Keane issues player warning

Sunderland manager Roy Keane has warned his players they face a long season if they fail to buck up their ideas following the friendly defeat 1-0 to Coca-Cola Championship new boys Scunthorpe.

New £5million striker Michael Chopra and fellow recent arrival Dickson Etuhu both started for the Black Cats but it was the Iron who prospered, scoring the decisive goal in the second minute when Nyron Nosworthy’s poor attempted pass ricocheted off an opponent and dropped at the feet of Martin Paterson, who fired past Darren Ward.