Carl Winchester is set to see a specialist tomorrow and faces a spell on the sidelines as Sunderland's defensive injury problems begin to mount. Black Cats centre-back Daniel Ballard limped out of the weekend draw against QPR with what was later revealed to be a fractured foot and, while Alex Neil is unwilling to put a timescale on the injury, the summer signing is expected to be out of action for around eight weeks.
And now Winchester, who would ordinarily be a potential candidate to replace Ballard on the right side of a back three, has also picked up an injury - in his case a back issue. "When it rains, it pours," said Neil, referring to the two injuries occurring in a short space of time.
"Unfortunately for us, at the moment, Winnie [Winchester] is injured, so he's out for a little while. I think he's due to see the specialist tomorrow, so we'll get a better idea of that one then.
