Money well spent?

When you're manager of a side that's likely to be struggling at the foot of the table, what's the best area to spend money in? That must have been the thought process of Roy Keane prior to this season, before he decided to spend big for the goal keeping talents of Craig Gordon. At the time, I have to admit I thought he could have used that money to strengthen the outfield players, but I've definitely changed that opinion. Barring a slump in form Gordon seems like an excellent purchase to me.

In the game against Liverpool yesterday he made a few great saves and wasn't far away from saving the shots that did go in either. If he converts a few losses to draws and draws into wins, the £9m price tag will seem small to Sunderland, given the huge value of staying in the Premier League.