Another Ex-Manchester United Player Past His Prime at Sunderland

Just about a week after lambasting his players and claiming that he made a mistake in putting his faith in certain players (cue Dwight Yorke) who should not even have been there in the first place, Sunderland manager Roy Keane has gone on to sign another ex-Manchester United has-been in Andy Cole.

Cole will probably be more committed to the club compared to the Smiling Dork Yorke, but he is clearly past his prime after having left Blackburn Rovers a couple of seasons ago. He could hardly run with Manchester City, and that was a club spent almost an entire season without scoring a goal at home.

Perhaps Keane signed him on as a coach for his strikers. They were dreadful against (another relegation favourite) Wigan, and will need as much help as possible if they were to survive in the English Premiership this season. However, note that Cole has usually only prospered when playing with another striker who supplied him with breakthrough passes (for example, the great Peter Beardsley).

Who does Sunderland have to fill that hole?