Sunderland head coach Dick Advocaat
has reiterated his desire for new signings after revealing that his
defenders are often caught "sleeping" in set-piece training.
Advocaat was persuaded to stay on at the Stadium of Light having kept
the club up last season, but has seen his side take just one point from
their opening three Premier League matches.
Sunderland shipped seven goals prior to Saturday's 1-1 draw with Swansea City, with Younes Kaboul and Adam Matthews enduring tricky introductions into Advocaat's defensive ranks.
"I am not happy at all," said the Dutch coach.
"We have to improve and we can only improve if we get some other players in. We really need two or three more players.
"I have told everyone and I will keep saying it until the last day - but not much has happened.
"[Sporting director] Lee Congerton is doing a great job with little
money. We really appreciate what he has done so far - but we need more.
"The last line [the defence] has to improve. We put them together [in
training on Monday] and the co-operation on some set pieces was very
poor.
"Instead of watching the ball and the man, sometimes they were sleeping
and you don't know why. We can only do better but the first two games
were very bad."
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