Gus Poyet: “Sometimes, people say in football that you need to pick your 11 best individuals.
“No -- you need to pick your best team. And sometimes that means you need to leave out one of your best individuals. Now we need our best team.
“We need characters, rather than individuals. We need players who react the right way and who are mentally strong.
"That is more important than playing your ‘best’ player, or the player that everybody likes.
“In my opinion, if you are to do well then you need everybody to have a clear idea of how you want to play and to understand the system. If two or three don’t do that, it is difficult. And if those two or three are in key positions, then you have a big problem.”
Saturday October 26
12:45 Crystal Palace v Arsenal
15:00 Aston Villa v Everton
15:00 Liverpool v West Brom
15:00 Man Utd v Stoke City
15:00 Norwich City v Cardiff City
17:30 Southampton v Fulham
Sunday October 27
13:30 Sunderland v Newcastle United
16:00 Chelsea v Manchester City
16:00 Swansea City v West Ham United
16:00 Tottenham v Hull City
Sunderland Fixtures
Sunday October 27
13:30 Premier League
Sunderland v Newcastle United
Saturday November 2
15:00 Premier League
Hull City v Sunderland
Sunday November 10
14:05 Premier League
Sunderland v Manchester City
Sunderland Squad
3.Dossena
4.Ki
5.Brown
6.Cabral
7.Larsson
8.Gardner
9.Fletcher
10.Wickham
11.Johnson A
12.Celustka
14.Colback
15.Vaughan
16.O'Shea
17.Altidore
18.Mandron
19.Moberg Karlsson
20.Westwood
21.Diakite
22.Ba
23.Giaccherini
24.Cuellar
25.Mannone
27.Ji
29.Roberge
31.Borini
33.Cattermole
35.Mavrias