I'm ganna stick my tin hat on here, where we're currently at and the path we're on I don't think we'll see players like him opting to come to Sunderland vs staying at Coventry. It isn't that I think they're better than us in a footballing sense but they're trying to progress now. Our focus is on becoming stable in the championship. We're biding our time to progress over time and playing through the younger lads fits perfectly into that.
I want to point out i'm not digging out anyone here. It's just the reality.
Strange times when a club without a ground is a better prospect than us, 'where we're at' to me seems in no way inferior to Coventry overall even though I'd agree if we were talking about a raft of other unfashionable clubs.