Twain's attitude towards Sun Jihai was very complicated. He had personally persuaded him to come to Nottingham Forest in the first place. There was no denying that Sun Jihai was originally there because he was Richards' replacement. It might not be fair to Sun Jihai himself to put it this way, but it was the case. But Twain was well aware of Sun Jihai's performance after he came to the Forest team. He was a dedicated professional player. His attitude made up for the lack in his skill level. Overall, Twain was relatively satisfied. There had been no incident other than some Chinese media complaining that Twain had not given Sun the main position.