Le Bris marshals his troops

SUNDERLAND boss Regis Le Bris has left no stone unturned heading into tonight's Championship play-off semi-final clash with Coventry City.

- By MATTY HEWITT Football writer

The Black Cats secured their play-off berth in early April and the French head coach has admitted that having a fully fit squad to choose from has been his top priority.

Unfortunately for Sunderland, Romaine Mundle and Aji Alese will both miss tonight’s game, but should be back in contention to feature in the second leg at the Stadium of Light next week.

Le Bris has a number of big decisions to make ahead of kick-off at the Coventry Building Society Arena both in the heart of defence and up front.

He has hinted Wilson Isidor will be the man to lead the line despite his recent drought in front of goal, with Eliezer Mayenda offering a different alternative.

"We'll see who starts,” Le Bris said at his pre-match press conference earlier this week. “First of all, we have two good strikers and this is good news. Two young strikers, one very young and one still young.

“They are two different strikers and it depends on the balance of the team - we always need threats in behind. Sometimes if we play with Pat [Patrick Roberts] and Enzo [Le Fee] out wide we need a striker whose style is to run in behind to manage and stretch the lines.