“Obviously our midfielders played very well since the beginning of the season and for Brownie he needed to wait but he knows that that league is so long that he was sure that he’ll have opportunities to play so it’s now and he did well so I’m confident for him.”

“The league is very competitive and every team is proactive so even if you are in the bottom of the table the team doesn’t for a mistake,” Le Bris said when asked about what threat Preston North End would likely pose to Sunderland on Wednesday.

“They attempt to push, to employ man-for-man marking, to play direct play or not, and it is not a passive opponent, and I am confident that Preston will not be passive against us. They can manage man-to-man marking, for example; they are strong and intense, so it will be a good challenge for us following Luton and QPR.

“We’ll see if we learned from this experience, it wasn’t bad games for us but we need to improve to reach different new levels, especially for the goal kick restart for example or the build-up under pressure and it will be interesting to see if we are improving.”

Le Bris also hinted at his formation against Preston North End, with midfielder Jobe expected to miss the encounter.

“I don’t think so,” Le Bris replied when asked if he could switch to five in the back. “I mentioned that idea before, we established a system, strong foundations, and I don’t want to modify the structure too soon because I think we have now good references and we can change during various phases of the…

“For example, we use the back five with a midfielder and not with a centre-back because it’s needed during the game but I think we’ll work on the back four. I don’t know the scenario of the season but atthe minute it’s better to play like that because we share the references and we have so much to doto improve, to go further so at the minute I don’t think I’m going to change.”

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