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BARDO ON CLARKE/RLB/SAFC

Phil Bardsley has been speaking about Sunderland's promotion hopes this season and praised Regis Le Bris for the immediate impact the Head Coach has had at the club. Speaking to SportsBoom, our former right back also questioned Jack Clarke's transfer to Ipswich and reckons the winger could have benefited from another campaign on Wearside...


WHAT TO DO NEXT?

“It’s about putting your shoulders back and expressing yourself and taking the challenge on. They’ve got a good blend in the team, a little bit of experience and a little bit of steel, which is going to be needed, because people are going to question to you if a few results go against you."


QUALITY SQUAD

“[Jobe] Bellingham is easy on the eye, he’s a bit like Jude isn’t he, and they’ve signed Alan Browne as well. You need experience in the middle of the pitch. The right-back [Trai] Hume is decent, the skipper Luke O’Nien has been a good servant to the club and a steady player, and they’ve got Patrick Roberts as well, he’s got decent trickery, creates stuff, and scores a few goals."


CLARKE TO IPSWICH

“I liked [Jack] Clarke, but I thought it was a really strange move he went to Ipswich. Nothing against Ipswich, but I don’t think they’ve got enough to stay in the Premier League. I thought it was a bit premature for him to leave. He’s obviously made a lot of noise and, when someone puts in a decent bit, well there’s not much you can do."


THINKING LONG TERM

"But I think if he’d have had another decent season this season, then it could have taken Sunderland up. If he did that then his stock would have risen even higher, I think he’d have got a better move than Ipswich.”


SUNDERLAND BACK ON TRACK

“It would be great if the club could get back to the Premier League, but it’s such a big ask. After I left you could see things were not going in the right direction, you can’t start to see things unfold because there were people at the football club with zero experience. You could see it needed people in the right places to get the club back on track. Obviously, it’s taken a period of time, but hopefully now they’ve got the right people in places and the right people on the pitch."


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