The Black Cats surrendered a lead to fall to their 11th Premier League loss of the season to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, a result which kept them bottom of the table.

Poyet has insisted that the players are working hard to adapt to his management style and tactics, but also warned them that they are unlikely to improve until they begin to learn from their mistakes.

"It's becoming too easy to play against Sunderland," Poyet told reporters. "My job is head coach, I convince players what is the best way to play football.

"I train them, I show them, I tell them, I repeat it to them, and we keep doing it and keep doing it until it's like a hammer in your head constantly.

"If we get it before a Saturday, we have a chance, but if we don't it's going to get worse and worse, simple is that. I'm just being honest, and sometimes being honest doesn't mean you're being negative. I'm not, I'm just being realistic."

Sunderland travel to West Ham United next Saturday to continue their top-flight season.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leicester City Leicester	45	31	4	10	89	39	50	97
2	Ipswich Town Ipswich	45	27	12	6	90	57	33	93
3	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
4	Southampton	45	25	9	11	85	62	23	84
5	Norwich City Norwich	45	21	10	14	79	63	16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
7	Hull City	45	19	13	13	68	59	9	70
8	Middlesbrough	45	19	9	17	68	61	7	66
9	Coventry City Coventry	45	17	13	15	69	57	12	64
10	Preston North End Preston	45	18	9	18	56	64	-8	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	45	14	11	20	45	60	-15	53
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	45	13	11	21	58	74	-16	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
22	Birmingham City Birmingham	45	12	11	22	49	65	-16	47
23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	45	4	12	29	32	87	-55	24