Phil Smith answers questions from Sunderland Echo readers as part of his weekly Q&A
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00:00Do you expect any changes with Mundell a risk to start or be in the squad?
00:05Tom Shiny says, will Regis try the same tactical plan for Tuesday or will Mundell return and Lefeuille move to the middle?
00:10His vision, especially the ball for Isidore, was outstanding.
00:13His decision, Ballard, for Methven was a masterstroke.
00:16Today, his plan seems to be bearing fruit.
00:18Yeah, completely agree with that.
00:19So my thoughts is, personally, I have to say I'd be really surprised if Mundell's starting on Tuesday night.
00:26But, you know, obviously he has been training over the last week or so.
00:32But from what I understand, I think he's slightly behind our GLE say in terms of when he returned to actual full training.
00:38So I think it would be a big ask for him, especially with a hamstring injury, for him to go straight into the starting 11.
00:44I would be surprised if Labris took that level of risk.
00:47I know he put Ballard in last night, but Ballard did have half an hour under his belt in that QPR game.
00:52And he had been in full training for about a week and a half before that.
00:54So I think it's a really different scenario.
00:57I'd be really surprised if Sunderland put Mundell in from the start.
00:59I think he'll be on the bench, but I think he'll be used in the last stages of the game if Sunderland need him.
01:04And if not, it'll be all focus if, fingers crossed, touch wood, Sunderland are able to get to Wembley.
01:10I think that's when you would see Mundell play a much bigger part.
01:13So I do think he might well have a role to play on Tuesday night.
01:16But I'd be really surprised if he came straight back into the starting 11, just because, as I say, from what I understand, he's slightly behind, at least in terms of when he returned to full training over the last week.
01:26So he hasn't had that much time, really, to get himself ready to start the game.
01:31I think the bigger question is whether Rigg comes back in for one of the strikers and you go to a more traditional 4-3-3.
01:37I think that's kind of the one change that I think Labrise will be weighing up, but I'm not sure at this stage whether I actually make it.