‘Needs to be better’ – Mike Dodds opens up on move to drop Sunderland man
Sunderland midfielder Pierre Ekwah has been a regular at the Stadium of Light since breaking into the fold towards the end of the last campaign, but has recently dropped out of the Black Cats’ starting XI.
Sunderland interim boss Mike Dodds has said Pierre Ekwah will get game time over Easter but there are areas ‘he needs to be better with’ amid his drop out the side.
Sunderland midfielder Ekwah has been a regular at the Stadium of Light since breaking into the fold towards the end of the last campaign. In recent weeks though, he’s dropped out of the Black Cats’ starting XI.
Sunderland have faced QPR and Southampton in their last two Championship fixtures, picking up one point from a possible six, both games which saw Ekwah resided to the bench.
Black Cats boss Dodds did use the French midfielder as a substitute in both fixtures. The 22-year-old’s outing against the Saints was brief but he played just over half an hour against the R’s. The results left the Wearside outfit 12th in the Champ
‘Needs to be better’ – Mike Dodds opens up on move to drop Sunderland man
Sunderland midfielder Pierre Ekwah has been a regular at the Stadium of Light since breaking into the fold towards the end of the last campaign, but has recently dropped out of the Black Cats’ starting XI.
Sunderland interim boss Mike Dodds has said Pierre Ekwah will get game time over Easter but there are areas ‘he needs to be better with’ amid his drop out the side.
Sunderland midfielder Ekwah has been a regular at the Stadium of Light since breaking into the fold towards the end of the last campaign. In recent weeks though, he’s dropped out of the Black Cats’ starting XI.
Sunderland have faced QPR and Southampton in their last two Championship fixtures, picking up one point from a possible six, both games which saw Ekwah resided to the bench.
Black Cats boss Dodds did use the French midfielder as a substitute in both fixtures. The 22-year-old’s outing against the Saints was brief but he played just over half an hour against the R’s. The results left the Wearside outfit 12th in the Championship table.
Speaking to the Sunderland Echo, Dodds mentioned aspects of Ekwah’s game where he is keen to see improvements. However, he also paid recognition to the positive response from the youngster with two big games over the Easter weekend coming up which he will hope to play a part in.
“I’ve had a couple of conversations with Pierre over the last couple of weeks, just about his general performance and I think he’s got huge potential,” he said.
“He’s got a big future in the game but I do also think he’s got certain things that he needs to be better with, and I pride myself on working with young players and improving them.
