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da spicy bet： Sunderland will enter the play-off gauntlet after losing at Fleetwood Town last week, but is Jack Ross’ future resting on their success in the coming weeks?
The Black Cats looked nailed on to earn automatic promotion not too long ago. Between September and November, they went 16 games unbeaten in all competitions and won eight games in a row during that run.
The £4m signing of Will Grigg in January was a necessary expense after losing Josh Maja, and fans expected the Northern Irishman to fire them back into the second tier.
That simply hasn’t happened though, and a play-off battle with Checkatrade Trophy champions Portsmouth now looms.
Ross has made countless mistakes during his maiden campaign on Wearside, leading to a frankly ridiculous 19 league draws, so should he be sacked if he cannot achieve promotion? Here’s what the writers at Football FanCast had to say…
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Billy Meyers
“I think he should definitely be sacked if Sunderland don’t win the play-offs. Ross was backed with £4m to spend on Grigg, which is a huge transfer at League One level, and he has simply failed given the resources he has at his disposal. His side’s inability to kill games off will be his downfall, whilst his game management has been severely lacking.”
Luke Glanville
“There’s no doubt that not getting Sunderland back into the Sky Bet Championship would be a major failure by Ross. No team should draw 19 games over a league season with those resources. However, sacking Ross would be yet poor judgement from the hierarchy of the Black Cats. The toxic habit of sacking managers at the Stadium of Light has to come to an end if they are to have any hope of returning to where they once were. What the club needs is consistency and by sticking with Ross regardless of how this season ends, they would at least be making a first step towards that.”
James Beavis
“Yes, he should go. Ross may have done well to get Sunderland’s confidence back after a torrid few seasons, but this team should have been finishing top of League One. They have come up short in that respect and if they fail to win the play-offs, then minds will be made up both in the stands and in the boardroom and Stewart Donald’s decision will be easy – he’ll have to wield the axe.”