Thanks to my old mates Northernlight, Cheshire_Cat and Welshmakem. I was beginning to feel like the astronaut in 2010, floating alone in space! I was encouraged by our display against Manchester City on Tuesday but it’s no good if we don’t get an end result. Funny as it sounds I feel we will get something from the Liverpool game on Saturday, even a point would be welcome. Whatever happens over the rest of the season I feel we still have the best chance of escaping relegation with Sam in charge. Say what you like about him, he knows how to get the best out of players, (even those who are quite ordinary), and always tells it as it is. There are no frills with him, and I think the Sunderland fans appreciate that in their manager. He does not try to gloss over bad news, the players know where they are, what they have to do and what he expects from them. With all this going on, the annual fight against relegation and an abject lack of quality in the team, I still couldn’t be anything else but a Sunderland supporter..they are my team and for better or worse I love them.