Sunderland stance on Michael Beale’s immediate future emerges after Birmingham defeat

A reporter made a suggestion about Sunderland’s position about Michael Beale’s future after the team’s loss to Birmingham City.

 

Following Sunderland’s defeat this past weekend at the hands of former manager Tony Mowbray, Michael Beale is facing mounting pressure once more.

Following back-to-back losses, the Black Cats have won four of their last 12 games since Beale took over for Mowbray just before Christmas. Currently, they are ninth in the Championship.

 

In addition, the head coach faced intense criticism as it appeared that he refused

to shake hands with Trai Hume on yesterday’s journey to St Andrews, which fueled calls for his dismissal.

 

Although Sunderland’s chances of making the playoffs this season are

dwindling, the club doesn’t appear to be any closer to selling Beale either.

Having left QPR to have a lackluster tenure at Rangers, Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and Kristjaan Speakman faced harsh

criticism when they decided to bring the 43-year-old on board in the first place.

 

However, the board obviously saw something in Beale, and journalist Phil

Smith of the Sunderland Echo believes they will remain with their man.

 

Smith made the following statement on the Echo’s YouTube channel: “I do believe that Michael Beale is going to come

under pressure if results don’t improve very quickly.” I believe the season is on

the verge of ending if you look at the table.

“I think Sunderland will want to stick by Beale, whether we agree with that or not, they believe that he’s an excellent coach

and in time the fruits of his work on the training ground are going to be seen.”

Will Kristjaan Speakman accept defeat on this one?

The decision to appoint Michael Beale in the first place was truly baffling, as it clearly didn’t take a genius to work out that it wouldn’t go very well.

Beale is by no means a “Sunderland manager,” and it hasn’t taken long for his

“excellent” coaching abilities to turn this youthful, enthusiastic squad into a group

of inexperienced youngsters who don’t seem to want to play for this team.

We can safely rule out any possibility of promotion, but if we stick with Beale,

we’ll probably end up even lower on the list.

 

Although Jack Clarke’s departure from Wearside is already scheduled for this

summer, an even more catastrophic season-ending performance might easily

entice Dan Neil, Dan Ballard, and Trai Hume to go at the first opportunity.

 

Before it’s too late, the board needs to get over its intransigence, own that they were gravely mistaken, and fire him.