Dick Advocaat has a warning for Sunderland ’ s under-performing players – ‘ If you don ’ t put it in for me I ’ ll be on the pitch letting you know ’ . The Dutch boss watched in horror from his home in Holland last week as the Black Cats slumped to a 4-0 defeat against Aston Villa at the Stadium of Light , a result which cost Gus Poyet his job . Advocaat has revealed he was waiting for Poyet to be sacked before taking over – he was sounded out three weeks ago - and says he will not tolerate performances such as last weekend 's sorry surrender . Dick Advocaat has never been relegated in his career and does not want Sunderland to be the first . ‘ I was very disappointed ( watching the game ) . When they scored , you could see that something is going wrong in the players ’ heads , ’ he said ahead of his first match in charge at West Ham . ‘ When Aston Villa scored their fourth goal , five players were standing still . When they lost the ball up front , the ball went , and five players were walking back instead of running back . ‘ This is not possible . I told them , “ If I was beside the line , I would have been on the pitch ” . That means that something is wrong. ’ Advocaat said he was disappointed with the Sunderland player 's reaction after they conceded . Sunderland are one place and one point above the relegation zone . Advocaat has never been relegated during a 28-year managerial career – and he doesn ’ t intend to make that a first on Wearside . ‘ I have never been relegated and I always have the feeling that I will never go down , ’ he said . ‘ So I don ’ t really want to talk about that . I have been close , but that was when I was a very young manager . I started at SVV when I was 36 and we were champions in one of the lower leagues . We had a difficult season the following year , but we survived in the last game. ’ Advocaat has just nine games to save Sunderland from the drop and is confident his influence can make a difference . Advocaat has nine games to help Sunderland avoid relegation . ‘ It is always better if you start at the beginning of a season because then you can put all of your ideas in , ’ he said . ‘ But in terms of organisation , it is not that difficult to bring the players into step , so that everybody knows what to do . They have to do that . ‘ If we are to going to win games , they have to do that . The organisation is the most important thing in football , then you can add in the individual skills of the players. ’ For if they don ’ t step into line , Advocaat will be on the pitch letting them know .
van der has nine games to save Sunderland from relegation . he has never been relegated in his career as a manager . The Dutchman says he could not manage performances like the opener in the 4 - 0 defeat by Aston Villa last weekend .