Late Mundle signing at Sunderland could see a “superb” talent dropp
Michael Beale could now axe this Sunderland attacker as a result of a Deadline Day deal.
Nazariy Rusyn’s late strike would send the Sunderland away supporters into pandemonium away at Middlesbrough yesterday, the Ukrainian striker’s wild effort somehow trickling into the back of the net to gift Michael Beale’s men a share of the points.
In truth, the travelling Black Cats would have been happier with the 1-1 draw with many of the Sunderland attackers having an off-day in front of goal away from the heroics of Rusyn from off the bench.
In particular, Abdoullah Ba had a wretched afternoon against Michael Carrick’s Boro despite starring for the Black Cats in recent Championship matches before this close contest.
This could result in Beale looking to freshen his side up for their next second-tier game against Plymouth Argyle this coming weekend, the ex-Rangers boss now tempted to gift Romaine Mundle his first chance to impress ahead of the lacklustre Sunderland number 17.
Abdoullah Ba’s season in numbers
It’s fair to say that the 20-year-old Frenchman must frustrate large patches of the Sunderland masses whenever he takes to the field, a world-beater one day and then completely wasteful the other.
In total for Beale’s promotion chasers this season, Ba has notched up three goals and four assists from 29 games in all competitions with his display against Stoke City recently the main highlight of his up-and-down campaign to date.
The dynamic attacker would singlehandedly steer Sunderland to a confident 3-1 victory with a goal and two assists, despite only accumulating 37 touches against Steven Schumacher’s visitors.
Yet, as much as Ba was impactful in this enthralling encounter versus Stoke, he was way off the pace against Boro to showcase the inconsistencies still present in his game as a youngster learning the ropes after shooting up to the senior side from the U21s.
Despite amassing four more touches versus Boro than his fruitful day at the office against the Potters, Ba was nullified by the hosts all game with Beale then having to resort to utilising Rusyn late on to gain something from the tight clash.
