When his Sunderland team plays Norwich City on Saturday, Tony Mowbray says he anticipates a “really tough game” between two teams that are in dire need of a victory.
The hosts have dropped three straight games, and City has only picked up one point from their previous four games. They haven’t triumphed away from home since August.
Black Cats manager Mowbray stated, “It’s an opportunity for us to play well and try and win the game.” “It seems like we’ve done that a lot this season, and football games don’t always give you what you deserve.”
When you consider (Shane) Duffy, (Ben) Gibson, and (Kenny) McLean, Norwich is a team full of veteran players. They have players from throughout the world and have recently participated in the Premier League.
It’s going to be difficult for us because they also have a coach who was promoted out of this league in the past.
“The game before I arrived here last year was Norwich.” They prevailed 1-0. We anticipate a very difficult match.
Sunderland, who are four spots and two points ahead of 14th-place City, lost 1-0 to leaders Leicester on Tuesday, but Mowbray is optimistic that his team will recover.
He remarked, “I feel pretty at ease where we are.” At this point in the season, we have three fewer points than Burnley did the previous year, so we shouldn’t be too upset.
“Let’s keep going; we are only three points behind third place in the league.”
We analyze what went well and poorly in the previous games to get the team ready for the next one. I believe that this season has started off well, and there are undoubtedly areas for improvement, but that’s football.
Eliezer Mayenda, a striker from Spain who joined from Sochaux, a French club, in July, might make his squad debut for Mowbray. Mayenda has not yet participated in a team game due to a hamstring injury, but he
“We’ll likely bench another striker and see if that helps us,” Mowbray stated. “In the end, the fact that he hasn’t actually played football for ten weeks makes him unprepared [to start].
“He only played one ninety-minute game at the beginning of the week, so after missing ten weeks of action, he won’t be prepared [to start].” Is it worthwhile to start him off the bench and perhaps give him a spell towards the conclusion of the match?
“Perhaps because scoring a goal only takes a moment. So let’s observe and wait.”
