Sunderland: Mowbray should unleash Roberts

Sunderland look set to be with out Elliot Embleton for a while after the midfielder was badly injured in Saturday’s draw with Hull Metropolis however Tony Mowbray can use this as a chance to correctly unleash Patrick Roberts.

Embleton obtained a straight pink card for his problem on the KC Stadium however Sunderland followers had been maybe extra involved with the best way he landed after the deal with, as he was compelled off on a stretcher in some ache.

Mowbray confirmed afterwards that he had gone to the hospital in lots of ache and feared that it may very well be a severe harm for the 23-year-old midfielder.

The previous Blackpool loanee has featured in 23 Championship games for the Black Cats to date this marketing campaign so will undoubtedly be an enormous miss, nevertheless it may be the chance that Roberts has been searching for.

Embleton has been that includes additional ahead in latest fixtures, both as a winger or an attacking midfielder, so there’s undoubtedly potential for Roberts to exchange him within the beginning lineup when Sunderland face Blackburn Rovers on Boxing Day.

The previous Manchester Metropolis man, who earns £6.7k per week on the Stadium of Mild, has started every of the final 4 video games within the second tier on the bench however made a optimistic affect on the weekend, offering a superb help for Ross Stewart’s purpose.

The 25-year-old has been restricted to simply ten starts within the Championship this season however has two objectives and three assists to his identify, and he might present rather more of a risk from the beginning, now that Embleton is sidelined.

Former supervisor Alex Neil was stuffed with reward for Roberts’ affect final season, saying:

“He’s a bit of magician, isn’t he? I believed his high quality was nice. We’ve needed to work him to get him up to now when it comes to giving him sufficient minutes and constructing him up, however he has been displaying indicators of coming alive over the previous few weeks and I actually assume he got here alive yesterday – I believed he was glorious.”

The Englishman ranks seventh for photographs, fifth for key passes and first for dribbles per recreation in Sunderland’s squad, so he clearly has quite a bit to supply Mowbray going ahead.

Whereas it’s a huge loss that Embleton will seemingly be out for an prolonged interval, it might show to be the catalyst Roberts wanted to essentially stamp his authority on video games from the beginning.