The midfielder claims that the Black Cats need to start capturing three points on a regular basis or they could be involved in a relegation battle in May.
Sunderland’s form last season was hailed by everyone in the footballing community, as the side were completely rejuvenated following the arrival of Martin O’Neill.
The talented tactician took Aston Villa to the heights of the UEFA Cup during his time at Villa Park and looked to do the same at the Stadium of Light.
While he succeeded initially and managed to keep the Wearside giants in England’s top flight with plenty of points to spare, things have gone wary for the coach and the team this time around.
O’Neill’s robust combination of focused attacking play and defensive solidarity has failed to churn out the right results for the club and they now face an uncertain future if things do not immediately improve in the next few months.
Besides an away win against Fulham, the outfit have lost four times and drawn once in their last six games.
With such a depleted record, it’s no wonder that alarm bells are ringing at the helm and the players themselves have urged each other to raise the bar or face the prospect of plying their trade in Championship.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Craig-Gardner-c9475 is one of them and has urged his fellow players to stop making excuses and get out there and secure good results.
“We can’t afford to keep talking after games about what we have to do. We have to start going out there and doing it. There’s no excuses for us anymore. We can’t just keep saying things will be fine – we have to make them fine,” he said.
Continuing, he reflected on the earlier game at Carrow Road, claiming that such outings cannot continue and that they needed to improve immensely especially for the tie with the reigning European champions.
“We know we can do it, our second half performance against Norwich showed that. We know if we play like that, then we’ll start winning. We are desperate for a win. We need to start pushing on. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 will be tough but if we can take that second-half performance
into Saturday’s game, we can win,” Gardner was quoted as saying while speaking to the media.
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