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In many ways, the grim conditions of Saturday's League One game at the Stadium of Light echoed the feeling around Sunderland at current. 

The Black Cats drew 1-1 with Coventry City on the weekend–meaning Phil Parkinson has now won just twice in his first 10 games in charge.

Sunderland remain just three points away from the top six and still have at least one game in hand over the sides above them in the table but the quality of recent performances has meant that some fans are calling for Parkinson's head already.

That stance is harsh but as was the case with the two cup losses during the international break, there were very few positives to take from Saturday's game.

Amongst those was the performance of teenager Benji Kimpioka, who came off the bench in the last 10 minutes and scored a 90th-minute equaliser for the Black Cats.

The 19-year-old was only on the pitch for eight minutes but he displayed the sort of high-energy and positivity that has been missing from the Sunderland ranks in recent weeks, while he showed composure in front of goal with his late finish, something that has also been missing.

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In that sense, Kimpioka's performance was the antithesis of Will Grigg's season and may spell the end of his Black Cats career.

Grigg's performance was underwhelming and in many ways symptomatic of his season. According to Wyscout, the Northern Ireland international had no shots, won just one offensive duel, took one unsuccessful dribble and made just eight passes.

Early on in the season, it seemed like the 28-year-old just needed a consistent run in the side. His League One record, 101 goals in 293 appearances, would suggest that he will come good but with just three goals in 22 appearances in the 2019/20 campaign, you feel he may be running out of opportunities.

Kimpioka's emergence may speed up that process and could spell the end of his Stadium of Light career. Sunderland's main target surely remains to achieve promotion this season and you feel that may mean they look to add reinforcements and offload deadwood in January.

Grigg arrived in last season's winter transfer window as the replacement for Josh Maja, who had scored 16 goals in the first half of the 2018/19 campaign. Grigg has scored half that in the 44 appearances he has made since and if he can show no more progress prior to January you feel the North East club may look to cash in on him.

For me, Kimpioka showed enough in eight minutes against the Sky Blues to earn a chance in the starting XI and with Charlie Wyke close to returning from injury–Grigg may not get many more chances to prove himself.