Three things we learnt at the weekend: Lee Cattermole is not a changed man, Crystal Palace in trouble and Hammer horror

Lee Cattermole is shown a straight red card for Sunderland (GETTY IMAGES)

No change, Lee

So much for Lee Cattermole’s fresh start. A week after claiming he was “a changed man”, the Sunderland midfielder picked up the seventh Premier League red card of his career in the 1-0 defeat at Hull to move into joint second place on the all-time list of shame – ahead of Vinnie Jones and level with Roy Keane, but one behind renowned hardmen Richard Dunne, Patrick Vieira and Duncan Ferguson.

For once, though, Cattermole was outdone on the aggression front by team-mate Andrea Dossena, whose potential leg breaker on David Meyler was deemed worthy of three red cards by the Hull manager, Steve Bruce.

Palace threat

There may still be 28 matches to go but after their seventh straight defeat, Crystal Palace supporters must be concerned that Derby’s record for the lowest number of points in a Premier League season may be under threat.

At this stage in 2007-08, Derby had already mustered six points but they managed only another five to beat comfortably the previous mark set by Sunderland. With just three points so far, Palace must turn things around soon or the situation could get really nasty.

No wonder there has not been a flood of applications for the vacant manager’s job.

Hammer horror

They both wear claret and blue and are struggling to find the net. West Ham served up their fourth goalless draw of the season against an Aston Villa side who have now not scored for four games themselves – a run that stretches back to their win against Manchester City in September.

At least Villa have got Christian Benteke. You have to go back to the end of April for the last time a striker scored for West Ham. Carlton Cole is definitely not the answer, so Sam Allardyce will be praying Andy Carroll returns after the international break.