When Premier League safety becomes boring

LAST weekend’s victory against Stoke was good news for Sunderland as a football club, but pretty terrible news for its fans.

We now need only a couple of wins to guarantee survival and with the likes of Wigan, Hull, West Brom, Bolton and Portsmouth all to play, there’s plenty of opportunities to pick up those crucial points.

Unfortunately that means we’re likely to see a very dull end to the season with drab matches where we grind out results.