sunderland finally cut ties with manager gus poyet on monday after a 4 0 home defeat by fellow strugglers aston villa left the wearside club just one point above the relegation zone in the barclays premier league with that in mind, sportsmail have sunderland fan joe cooper of 90mincom to tell us what he makes of the situation is dick advocaat a suitable short term replacement for poyet? let's see what he had to say gus poyet's sacking as manager of sunderland couldn't have come soon enough chairman ellis short took the decision on monday and it's hard to argue that it wasn't the right call the relationship just wasn't working, our supporters know it and they didn't hesitate to show the uruguayan their dissatisfaction on a grim afternoon on wearside on saturday there's a better fit out there and while we've been clamouring for a change at the helm over the course of the last few months, it's become glaringly obvious that poyet himself didn't want to remain in charge either gus poyet's sacking as sunderland manager could not come soon enough for the struggling club's fans  the relationship between poyet, the club's board and their fans was not working and the move was correct  angry sunderland supporters attempt to confront poyet during the 4 0 defeat to aston villa on saturday  additionally, poyet's moniker of 'head coach' meant he was not in primary charge of signing players he'd made it obvious that it wasn't something he was comfortable with an unhealthy relationship at the top rolls downwards, as with any business poyet's attitude had transcended onto the pitch and it has been having a terrible effect saturday was the cast iron evidence of that we are just a point above the barclays premier league's relegation zone following the home 4 0 drubbing to aston villa bear in mind that this was a team with the league's worst attack and they'd put four past us before half time poyet's position had become untenable dick advocaat comes to the wearside club with a wealth of experience from around european football  advocaat has never managed in england before but is reportedly in line for a £500,000 survival bonus  the decision to remove poyet doesn't reek of desperation, given  advocaat's appointment within 24 hours  our situation looks precarious, but it's worth remembering that it could be far worse it's the right time for poyet to leave something needed to be done before it was too late luckily, we've not quite reached that stage yet   there's nine games to save ourselves we've moved swiftly in hiring a replacement, which is always promising the decision to remove poyet doesn't exactly reek of desperation, given former rangers and dutch national coach dick advocaat was brought in within 24 hours jermain defoe and steven fletcher look disconsolate for sunderland upfront on saturday afternoon  one fan roars towards the bench as poyet's tenure as manager drew to its inevitable close on saturday  another supporter holds up a hand written sign with the message 'poyet out'   his wish was granted on monday  advocaat has been handed the job on a short term basis as well as the wealth of managerial experience he brings, the reported £500,000 he'll pocket to avoid relegation is enough of a motivation he's no spring chicken at 67, but advocaat has spoken of his own hunger to prove himself in the premier league he's got the knowledge under his belt to do that there's enough reason for the fans to be confident that we can stay up new managers inevitably inject a shot in the arm to their players in their first few weeks it should be enough to carry us through to the end you only have to look at crystal palace and west bromwich albion to see the impact that both new managers have had on the teams' fortunes sam allardyce has been touted as a potential replacement after an impressive season with west ham  steve mcclaren looks premier league bound either with derby county or one of many interested clubs  our long term aspirations may be higher than merely fighting relegation, but it's now a case of seeing this season out before starting afresh again next term it likely won't be advocaat to take us beyond this summer, but with the likes of sam allardyce and steve mcclaren   who have both had promising seasons at their respective clubs   linked as poyet's long term successor, things are looking up poyet had reached the point of no return, so it's time to start afresh again hull  chelsea (home)   march 22  swansea (away)   april 4  southampton (away)   april 11  liverpool (home)   april 18  crystal palace (away)   april 25  arsenal (home)   may 2  burnley (home)   may 9  tottenham (away)   may 16  man united (home)   may 24  aston villa  swansea (home)   march 21  man united (away)   april 4  tottenham (away)   april 11  man city (away)   april 25  everton (home)   may 2  west ham (home)   may 9  southampton (away)   may 16  burnley (home)   may 24  *qpr (home)   date to be arranged  sunderland  west ham (away)   march 21  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sunderland sacked manager gus poyet while one point above relegation  time was called on poyet after embarrassing 4 0 defeat by aston villa  dick advocaat was brought in as manager for the rest of the season  advocaat has vast experience and wants to prove himself in england  fans should now be confident that their club can stay up  things are looking up with sam allardyce linked as next season's boss 