Leeds United host consecutive bottom-half teams at Elland Road this week but chances of a walkover are slim.
Sunderland manager Mike Dodds has rubbished any talk of his side not being up for tonight’s trip to ‘Premier League quality’ Leeds United. Sunderland arrive at Elland Road in 13th-place after a dismal run of just one win in their last 10 matches. Six consecutive defeats through February and March saw their faint hopes of a play-off place disappear, with manager Michael Beale sacked in February and Dodds taking interim charge until the end of the season.
If we think, staff, backroom staff, people above me, players that put on the shirt, if we think we’re good enough to not turn up for five games and then next year mount a challenge, we are incredibly naive and probably stupid.” Coincidentally, Dodds was also in interim charge when Sunderland beat Leeds 1-0 at the Stadium of Light in December, on a rare off night in which Daniel Farke’s side failed to score.
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