New Loan Signings

Last updated : 17 October 2006 By Martyn Bowers
Keane has confirmed some players just aren't up to standard and may follow Rory Delap, Jon Stead and Andy Welsh out the loan door.

But with a defence that has leaked 7 goals in its last 2 away encounters, Sunderland are almost certainly looking at any available defenders to help steady the ship.

The Black Cats go into tonight's game against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium with just about everything to prove to the fans - and Rory Delap will be doing absolutely everything in order to prove to Roy Keane that he was wrong to let him go on loan.

"I'm not judging it just on the weekend, I'm judging it on the six or seven weeks that I have been at the club," said Keane.

"There's a danger of bringing people in for the sake of it but you always have your eye on who is available.

"There's nothing imminent but, if we feel we can bring someone in who can improve the team, I would have to look at it."