With Dan Neil gone, the Sunderland bench will look very short of midfielders come the Burnley game. ​You could argue that we were already light, as with the greatest respect, it was always unlikely that Le Bris would turn to Neil as a solution. If we’d lost Le Fée or Xhaka during AFCON — with the greatest respect to Rigg and Geertruida — we would’ve been in serious trouble. We need to remember where we’ve come from, as a newly-promoted team with almost an entirely new first eleven. We might lose players but we’ll definitely need more options, and there’s a backup option for Xhaka to find.