was also extremely negative.
Beale survived just two months before the Black Cats fired him, with Mike Dodds taking charge for the remainder of the campaign.
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The midfielder has enjoyed an excellent debut campaign with the Black Cats
Unfortunately for Dodds, he hasn’t been able to be that successful during his latest caretaker spell at the Stadium of Light and that could rule him out of the race to become the club’s next permanent boss.
Not only have managerial changes caused turbulence, but injury issues have also affected the Black Cats, with Niall Huggins struggling again and Jack Clarke spending much of Dodds’ current interim spell on the sidelines with an ankle ligament injury.
Currently sitting in 13th place, they look set to finish well adrift of the play-offs and that will disappoint the club, who finished in the top six at the end of last term.
