ENZO BENCHED AGAIN?

Regis Le Bris has insisted that Enzo Le Fee won't be rushed back into action, as he wants the midfielder to be in the best possible condition going into the play-offs. This means he's probably going to come off the bench again on Friday against Bristol City in an attempt to avoid a re-occurence of his recent injury. If Sunderland fail to win on Good Friday, their hopes of finishing in the top two will be mathematically over... although given recent performances, it seems those hopes had been crushed a little while ago.

SLOW AND GRADUAL

“We don’t want to rush the process. He played 30 minutes (against Swansea) and will probably play a bit more at the end of the week. Slowly and gradually, we will have the best result possible.”

OVER-PLAYING LED TO INJURY

“It wasn’t possible to build Enzo gradually when he first arrived. The left side was completely open, and he played many games. It wasn't possible to manage his minutes, and we don't to repeat, I wouldn’t say mistake because the race (for the top two) was open, but we just have a different opportunity now. We can manage him gradually.”

SQUAD MANAGEMENT

“Salis (Abdul Samed) is back, and it was possible to manage Leo (Hjelde) as well. Everything is good about the management of the squad. Obviously, we would have preferred to win (against Swansea), but it wasn’t possible.”