Sunderland fans are right to question the club’s leadership

Beale’s sacking came almost four months ago, and it’s been over a month since Mike Dodds bowed out of his interim role. Nobody expected Dodds to keep up his streak from his first temporary post of the season, which saw him go two-for-two, but the slip down the table made the head coach situation even more frustrating.

The stubbornness of the club has led to this fall from grace, in comparison to the prior campaign in which they reached the play-offs. It’s also resulted in the sackings of decent bosses like Mowbray and Neil, and may have had some role to play in why it’s been such a painful process in finding Beale’s eventual successor.

There’s not much going right at the moment at the Stadium of Light, but things need to start going that way quickly.