Watmore’s return can lift Grayson

DUNCAN WATMORE’S resumption of firstteam football may be the boost Sunderland and manager Simon Grayson need to spark a revival.

Watmore’s first appearance since suffering a cruciate ligament injury in December coincided with the Black Cats securing a deserved 2-2 draw against Preston as pressure was eased on under-fire boss Grayson.

“It’s good that we’re getting the squad back together and we’ll reap the benefits in the coming games,” said winger George Honeyman.

“We are desperate to do well for this football club. I’m not sure what’s happened. It might be nervousness but I can’t put my finger on it. You start getting sick of the excuses.”

Jason Cummings is confident he can reproduce the form

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Everton and Ireland full-back with a broken leg in March. “It was a hard tackle but our player is saying he hasn’t touched him,” said Whelan. “You can see he has jumped straight up once he has seen the red card.

“It is not what you want to see.”

Barnsley won away from Oakwell for the first time this season as Tom Bradshaw fired his sixth and seventh goals of the campaign in a 3-1 victory at Millwall.

And he hopes they will jog the memory of Wales boss Chris Coleman, who gave him his only full Wales cap as a substitute in a friendly away to Ukraine in March 2016.

“I’ve always said that if I perform for Barnsley, score goals and keep improving, that’s all I can do,” said Bradshaw. “Then if Chris Coleman feels I can do a job, I’m sure he’ll bring me