Alex Neil has been confirmed as Sunderland's new head coach and the Scot arrives on Wearside with an in-tray piled high with pressing problems.
Sunderland sacked his predecessor Lee Johnson because the board had doubts that he could secure automatic promotion but, after two catastrophic defeats while the head coach search was being conducted, the club is now further off the pace than ever,
Neil will be expected to make an immediate impact when he takes charge of his first game at AFC Wimbledon tomorrow and get the club back on course.
