A frustrated Gus Poyet admits he is not enjoying watching Sunderland’s bore draws and has warned it will continue to happen unless more quality is acquired in the January transfer window.

The Black Cats recorded their tenth draw of the season against West Ham United at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, their fifth in six games after Stewart Downing cancelled out Jordi Gomez’s penalty.

Poyet’s side created plenty of chances to secure three points, but a lack of cutting edge in front of goal continues to be a major issue with Sunderland having scored the third fewest amount of goals in the Premier League this season.

The result leaves the Wearsiders two points off the bottom three, and although they are in a better position than they were 12 months ago, Poyet is not a happy man.

“The easiest way to solve all these problems is to get a player who can make the difference on his own,” the Black Cats boss said. “We don’t have one at the moment. Unless someone wins player of the month like Connor Wickham and Adam Johnson did last season it is going to be boring draws all the time.

“I want to do better. And I want people to feel better. I am not enjoying this. I enjoy it when I win, but when I draw too many I don't enjoy it. Maybe the problem is me, it is my character. Maybe it is not possible. Maybe we will need to wait three years.

“The problem with taking more risks is that at the moment we are getting into good positions to finish.

“If we weren't then you could say we needed to take more risks to get more players ahead of the ball and play a different way. But we have created plenty of chances. It is about quality. That is what is lacking.”

Poyet admitted last week he is far from fielding his desired Sunderland team and the head coach believes the club is behind others because of a failure to close out deals in the summer transfer window.

He said: “In my dreams teams that I have coached for long periods to try and make them better, the central midfielder is very important. With Liam Bridcutt and Lee Cattermole we are well served there and I am delighted.

“Full backs are another big feature. We started the season without a right-back. Billy Jones has been in and out. Anthony Reveillere has come from nowhere.

“He has been exceptional but it shouldn't be like that. We should have had three full backs at the start of the season. We are behind. We got Santiago (Vergini) into positions to cross but that is not his ability.

“We cannot find Anthony high up the pitch on his left foot because that is not his side. It is a handicap.

“I think the players are really taking things on board in terms of the defensive side. Of course there was that game at Southampton but overall we have shown we know how to defend.

“We did well against Chelsea and Liverpool. But this was a different challenge because we are talking of a unique player in (Andy) Carroll and I don't think he had too many kicks.

“In that part of our game we are convinced that we are very clear in what we have to do. I am comfortable with that side of our game. With the quality we have got we are doing exceptionally well.”