Sunderland boss Sbragia punishes players with video replay

28 April 2009 19:27
[LNB]Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia is hoping for a positivereaction from his players after subjecting them to a video horror show.[LNB]The players who played in Saturday's shocking 3-0defeat at West Brom were forced to sit throughthe game again yesterday in preparation for this Sunday's visit of high-flying Everton.[LNB]Sunderland, who are just four points above the bottomthree, have home matches against David Moyes's side and Chelsea, with awaymatches at Bolton and Portsmouth to negotiate too.[LNB] Painful viewing: Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia forced his players to watch a replay of their Hawthorns horror show.[LNB]Sbragia, who is under increasing pressure fromsupporters as his team fail to see off the threat of relegation, is nowinsisting the Hawthorns performance is forgotten.[LNB]The Sunderland bosssaid: `We've started afresh today. We've got to focus on Everton now, lookahead and put what happened last weekend behind us. [LNB]`We've got to put it out ofour minds. West Brom was a poorperformance and there's been a lot of soul-searching. [LNB]`It's the first time we'veshown them the video of a whole game. We then had a chat with them for 10 or 15minutes and let them chew the cud over it. [LNB]`It was disastrous for us and watching it again, itdidn't get any better.'[LNB]  West Brom 3 Sunderland 0: You were shameful, Ricky tells his flopsWest Brom 3 Sunderland 0: Mowbray scents a lifeline but it's nail-biting time for SbragiaSUNDERLAND FC

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