Tony Mowbray has been 're-energised' by his move to Sunderland - and says the youthful squad he inherited has been 'a joy to work with'. Mowbray left Blackburn Rovers at the end of last season after five-and-a-half years in charge at Ewood Park, and took over on Wearside at the end of August following Alex Neil's departure to Stoke City.
Initially he was viewed by many Sunderland fans as simply a safe pair of hands whose abundance of Championship experience would help the club consolidate in its first season back in the second tier. But instead he has overseen a play-off challenge that will go down to the last game of the season and has also given his players license to play some of the most attractive, attacking, football Sunderland supporters have seen in years.
And after last week laughing off a report that he was looking to retire at the end of the current season, the 59-year-old insists he is revelling in his role at Sunderland. "They have been a joy to work with," he said of his players.
