by Regis Le Bris believes that the risk of play-offs will help to get the best out of Sunderland.
And Sunderland’s head coach says that in the last weeks of the regular season he had a complete squad for the semi-finals on Friday evening for the semi-finals for the Friday evening in Coventry shows.
Sunderland secured a fourth place in the championship in the championship with weeks, but went into the play-offs on the back of five defeats in a row, in which the black cats fell onto the bottom of the league.
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However, Le Bris believes that Sunderland’s overwhelming displays have had a lot to do in the past few weeks that the pressure has been triggered and said: “We respected all of our former opponents, but history is history.
“You can say in presentations before the game that this is the play-off mode, but the reality is that it is not. It is different.”
Sunderland has only scored one goal in the last six games, but somehow has to be the Switch and discover the top shape, while preparing for Coventry, who, thanks to their victory against Middlesbrough and the fact that Bristol City could only move with Preston, rose to the fifth day on the fifth day.
Sunderland is expected to increase by the availability of Romaine Mundle and Aji Aleese, both of which should resume the first team training on Friday.
Regardless of the latest results, Le Bris believes that his approach has contributed to the last weeks of the season to ensure that he has a complete squad to choose from.
“It was strange and unusual,” he said, reflecting on run-in.
“But it was a great achievement to secure fourth place one month before the end of the season.
“This shows that we were really consistent beforehand, and with a small squad we decided to deliberately shoot with the aim of having our best players available. And that will be the case.
“For everyone in the room here, you can consider if you are available 60% of your players or are 100% available, this is not the same.
“Our goal is to fit everyone, and if this is the case, it was the right idea (to turn).”
Le Bris pointed to Sunderland’s record in games that were an opportunity to optimism in front of the play-off campaign this season.
He said: “For these games, decision making will be really important and connected to the story.
“When we played these games during the season, the players have shown that they are really well connected and learned from their experiences. I hope they will be at the top.”
