But while he admits his stupidity in a game which was exclusively to do with fitness, the impression generated when speaking to the Parisian is that he was simply sticking up for a team-mate in the spirit of togetherness – a facet which hasn’t been necessarily evident in Sunderland’s ranks during their opening two Premier League games.
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Sebastian Coates, one of the signings they have managed this summer, claims the players must rediscover last season’s grit.
And according to reports in Italy, Sunderland have made a firm bid to sign de Guzman on a season-long loan with a view to a permanent deal.
Napoli midfielder Jonathan De Guzman looks set to be on his way to Sunderland.
And it’ll take a big change in their performance after their thumping defeat against Norwich to get anything from the game.
He added: “Even when I concede a goal in training, I’m insane”.
Advocaat said: “I still think that we desperately need another couple of players”.
New Sunderland midfielder Yann M’Vila arrived on Wearside with a bad boy reputation and he has already shown his dark side, after receiving a red card for the club’s reserves last week.
“We’re not watching it like someone normal would watch it, we watch it in a professional way to get better, because conceding seven goals in two games isn’t good enough”.
“Obviously I’m just massively disappointed because we’ve let ourselves down again”, the 28-year-old said of his club’s loss to Norwich.
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“It was good to talk. But you need to speak about the difficulties”. “The coach stressed that above all else we need to be defensively solid”.
