Sunderland Head Coach Régis Le Bris has made clear that his players and staff are unified and have a real bond that is helping them to secure victories in the Championship. Le Bris also explained how the Black Cats were able to deal with an onslaught against Luton, but fended off thoughts of promotion at this stage. Daniel Wales reports.
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00:00Wednesday night's win will have been an interesting one to reflect on for Regis Lebris.
00:07Sunderland were under the cosh for large parts of the game against Luton, but demonstrated
00:11an ability to win despite these challenging circumstances.
00:15Lebris was then willing to offer his own tactical explanation of how his side adapted to the
00:20events on the pitch.
00:24We started in a 4-4-2 shape and we expected to press like that.
00:29After 15 minutes, 20 minutes, it was clear that this pressure wasn't efficient enough
00:37so it was easy for them to play this kind of direct play.
00:42So we changed the shape in a 5-4-1 with Dan Neal dropped into the centre-backs.
00:50And it wasn't so efficient during the 20 minutes after, but during the half-time we
01:03fixed the different problem and we shared the idea clearly with the players.
01:08And I think the second half was much better in that part of the game.
01:13And it was very important as well to play in behind against this kind of man-for-man
01:19Away from the performance, the win highlighted to many that Sunderland are a united club
01:25at present, something which Lebris was keen to discuss in terms of how it is helping them
01:30to progress in all departments.
01:36Discussing this kind of experience shows that they are linked, they want to win together
01:44because it's not only a tactical side, it's the power of the team.
01:50The way that everyone is fighting, their togetherness, they applied on the pitch really because it
01:59was a tough experience.
02:00So it's a good experience, but as I say always, it's only 11 games and now it's a new experience,
02:09it's so long, 35 to come.
02:13So the main idea is to build on these positive experiences.
02:22The season may only be in its early stages, but Sunderland have found different ways to
02:27win under Regis Lebris so far, which has seen them rise to the top of the table.
02:32Lebris made clear that his side still had a long way to go before the idea of promotion
02:36could be mentioned though, alluding that players, staff and supporters alike must all remain
02:41level-headed.
02:42The promotion, I think, should be around 90 points, 92, 88, I don't know, we have 25 at
02:54the minute, so you can assess the gap, it's so huge.