Courage compensates for stage fright

GARETH SOUTHGATE’S lesson in management continued at the Riverside against Sunderland on Saturday — you don’t ease up in the final few minutes against a Roy Keane side.

Not unless you want to be punished.

Roy Keane admitted what every Sunderland supporter was thinking on their way home on Saturday, that Boro were decent and good value for a win. That they didn’t is a great testament to the new breed of player at SAFC. We’re determined and thirsty and won’t lose without a fight, no matter how badly we’ve played.