ANOTHER defeat for Sunderland in the final home game of the final Premier League season before making thee unwanted return to the Championship after ten years.

First half goals from Fernando Llorente and Kyle Naughton did the damage to give Swansea another lift in the battle to beat the drop.

But Sunderland are not so fortunate, they know they are heading down already. Here are some of the main talking points from this afternoon’s latest loss.

CALLS FOR CHANGE

As soon as Llorente headed in the opener in the ninth minute, the first calls for Moyes to go could be heard. After Naughton had added a second on the stroke half-time, those became much louder and more regular.

Ellis Short, the club’s owner, was in attendance and has indicated to Moyes that he wants him to stay in charge next season, while the manager himself has expressed a wish to remain at the helm too.

There is supposed to be a further meeting scheduled after the season has finished to finalise things, but it is clear Moyes has a massive battle on his hands to win over the hearts and minds of these fans. The majority have clearly had enough.

It is difficult to imagine he can succeed, but Moyes has three years remaining on his contract.

Does Short stick or twist? It would be another costly change if he does opt for change, but having witnessed at first hand the negativity towards Moyes, it would be a monumental call to keep him on.

EMPTY SEATS

Apparently there was more than 38,000 fans inside the Stadium of Light to watch the 24th defeat of the Premier League season for Sunderland.

The reality is there was nowhere near that, with thousands of home fans deciding beforehand to stay away, and who could blame them?

There was even less by the time the final whistle had blown, when not every Sunderland player stayed out to show their appreciation to the fans. Jermain Defoe and Vito Mannone were the last ones off the field, waving goodbye you would assume.

Short and chief executive Martin Bain, sat alongside each other in the directors’ box, will know Sunderland need a lift before starting in the Championship, otherwise there will be more fans who decide to stay away for longer.

The question is where will that lift come from? Even Moyes has admitted there needs to be backing and improvements to the squad, meaning money needs to be spent.

Is Short up for that? Too many questions need answering, and the wait goes on for word from the top.

SLOW STARTER

In terms of the football, not that the result mattered too much for Sunderland, the start they made was what lay the foundations for another frustrating afternoon.

When Gylfi Sigurdsson floated over a free-kick into the Sunderland box, Jordan Pickford raced off his line confidently enough and then failed to connect.

That opened the door for Llorente to flick his header into the empty net and from that moment on Swansea were always in command.

It was a horrible goal to concede and Llorente, despite his aerial strength, should never have had the opportunity to nod it goalwards given the height Sunderland have in their ranks.

INJURY PROBLEMS – AGAIN

Undeniably this season has not been helped by Sunderland’s injury problems so it was fitting there was another two to add to the list in the final home game.

Jason Denayer and Victor Anichebe have had decent chunks of time on the treatment table already this season and they have headed there again. They might not be seen in a Sunderland shirt again.

If their respective injuries picked up in the first half means neither can play against Arsenal nor Chelsea, then that will be that.

Denayer will return to Manchester City after his season long loan and Anichebe’s contract will expire. It is hard to imagine that either will be back on Wearside come August.

Anichebe had that decent spell before Christmas when he looked like he could help keep Sunderland up.

Since then, though, he has struggled with injuries and has reminded everyone why he had struggled to find a club last summer following his release from West Brom.

If injuries were not such a problem for him then he would be worth a new deal, but Sunderland need to be able to rely on players if they are to stand a chance of promotion.

MANAGERIAL REACTION

David Moyes said: “It was disappointing because it was the poorest we have played in the last month. Ultimately it came down to the first goal. We had a couple of half chances in the opening ten minutes. We did nothing wrong in that first period.

“Our goalkeeper has been fantastic all season and has made only one mistake, at Southampton, but I can’t see why he would come and get involved in a free-kick from the halfway line. We didn’t play well.

“The fans have shown their disappointment with me and I didn’t want to make it worse. I got straight down the tunnel.

“It’s more that every one of them is aware of how disappointed the fans are. I am disappointed for them. This was the situation two weeks ago, it was always going to be difficult what reaction to give them after the game. But we thank them for their support.

“The reason this is great football club is because of the supporters, but we are all embarrassed and disappointed.

“My future is the same as it was. Everyone can see we need to make big improvements and changes. I hopefully hear and understand a bit more after we meet again in a week’s time.”

Paul Clement said: “I hope we have restored people’s pride in their football club. We don’t think we have done the job yet, we’ve got another game left, but it was a great moment at the end. You have to embrace moments like that. You have to enjoy them because that is what we work so hard for.

“Our last four results have been huge and they have come at a crucial stage of the season. All we can do now is wait to see what happens when Hull go to Crystal Palace and there is a lot of pressure on both those teams now. We’ll all be watching it somewhere.”