Premier League Sack Race: Carrick, Le Bris, and Sage

GiveMeSport's Matt Smith argues that Sunderland manager Regis Le Bris should be the next Premier League manager sacked ahead of Manchester United's Michael Carrick and Crystal Palace's Pierre Sage. All three clubs are underperforming near the bottom of the table, with Sunderland in last place having collected just five points and recorded only one league victory so far this season.

Smith believes Carrick and Sage deserve more patience due to insufficient summer transfer backing in defense and match misfortune, such as red cards for Palace. In contrast, Smith contends that Sunderland's run to European qualification last season was an overperformance masking poor underlying data, making Le Bris the prime candidate for dismissal.