Callum Doyle is in danger of 'burnout' in his first season of senior football, admits Sunderland boss Alex Neil.
The Black Cats' new boss has inherited a huge problem with a group of young players - which includes on-loan Manchester City defender Doyle, midfielder Dan Neil, and left-back Dennis Cirkin - who have been mainstays of the side in the first half of the season but visibly have run out of steam over the last month or so.
Yet they have had to continue playing because seniors such as Luke O'Nien, Aiden McGeady, and Nathan Broadhead are out injured, while several of the club's January recruits such as Jermain Defoe, Jack Clarke, and Patrick Roberts arrived having barely played all season.
