Poyet hails Cats after superb summer recruitment drive

Former Sunderland boss Gus Poyet says he is delighted with the club's start to the Premier League campaign, praising the club's recruitment in identifying players who have bought into the ethos of the team from last season.

- by Phil Smith

Poyet says his one concern is whether some of those new recruits will find it easy to maintain their current levels of performance when the adrenaline of their introduction to Premier League football drops, but is thrilled with the progress of his former club more generally.

"I couldn't really decide whether the idea of buying so many players was the correct one," Poyet said.

"But I knew they needed something different because what they did was incredible, amazing. I don't think they had the best squad and I could give you five or six teams that I think had better squads. But Sunderland a system, the manager was outstanding and found something with the players, a way of winning.