Charlie Wyke has led the line for 16 consecutive games but it appears that Sunderland supporters have grown tired of his continued underperformance after losing 1-0 to Coventry.
He has never been a striker to act as a poacher or score goals, as reflected by his return of 11 goals in 58 games for the Black Cats, but he does offer a physical presence up-front, acting as good foil for Lynden Gooch and Chris Maguire.
However, on Sunday the north-east outfit visited promotion rivals Coventry in a crucially important game, and Wyke let the team down with his poor finishing.
In particular, the 27-year-old should have buried a first-half header, connecting to the ball from a corner just a few yards from goal, but he somehow sent it over.
That characterised his recent performances, as although he found the net against Bristol Rovers, he has now failed to score in six out of Sunderland’s previous seven matches.
Here is some of the reaction from fans to his latest performance.
Wyke is stealing a living like
— stephen sheriff (@stephensherif13) March 1, 2020
Wyke is dreadful but so is the service up to him the majority of the time
— Ring On Fire (@2ndoneout) March 1, 2020
That’s the difference between getting automatic promotion, Godden buried his chance, Wyke constantly struggles
— Thomas Howe (@ThomasHoweSR) March 1, 2020
Wyke doing his best to hide from the ball
— colin morrow (@ColMorrow87) March 1, 2020
Hume and Wyke are probably our weak links, that could cost us promotion
— Äimeë 💫 (@aimeegordon_x) March 1, 2020
Another bad miss by Wyke, pretty much a free header #safc
— Parker (@Parkersafc) March 1, 2020
I can’t cope watching Charlie Wyke anymore the lad is useless
— Liam (@Chelsea30096289) March 1, 2020
Do you share your fellow supporters’ frustration with Wyke? Are you keen to see him dropped in favour of Kyle Lafferty or Will Grigg, let us know!
