M’Vila available for Norwich match

Sunderland found themselves stuck in the relegation zone for much of last season with Advocaat claiming the lack of competition in the side contributed to their struggles.

Even though he did really well to deny Jermain Defoe and Sebastian Coates early on, Kasper Schmeichel was uncharacteristically shaky but will be keen to get a clean sheet under his belt early. It’s not good enough.

“He’s seen his teammate thrown to the floor – which I thought the referee could have controlled better – and he was a little bit daft”.

Across Stanley Park, Roberto Martinez’s position at Everton is looking less and less secure after that disappointing opening draw with Watford, leaving him at 9/1 (10.00) to be the first recipient of a P45. Advocaat’s new guys simply need more time to jell and against a lowly team like the Yellows, they may be able to pull off a victory.

“It’s not a problem to be paying money for players who are still in the first team, but we are still paying a fortune for players who are not here anymore”.

“It was the type of players”.

Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat has revealed his frustration over the club’s transfer activity in an interview with the Shields Gazette, while also explaining his hopes that new signings could push others out the doors of the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland’s defeat at Leicester has placed the Black Cats under pressure ahead of their Canaries clash, but Advocaat is not too concerned about that. Hopefully everyone understands it, I’m not blaming the players, everyone was not there today. He’s available after Queens Park Rangers were relegated last season, so how is he still there? “Slow, not sharp, not in the game”.