He was the one who guided Sunderland out of League One and now Regis Le Bris is trying to get the club out of the Championship, with the Black Cats remaining in 4th place of the table despite a hugely worrying 3-0 defeat at Coventry City last time out.
Le Bris was critical of his Sunderland players after that game and rightly so: it was their heaviest defeat under Le Bris so far and by far their worst performance of the season, and against a team who they could end up facing in the play-offs.
Ahead of the return to action, Millwall sit in 11th place of the table and only six points behind Tony Mowbray’s West Brom in 6th, with two wins in their last three.
During the March international break, Sunderland had a number of players in action, including Trai Hume who was away with Northern Ireland. But the Sunderland Player of the Year candidate only featured in the first game, missing the second with a hip injury which has since caused a bit of debate.
Nick Barnes says Hume should be fit to feature for Sunderland against Millwall but also suggested that Le Bris will be unhappy with Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill for revealing the specifics of Hume’s injury. And at the same time, Le Bris may be cautious of deploying Hume knowing that he’ll be needed for the run in and the play-offs, should Sunderland make it.
