Former Republic of Ireland international Kilbane, who played 124 games for the Black Cats between 1999 and 2003, added: "As a whole, they've struggled this season. They've had a few injury problems which have not helped their cause.Paolo Di Canio, 44, is the bookmakers favourite to succeed O'Neill. Other names in the frame include ex-Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City manager Mark Hughes and Roberto Di Matteo, who won the Champions League and FA Cup as Chelsea's interim manager last season. The timing is bizarre," the Premier League's record's goalscorer said. "He is usually upbeat, but he seemed down and not his usual energetic self recently. Whether he knew something was happening behind the scenes, I do not know.Now they've made the change and you've got to respect the owners for doing that, but I don't think it's the right decision to make.It just hasn't been good enough far too often this year. The players have stuck together pretty well, we haven't been humiliated in too many games but it just hasn't been good enough to turn decent, stubborn performances into points and that's probably what the new manager will need to do.I think they should have continued with Martin O'Neill until the end of the season and tried to establish themselves in the Premier League, but this puts everything back up in the air again.
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