Sky Sports EFL expert Don Goodman says Michael Beale ‘took away what we loved about Sunderland,’ but it’s the Kristjaan Speakman and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus who are responsible.
Mike Dodds has admitted that he sees his current stint in charge of Sunderland as an opportunity to audition for the head coach job on a permanent basis.
Peterborough United owner Darragh MacAnthony has given a football boardroom perspective on the Michael Beale fiasco, and he says Sunderland deserve ‘credit’ for quickly acknowledging they got it wrong.
Mike Dodds has vowed to bring attacking football back to Sunderland as he prepares for the start of his latest stint as interim head coach. Dodds will be in charge for the last 13 games of the season following the sacking of Michael Beale earlier this week.
Swansea City boss Luke Williams has said Michael Beale did ‘a really great job’ at Sunderland as he prepares to bring his side to the Stadium of Light.
Former Sunderland manager Simon Grayson says Michael Beale was to blame for his failure on Wearside, not the supporters. Beale was sacked earlier this week having lasted just 64 days and 12 games as Sunderland head coach.
Sunderland have added Anthony Hayes to their coaching set-up as they look to shake things up following the departure of Michael Beale. Hayes, who has been out of work since leaving Charlton last year, joins as first team coach, essentially filling the void left by Mike Dodds, who has been promoted to the top job until the end of the season.
Top EFL Sky Sports pundit Jobi McAnuff says the real ‘ridiculous decision’ that Sunderland made was not hiring, or firing, Michael Beale but sacking Tony Mowbray in the first place.
It was actually co-owner Juan Sartori who fired Michael Beale from his job as Sunderland head coach, a newspaper in South America has claimed. Beale was sacked on Monday after dismal defeats to Huddersfield and Birmingham left the Black Cats all but out of the Championship play-offs race.
TalkSPORT presenter Simon Jordan has taken aim at Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, describing the Sunderland owner as ‘a 12-year-old, whilst also taking aim at the fans for holding ‘delusions of grandeur.’ Jordan was a young football chairman himself when he took over Crystal Palace as a 33-year-old, which is just seven years older than Louis-Dreyfus is now.
Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has publicly declared his interest in becoming Sunderland’s next manager. The Black Cats sacked head coach Michael Beale after just 12 games in charge – following back-to-back Championship defeats – and they must find a fix now in order to get their season back on track, as per BBC Sport.
Sunderland’s appointment of Michael Beale reminded me of something that probably happened to us all in our childhoods. It was like that time that your mother took you to buy new school shoes.
Well, it’s done. Michael Beale’s dreadful spell at Sunderland is over after just 64 days and 12 games. It’s one of those sackings that you’re not at all shocked to see, but you’re still surprised it happened so quickly.
Former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke has put his hand up to manage Sunderland. The Black Cats are without a head coach after sacking Michael Beale within two months.
Dwight Yorke has once again publicly thrown his name into the hat for the vacant Sunderland manager job. Yorke had a really good spell as a player at Sunderland at the end of his career, and he still holds a lot of affection for the Wearside club.
Sunderland are once again in the market for a new head coach, and considering it's so soon since the last time they were there is a real sense of déjà
Michael Beale is not a popular man with Sunderland fans and the way he treated defender Trai Hume this week is unlikely to ingratiate him to the players either.
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