It all seemed to go south for Sunderland after Darren Bent was shipped off to Aston Villa, and now that cause has had the effect of getting Steve Bruce the sack from the Black Cats. It has been a surprisingly lack lustre season for Sunderland, especially after Bruce was quite busy in the summer transfer market boosting his squad. Many are pointing figures at the fact that he clearly forgot to figure out how to replace Bent though, but truthfully their goal tally has not been all that bad, considering the amount of goals that teams around and even above them have managed. It has just been a poor run of form, in which Sunderland have simply failed to turn one point in to three on too many occasions, and that has been their biggest failing. They have managed just one win in their last eight and clearly not good enough for the Sunderland board. The nail in the coffin really was last weekend’s home defeat against Wigan, who are one of the few teams beneath the Black Cats in the league standings. The form just hasn’t been there in the last eight matches for Sunderland, winning one, drawing three and losing four. Only Bolton, Wolves, Wigan and Blackburn have worse form than that, but it all narrow margins and the line was too thin for the Sunderland board and so this gives us a chance to look at who will be the next Sunderland manager betting.
Interestingly, the man who is the front runner in Next Sunderland Manager betting at the moment is Martin O’Neill, who has been on a managerial hiatus since walking out on Aston Villa just over a year ago. He has been linked with just about every job opening that has arisen in the Premier League, and even for some which haven’t, from Chelsea down to Blackburn. O’Neill hasn’t been attracted back to work but he is the outright favourite in Next Sunderland manager betting, and there are reports that he has spoken to the club. O’Neill has a good reputation of making teams hard to beat and you do get the feeling that there is a good enough core at Sunderland for him to work with. Why wait until a team like Sunderland has arisen to get back into the managerial hot seat? Well, it could all be about the challenge really. There is a proud history at Sunderland, and O’Neill would probably take on this project, even though there is going to be no money to spend, looking at it as a personal challenge of rejuvenation of what could be deemed as a sleeping giant. So, while Martin O’Neill in Next Sunderland boss betting is the front runner, there are just as many reports around about former Fulham boss Mark Hughes.
According to some reports, Mark Hughes is actually Sunderland’s top target, and therefore has to be considered in your Next Sunderland Manager betting. It is obviously going to take some work to turn around just two wins in thirteen matches from a team which is sitting just two points outside of the relegation zone. Hughes is highly respected for his coaching and would very much fit the mould of Sunderland manager. The former Man City, Blackburn and Fulham boss feels that his ambition was held back at Craven Cottage, but you have to look at the amount of drawn matches which he guided Man City and Fulham too when he was in charge there. It is hard to see much difference between O’Neill and Hughes in terms of coaching ability and just how Sunderland may turn out under either of them. You don’t see a really expansive modern side emerging from under either of them, so it is more about consolidation in Next Sunderland manager betting. Sunderland are going to have to scrap for points until they get on their feet and who can do that the best, and the quickest? It looks as if those two are going to remain the front runners for Next Permanent Sunderland manager betting, with O’Neill favourite. There are some outsiders in the running, like Rafa Benitez, who may be a big coup for them, although his managerial reputation has pretty much taken a dive over the past couple of years after leaving Liverpool and Inter Milan in messes. Former United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is also in the mix, but this isn’t going to be a matter of experimentation for Sunderland.
Next Sunderland Manager Betting Odds
Martin O’Neill: 1/8 at SkyBet
Mark Hughes: 5/1 at SkyBet
Rafa Benitez: 20/1 at BetFair
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: 20/1 at SkyBet
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