David Moyes has failed to win any of his first 10 Premier League matches as Sunderland boss.
Richard Keys has written in his personal blog that Sunderland should stand by David Moyes, even if results continue to go badly.
Sunderland have failed to win any of their first 10 matches under Moyes’ stewardship, and they have been in extremely poor form.
The Black Cats are already seven points adrift of safety, with a relegation battle looking more likely by the game.
However, Keys does not believe that Sunderland should dispense with Moyes.
The pundit said: “What should [Ellis] Short do next? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. David Moyes is the right man to sort things out. Sunderland need to do what Newcastle have done – as much as it will hurt Mackems to read that.
“Short has to back away – give Moyes the reigns and let him get on with it. If they start preparing for the drop in January – and subsequent recovery – there’s no reason why they can’t be top of the Championship and heading back to the big time a year from now.
“If somehow Moyes keeps them up we’ll be re-visiting this same subject next season. Like Villa – eventually it will catch them out. My solution? A clear out. Get the lot out. Start again. And give Sunderland fans what they want – a bit of pride back in their team.”
Sunderland only narrowly avoided the drop last season, with Sam Allardyce performing miracles to keep the Black Cats up, after taking over from Dick Advocaat.
Sunderland have made an even worse start this time around, though, and there are serious concerns around the Stadium of Light now.
Sunderland’s next match comes at the weekend, when they take on Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth side at Dean Court on Saturday.
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