Moyes getting sick of life at Sunderland?
David Moyes admits Sunderland’s thin squad was exposed once more at Burnley as the Black Cats exited the FA Cup with a whimper.
Eighteen days after losing 4-1 to the Clarets in the Premier League, a return trip to Turf Moor resulted in a 2-0 third-round replay loss, and their performance was every bit as hopeless.
Moyes had made just three changes to his team but as their winless run extended to six games, he admits their current form has highlighted the lack of options available to him.
“I’ve not wanted to use it as an excuse and I’ve genuinely tried not to, and I’m not using it here,” Moyes said. “The players that are out there I expect to play better, I don’t expect them to make a couple of mistakes, but if I had other players, maybe I could take some players out and put somebody else in.
“I could do something different with it and let them know – you’re not getting away with that. At the moment I can’t do that.
“I’ve tried not to use it in any way as an excuse but it’s a fact, we’re short, we’re finding it a struggle, we’re putting near enough the same players out.
“We’re looking around, everyone knows our limitations but we are needing to add, due to the shortage of what we’ve got – long-term injuries, some who are close, boys at the African Nations Cup.
“We’re trying, we’re always hopeful, always pushing to see if something can work. We need to see what happens. It’s more than some one (player), that’s obvious.”
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