Bruce urges Cana restraint

Tue, 15 Sep 14:14:00 2009

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has admitted he may have to rein in the tenacious instincts of captain Lorik Cana if he is to keep him on the pitch.

The 26-year-old Albania international has made an impressive start to his career on Wearside after completing a £5million summer switch from Marseille, although the yellow card he picked up during Saturday's 4-1 Barclays Premier League victory over Hull was his third in five games.

Bruce said: "That's his third yellow card - it is just getting him through the season that will be an issue. To say he is trying to do his best is an understatement. You can see why I have made him captain."

The Black Cats boss added: "He has obviously got to try to curb it, but he is just full of enthusiasm, trying to do the job and trying to play in England.

"He has got a good way about him. We will obviously have to check the yellow cards if we can, but he will be a cult hero here, I am sure of it."

 

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  1. ganib,that sounds a bit like racism to me,or are you­ just bitter

    From philip w, on Wed 16 Sep 8:52PM

  2. Awsome player, love his commitment

    From sandra.allan99, on Wed 16 Sep 8:41PM

  3. A great signing, very impressive player IMO. Keep it up­ son!

    From JojO, on Wed 16 Sep 6:03PM

  4. ganib, rubbish

    From john.connolly01, on Tue 15 Sep 6:36PM

  5. What we dont want is for an incident like Adebayor and­ Van Persie happening with Cana an another player. It­ wont be long before the FA clobber Adebayor with some­ heavy charges which I think will lead to a considerable­ ban., and I dont think we as a team can afford to be­ without him for a long period.

    From MALCOLM D, on Tue 15 Sep 4:59PM

  6. it is juast a kosovan albanian way of doing thing, GET­ IT DONE NO MATTER OF CONSEQUENCES.

    From ganib, on Tue 15 Sep 10:31AM

  7. he may have to bring him off quite a few times if it­ looks likely that he may get booked, he will have to­ learn not to be so rash, mind you , some of the tackles­ he's been booked for are not worth a booking. The­ referees must be more consistent in their decision­ making, when deciding whethere to book a player or not.

    From MALCOLM D, on Mon 14 Sep 8:05PM

  8. elbows up studs showing snap his legs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,­ true football

    keep going in hard SB will pay your­ fines get stuck in

    From Ian, on Mon 14 Sep 6:50PM
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