Mike Dodds claims that struggling Sunderland is “close to turning a….

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Struggling Sunderland ‘close to turning a corner,’ says Mike Dodds

Interim head coach Mike Dodds says he does not want to ‘spin positives’ – but he also says there were some despite a fourth successive defeat.

Despite suffering their fourth straight loss in the Championship, Mike Dodds

believes there are indications that Sunderland is “close to turning a corner.”

The last vestiges of a promotion challenge were dashed when the Black Cats lost 1-0 at Norwich.

Once more, Sunderland’s offensive play proved to be ineffective, but Dodds is adamant that he is seeing enough to give

supporters hope for an impending improvement in the standings.

“We lost the game, and that’s the most important thing, so I’m not going to sit here and spin positives, but what pleased me was that we were in the right places,” Dodds stated.

“We have higher talent in the final third than what we displayed today, but I

thought we entered the final third pretty well and the players did a great job of doing what we wanted of them.

“To be absolutely honest, we haven’t found it simple to put the ball in the back of the net this season. That is the next step in the process.

“I think you have to give Norwich credit for how effectively they defended their box today, but right now I think we’re just a little bit inconsistent, maybe a little bit tight in certain areas.

“However, I have complete faith in the players and their work ethic; their will to get better gives me great hope that we’re about to turn the corner.”