SAFC Boss Sam Allardyce has told us that Jermain Defoe and Sebastian Larsson are probably going to be out of the Arsenal game this Saturday.
Defoe limped off against Stoke last weekend, which pans out to be a hamstring injury, not an ankle injury which he has had problems with.
Were as Larsson has ligament problems, both are set to be out, with Sam saying, ”Hopefully they will be fit as quickly as possible they probably aren't going to be fit for next weekend but hopefully the week after.”
After winning two on the bounce lifting the Black Cats out of the bottom three, Big Sam is hoping Santa is good to Sunderland this year. Bringing some festive upsets to Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City and further on to Liverpool.
"We will go into the big games as the underdogs and tell the lads to enjoy themselves because nobody expects you to get a result,".
"Hopefully we can shock one or two because the lads have enough confidence in their ability to play any team at any time.
"You can beat them if you're on song and you take full advantage of what you create, so let's hope that is the case."