Sunderland: Mowbray must ditch Embleton

Sunderland are coping with a striker injury crisis following the absence of Ross Stewart and Ellis Simms, which is clearly translating onto the pitch because the Black Cats picked up one other draw within the Championship in opposition to Preston North Finish on Saturday.

It’s the second draw on the bounce for Tony Mowbray’s aspect who’ve now fallen to seventh within the league desk, which means they’ve now dropped out of the playoff positions.

The supervisor has since spoken out on the dearth of creativity over the sport, telling reporters in his post-match interview yesterday:

“I don’t wish to get hung up concerning the lack of strikers, as a result of we’ve discovered a means within the final two video games.

“Immediately we didn’t get these areas that we thrive in, they’re a well-organised crew. We’ve received gamers within the aspect and on the bench who can rating targets, so we’ll preserve going.”

One participant who has had the stress placed on him to make up for the dearth of Stewart and Simms is Elliot Embleton, nevertheless it hasn’t labored out to this point for the 23-year-old.

In opposition to Preston North Finish, the proficient midfielder was performed out of place in a centre-forward partnership with Alex Pritchard, and his deployment in that function was mirrored in his efficiency.

Regardless of having one shot on the right track, Embleton lacked any type of presence up prime, dropping possession of the ball each 3.5 touches and misplacing 100% of his crosses, two alarming statistics for somebody who must carry others into the image.

He was additionally poor from a bodily standpoint, successful simply 40% of his duels, in the end failing in his problem to take all three factors from the sport in entrance of the house help.

Ought to Mowbray cease enjoying Embleton as a striker?

Embleton hasn’t scored a objective to this point this season however has delivered two assists when he was introduced on in opposition to Studying following Simms’ harm within the thirty seventh minute. Because of this, there isn’t a doubt he may be efficient as an attacking risk within the crew and deploying him in a greater place may give the supervisor a greater likelihood of getting the easiest out of him.

Failing that, a spell on the bench might be the very best use of his time, with WhoScored’s common match rankings suggesting he’s the worst participant within the squad this time period of anybody to begin a match.

The video games are coming thick and quick for the Black Cats with a conflict on the Stadium of Mild with Blackpool on Tuesday evening so Mowbray has no time to mirror or relaxation on his laurels and should discover a sure resolution to convincingly successful video games with out the 2 injured strikers.