Mowbray must unleash Edouard Michut

Sunderland return to motion within the Championship this afternoon as they tackle fellow newly-promoted facet Wigan Athletic on the Stadium of Gentle.

Tony Mowbray’s facet are on a run of 4 video games and not using a win within the division and are at the moment sitting thirteenth within the table after 13 matches.

The Black Cats misplaced 2-1 away to Swansea final day trip and have solely scored as soon as of their final three video games, while having to deal with out having a pure quantity 9 out there because of the accidents to Ross Stewart and Ellis Simms.

They now come up in opposition to a Wigan facet who’re two factors and 4 locations forward of them within the desk however might be without captain Corry Evans for the sport after he picked up his fifth reserving of the marketing campaign in opposition to the Swans.

His suspension leaves a place in the course of the park up for grabs and Mowbray might spark Sunderland into life by unleashing Edouard Michut from the beginning.

Ought to Edouard Michut begin?

The Frenchman arrived from Paris Saint-Germain in the summertime and the supervisor just lately praised him after a efficiency for the U21s, saying: 

“My dilemmas actually are round, can we exchange Corry with an actual technician? So for those who noticed the U21 video games on Monday evening in opposition to Leeds United, Edouard Michut confirmed what a beautiful footballer is, passing the ball between the traces. He was aggressive within the sport and I feel he lined 13 kilometres as properly.”

These feedback point out that the Black Cats boss is a fan of the 19-year-old and Evans’ absence supplies him with a possibility to unleash the younger gem.

Soccer expertise scout Jacek Kulig beforehand claimed that the dynamo has “natural football IQ” and as soon as described him as being “highly technical and creative“. This means that he has the imaginative and prescient and intelligence to open up opposition defences, which is one thing Evans – who has created 0.3 possibilities per sport – isn’t adept at.

On the opposite facet of the sport, Michut isn’t a light-weight who might be simply bullied by the opposition. He made his Championship debut in opposition to Blackpool earlier this month and made four tackles and interceptions mixed in 14 minutes, while additionally profitable 100% (1/1) of his aerial battles.

Due to this fact, the Frenchman – who supplied one help in 70 minutes of Ligue 1 motion for PSG final time period – might spark life into Sunderland’s just lately dim assault by getting on the ball and making issues occur in midfield, while remaining robust out of possession and never being a legal responsibility from a bodily standpoint.