Sunderland fell to a second defeat in two games in an inauspicious start of their Premier League campaign on Saturday when they were outplayed and outscored by newly-promoted Norwich City.
They have now conceded seven goals in two matches, and are early favourites for a drop into the Championship at the end of the season. The Black Cats are firmly mired at the foot of the table, and there are more questions than answers for Dick Advocaat’s men.
If last weekend’s away defeat to Leicester City was acceptable to a certain extent given teams can be lacking in sharpness on an away trip for a season opener, there were no excuses for Saturday’s 3-1 home loss.