Steven Fletcher is impressed by Dick Advocaat's early influence at Sunderland. The Black Cats sit just a point and a place above the bottom three with eight matches to go, but Advocaat has already made an impact.
"It's been really lively since the new coach has come in; he's a lively character and he's brought that into the training sessions," Fletcher told safc.com.
"He wants us all to give 100 per cent and believes we've got the quality to turn our fortunes around and push up the league.
"He wants us to play a lot more compact and push forward as a unit, and I think we did that in the last game because we won balls back and created chances.
"We've got to remain upbeat and stick to the task at hand."
