Following Birmingham’s defeat, Sunderland’s position on Michael Beale’s immediate future becomes clear.
A reporter made a suggestion about Sunderland’s position regarding Michael Beale’s future after the team’s loss to Birmingham City.
Following Sunderland’s defeat this past weekend at the hands of former manager Tony Mowbray, Michael Beale is facing mounting pressure once more.
Following back-to-back losses, the Black Cats have won four of their last 12 games since Beale took over for Mowbray just before Christmas. Currently, they sit tenth in the Championship.
In addition, the head coach faced intense criticism after it appeared that he refused to shake hands with Trai Hume during yesterday’s trip to St Andrews, which fueled calls for his dismissal.
Although Sunderland’s chances of making the playoffs this season are dwindling, the club doesn’t appear to be any closer to selling Beale either.
Having left QPR to have a lackluster tenure at Rangers, Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and Kristjaan Speakman faced harsh criticism when they decided to bring the 43-year-old on board in the first place.
However, the board obviously saw something in Beale, and journalist Phil Smith of the Sunderland Echo believes they will stick with their man.
Smith made the following statement on the Echo’s YouTube channel: “I do believe that Michael Beale is going to come under pressure if results don’t improve very quickly.” I believe the season is on the verge of ending if you look at the table.
“Whether we agree with that or not, I think Sunderland will want to stick with Beale because they think he’s a great coach and eventually the results of his work on the training field will show.”
Is Kristjaan Speakman going to concede this one?
It was obviously obvious that it wouldn’t work out well, so it was truly puzzling that Michael Beale was chosen in the first place.
Beale is by no means a “Sunderland manager,” and it hasn’t taken long for his “excellent” coaching abilities to turn this youthful, enthusiastic squad into a group of inexperienced boys who don’t seem to want to play for this team.
We can safely rule out any possibility of promotion, but if we stick with Beale, we’ll probably end up even lower on the list.
Although Jack Clarke’s departure from Wearside is already scheduled for this summer, an even more disastrous season-ending performance could easily tempt Dan Neil, Dan Ballard, and Jack Clarke ‘to leave at the first opportunity.
The board must give up its obstinacy and acknowledge that they
