When Sunderland finally succumbed to relegation after a number of shambolic years in the Premier League, there can’t have been many people who expected them to make an instant promotion charge.
However, there was a school of thought that being demoted may actually allow the club to stabilise itself; having hit rock bottom, they could begin to move forward.
It turns out that relegation wasn’t rock bottom and both Simon Grayson and Chris Coleman have been unable to arrest the slide, despite a high turnover of players.
Under Coleman’s guidance, the Black Cats have been unable to get themselves out of trouble and they will finish the season bottom of the league, just as they did in the top flight under David Moyes last season.
With one game of the season to go, the club has also made the decision to relieve Coleman of his duties, much to the surprise of many fans…
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