Lee Johnson has revealed that Sunderland have two more Covid cases, although the Sheffield Wednesday game is still expected to go ahead...
COVID
"Luke O'Nien has now tested positive as well, although he was not fit in any case. Nick Allamby on the coaching staff has also tested positive. There's talk that the Government might change the isolation time to five days for people who test positive, and if that does happen it will be interesting to see if that filters into football."
FLEETWOOD
"I could kind of smell it [the postponement] coming. I had heard a few rumours and spoken to a few agents who told me that Fleetwood had had a few Covid cases and a lot of injuries. I was disappointed in one sense because I wanted to play it and try get the points, but at the same time everybody has to be able to adjust at the moment and cope."
STRONGER
"From a positive point of view it is a good opportunity to rest the players and depending on when that game is put back in - probably in the second or third week in January - we might be a stronger team and squad."
WINCHESTER
“He's steadily improving. Whether or not he'll make it for tomorrow is another question - we're giving him any chance. We've left him off it [training] as long as possible to let the injury heal, and to give it a lot of therapy. I'd probably he is 50/50 for the Sheffield Wednesday game.”
EVANS
“It absolutely strengthens us. Obviously the only worry is Corry going into a second game three days later, but it was nice to be in charge of the game enough that we could take him off after half an hour. We did say at half-time that if we got the third goal then Corry would be coming off pretty quickly, and that will serve us well going into the Sheffield Wednesday game."
SHEFF WED
"I'm really pleased the game is on, especially for the fans. It's a really good time to have a big game like this, there's a lot of love back in the room after some good performances, and we'll need that. Every supporter will earn this win if we can get it, because we're going to need that energy and extra push in that last 20 minutes in particular.”
