Sunderland Head Coach Régis Le Bris has made clear that he has a “good problem” when it comes to choosing between his three fit forwards in the games to come. Le Bris also spoke on coaching his attacking players, and his satisfaction of goals coming from different sources. Daniel Wales reports.
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00:00Despite not scoring in their previous two games, goals have not been a problem for Sunderland this season.
00:06Regis Lebris now has the option to choose from Wilson Isidore, Aaron Connolly and Elisa Mienda to lead the line.
00:13It's difficult to answer accurately because it's a good problem for me, I think.
00:22And it's a good problem for the players as well because when we have many options,
00:28we can manage the game with the first part of the game and we know that we'll have this strength.
00:33For example, with Wilson, Romain and Patrick, we'll have Rens in behind and we'll have the ability to combine with Patrick and to dribble with Romain.
00:45So this setup is interesting.
00:47And with Elisa, we'll have another strength. With Aaron, we'll have another strength.
00:52So it depends on the game and the scenario.
00:58And I think we have now many options to manage different scenarios.
01:04Lebris outlined previously how the defensive solidity was the foundation to the team's shape and structure,
01:10and this time spoke on how much coaching goes into the attacking side of their game.
01:14These two parts of the game, the efficiency is key. It's always key.
01:25And I really like, for example, the way that our defenders can defend to stop a shoot, for example.
01:35So it's like they are ready to cope with this part of the game.
01:40The opposite is, as a coach, we always say it's a part of creativity.
01:48So we need patterns, we need structure, but we need, as well, we need the ability to create, to take risks,
02:01and to accept that we can lose a ball and we will be able to face with the counter-attacks.
02:07For me, it's a question of foundations, and then find the right balance about patterns, about instructions,
02:14and the other way you can create. This balance was good so far, and we'll see for the next games.
02:22It was certainly a point of satisfaction for Lebris that goals have come from a variety of different players during this season.
02:30It's difficult for the opponents when you can score from the wingers, you can score from your striker,
02:37and from your ace, for example, because we become unpredictable when you analyze a team.
02:45If the striker is the main threat, you will put your strength to neutralize, to cancel this weapon.
02:53When we have many opportunities like we have to score, it's more difficult for the opponent, I think.