Are Sunderland Making The Same Mistake Twice

It has broken today that Gus Poyet is set to be unveiled as the new Sunderland manager,

after the recent sacking of the ever-amusing Paolo Di Canio. Compare the CVs of the two men and you find a lot of similarities. You could call both foreign hot heads who, whilst playing in good premier league teams in the 90s, have no elite experience in management.

Make no mistake, Poyet has done a great job at Brighton. He took them from a mediocre League One team to a Championship team with playoff aspirations, transforming their playing style in the process. Poyet won 86 of his 194 games as Brighton manager, leading them from League One to the Championship play-offs last season, where they lost out to eventual winners Crystal Palace.

Sunderland chairman Ellis Short heavily hinted that Di Canio's appointment last season was a short term fix and keeping them in the Premier League was his only task. But what next for Sunderland Football Club? Their squad contains players too good to be battling relegation this season. The likes of Emanuele Giaccherini, Adam Johnson and Steven Fletcher are simply too good to be battling relegation over and over again. 

For the record, I do not think that Sunderland will be relegated this season, and Poyet can look to build a new Sunderland with increasing amounts of foreign flair and vigour.