According to Jon Guy
Since this is such an important appointment, I believe they should take their time and make sure it goes well.
In addition to keeping us on course following Alex Neil’s departure, Tony Mowbray did an outstanding job last season building a team that played strong, positive football in spite of the injuries we sustained.
Although Mike Dodds has demonstrated that Sunderland has the building blocks of a fantastic team and can adjust to different formations and strategies, I don’t believe he is the right man for the job right now.
Given the club’s current situation, there will be a lot of pressure on the incoming coach, who must be able to develop a team that will not only get us promoted but also guarantee our place in the Premier League once we do.
A highly astute tactical coach will be required, one who can help Kristjaan Speakman find the players that not only match the concept but also have the ability to make a real impact on the team.
Dreyfus has some time to truly get things right, and because Dodds is doing well, I believe he should take it.
According to Lars Knutsen,
When I first heard that Tony Mowbray had been fired, I was disappointed for two reasons.
First, he was a magician at Sunderland, particularly in the previous campaign when he led his club to some fantastic performances in spite of missing as many as 10 players due to injuries.
Second, I believed that while the players dealt with the loss of a father figure and coach, the performance would suffer.
But in the real world, we’re playing a results game, and this season we’ve dropped eight games in the Championship. Mowbray had occasionally displayed a lack of tactical acumen, and as they say, good guys don’t always win.
His departure demonstrates the club’s ambition and the necessity for us to compete at the top of this specific division in order to avoid penalties.
Our club is adept at hiring, and while I’m sure the administration had a strategy in place, it’s clear that they held off on speaking with potential candidates until the position was vacant.
But Mike Dodds stepped up, and we’ve seen two very strong tactical performances from him. We’re currently six points ahead of where we were a week ago thanks to the strategies that succeeded and the players’ apparent strong regard for him.
The team can now interview prospective head coaches at their leisure, and some may make demands that don’t fit “the model.” In light of that, I don’t mind if they take their time making a significant choice.
Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and colleagues will have to make a choice if we continue to win games. Will Dodds become a premier head coach in the future, and if so, why not with Sunderland?
Malc Dugdale declares…
Even though Mike Dodds has only been in charge for a few games, the team’s and Dodds’ early performances seem quite promising.
Based on that, I’m happy for the owners and the sporting director to have up to another week to select the best individual for us; hopefully, in that time, they will.
Anything more than that could be interpreted as flawed, as could the assertion that we have a model that can be quickly adjusted to replace any aspect. As we all know, it doesn’t take much to get the keyboard warriors fired up over that.
The next games should be exciting because, historically, we’ve performed better against teams that challenge us and don’t back down.
It will be fascinating to watch how we do against clubs that might put up the “low block” that the players and Tony Mowbray really struggled with throughout the final month of his tenure as manager, given our upcoming games against Bristol City and Coventry.
I would be willing to wait a little while longer if Dodds could demonstrate that we are also capable of conquering those obstacles.
After a few more games—some of which may present additional challenges—let’s revisit this topic.
By then, perhaps, the new gaffer will have taken over and be considering how he might collaborate with Dodds and others to continue this brief but successful streak rather than blow it off.
