A good three months ahead of schedule, Seb Larsson is back in full training and is set to return to the squad well ahead of what was first thought.
It was originally thought that after having knee surgery, the 31-year-old would be looking at January before being fit enough to fight for his place back in the side.
The return date will be a month away, but that is still a massive bonus for David Moyes who has been hoping for players to start returning back from injury.
Moyes will not make the mistake of rushing the midfielder back into action before he is 100 per cent though and that means the Swede could be in for a spell in the under 23 team.
Moyes told the Sunderland Echo: “Seb has dipped in and out a little bit but started full training on Monday.
“I think Seb will need the best part of three to four weeks on football sessions and what not and hopefully we might get him a couple of Under-23 games in the process.
“Hopefully it is quicker. But he has done really well.
“I don`t want to risk his injury too soon. “It is an incredible return.”
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Although Larsson is getting on a bit now I would be glad to see that tool Rodwell dropped and Swedeboy in his place. Rodwell offers absolutely nothing to the side and we could well do without him… Good to see that Mannone is back in training too, Pickford was doing all right at first but he is getting worse every week.
Pickford cant do it all on his own, having something that slightly resembles a defence helps. I would have manone back in the side though
You could play an ironing board and improve our midfield
You can surf on an ironing board I am reliably informed by my wife who obviously knows more about ironing than I do as she is a woman
The midfield is our biggest weakness at the moment although we are not much good at the back or up front either. The club is going down the pan and the powers that be dont seem to care