Troy Deeney has been talking about a potnetial worry for Sunderland. He said the fact that our squad is so young and exciting, we could lose those players and it will be a difficult task to replace them. He also had some nice words for Luke O'Nien, crediting his hard work and dedication when he was at Watford, spending extra hours in the gym and on the training pitch to succeed.
SQUAD FULL OF WANTED PLAYERS
“That’s the problem with having a young squad. You probably have them for 18 months at best. I think they’re going into that spell now. I don’t think any of them would have wanted to leave in January because of the chance of getting promoted with Sunderland. But the likes of Jobe and Rigg will be wanted by at least 10 to 15 clubs come the summer. And I think for Sunderland, the problem there will be how you reinvest. Because once you lose those players, we just see it across the road at Middlesbrough, you lose a massive striker, the fan base expects a big striker to come in and the results to be the same. So real difficult job for them going into the summer.”
LUKE O'NIEN
“I love telling this story because I think he’s the perfect example of working hard and squeezing all out of the orange. He was at Watford and every single day, 8am he’d be in. He’d do his gym, he’d do everything right, he’d train and they’d have to go and tell him to come in after training to eat because he’d stay out there with a bag of balls. He’d do the gym again, he’d wait for everyone to go, then he’d go back out with a bag of balls and it literally got to a point where management was saying at like 5 and 6pm, go home."
HARD WORK AND DEDICATION
“He knew he wasn’t as good as everybody technically and physically, so he just worked his nuts off to make it happen, then went to Wycombe. Gets the captaincy there, then moves to Sunderland. I’m just so happy for him.”
