Gus Poyet: "I'm working on changing things in January, that's for sure. But that doesn't affect my thinking about now.
"There are things going on behind the scenes in terms of the transfer window - that hasn't changed - and I'm confident they will happen.
"There are things going on behind the scenes in terms of the transfer window - that hasn't changed - and I'm confident they will happen.
"How big the changes will be, I don't know just yet.
"But we need results now, in our next few games, and it is about personality and attitude - about winning the ball, using it well and winning it back.
"There is a gap between us and the other teams, so we need to be spot on.
"That means us making good decisions - no own goals, no conceding silly goals - in other words, do the basics right for the 94 minutes of the game week in, week out.
"Me? I keep coaching and I will be hammering them again this week. You have to learn quick here or you have a hole in the head because I will be hammering away at you.
"Is there another way? I don't think so.
"The problem we have is that the team is not strong enough to understand exactly what we need to do all the way through the game.
"Football is about more than running up and down, it is about working together."
Saturday December 1412:45 Manchester City v Arsenal 15:00 Cardiff City v West Brom 15:00 Chelsea v Crystal Palace 15:00 Everton v Fulham 15:00 Newcastle United v Southampton 15:00 West Ham United v Sunderland 17:30 Hull City v Stoke City
Sunday December 1513:30 Aston Villa v Man Utd 13:30 Norwich City v Swansea City 16:0 Tottenham v Liverpool
Source: Sunderland-Mad
Source: FOOTYMAD
