This article is part of Football League World's 'Regular Punter' series, where we gather original opinions from select, passionate fans of the clubs concerned on matters surrounding their team and share them with a wider audience...

Football League World's Sunderland fan pundit Charlie Hodgson has picked his ideal replacements for Jack Ross, if the board succumb to growing pressure from the fans to sack him.

Pressure has been growing on the Scot after a run of underwhelming performances and one former Black Cats' boss stands out as Hodgson's top candidate.

"A lot of fans out there want to see either Roy Keane or Sam Allardyce come back," the regular punter told Football League World.

"The latter of which I would take. However, Keane not so much.

"He’s lost his fear factor. When he came to us last time he was still hungry to win and still had his passion and fight from his playing days, whereas now he hasn’t had a managerial job since Ipswich almost 10 years ago.

"I personally would want someone like Allardyce or Chris Hughton, someone with plenty of experience in management, or someone like Nathan Jones as he did brilliantly with Luton and it would be unfair to judge him on how he is doing at Stoke given that it is a near impossible job and very similar to when we were in the Championship."

During his short spell with Sunderland, Allardyce helped them to survival against the odds in the Premier League, earning an average of 1.16 points per game.

Last season saw them finish in fifth place following their relegation to League One, despite being made overwhelming favourites to win promotion, eventually losing to Charlton Athletic in the play-off final.

Owner Stewart Donald stuck with the Scot through the summer, allowing him to continue building his squad, but a frustrating start to the season has seen the pressure mount, with calls for him to take action growing louder.

They currently sit in fifth place with nine matches played with just one loss to their name so far although four draws and only 14 goals scored remain the prime source of frustration.