Régis Le Bris’ Future — The Grass Isn’t Always Greener

There’s a distinct possibility — perhaps even a probability — that Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and Florent Ghisolfi have a shortlist of head coaches whom they’ll approach should they think they’re an improvement on Le Bris. We’ve done it with sporting directors, coaches, and players under this regime, and there’s no reason to suggest the gaffer is immune from this.

The questioning of Le Bris isn’t exactly knee-jerk, but it comes from some spells of form this season where positive results haven’t been forthcoming.

We’ve reached a point where there are some amongst us concerned about going a few games without a win in the Premier League — whether this is arrogance or evidence that expectations have risen is for the individual to decide.

For what it’s worth, I think we’re in a better place with Le Bris at the helm; realistically, given our current position in the food chain, I don’t believe there are many managers out there that are better than what we have, would want to come, or are available.

We could finish in the top half of the Premier League, more than fifteen points ahead of the relegation zone and above teams that’ve been in the top flight for years, and people would still think we can do better. At the end of the day, the people who are in the best position to see what we can do to improve and decide when to pull the trigger when the time is right to do so.

There’ll be comings and goings in the summer as we look to build on a fantastic first Premier League season.

Le Bris has been integral to getting us to where we are now, and I firmly believe he still has a chapter or two to write on Wearside.