Now is the time for Sunderland to get both parts of the package right: play well and win rather settling for gallant loser status.
After all the praise heaped on the team for a performance that deserved so much better than a 3-1 defeat, Ian Todd, a name synonymous with the London branch of the SAFC Supporters’ Association, brought us down to earth a little with this tweet …
@salutsunderland High heads are all very well but we lost as we surely will at Chelsea and Man. City. #2ndbottom
— Ian Todd (@IanTodd17) December 7, 2015