Kristjaan Speakman has said that Sunderland are in no "rush" to recall loanee starts Jack Diamond, Josh Hawkes and Anthony Patterson...
KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE
"We've been monitoring Jack and Josh (Hawkes) throughout the season and we've probably seen both of them play double-figures games, so we've kept a really close eye on them. It's getting the balance right between whether they come back and be really effective in our group and get those minutes and that experience they need, or are they better off where they are?"
FITTING AROUND NEW ADITIONS?
"At the present time, if we've got the chance to maybe acquire two players, does Jack come back in behind them? Or is he in front of them? Would we see him play more often or less often? It's difficult to make that judgement up front, and we are trying to plan appropriately. But we are not ruling out either leaving them where they are, or bringing them back at some point."
NO RUSH
"What we don't want to do is rush into making those decisions when we don't need to rush. Those two players (Diamond and Hawkes) are not out on loan for any other reason than to try to enhance their development."
PATTERSON
"We've just had a situation with Anthony Patterson where we felt we needed to bring him back, but we maintained a really strong dialogue with Notts County and now we felt it was time to let him get back out there."
