Cats back Grayson

SUNDERLAND have given manager Simon Grayson the thumbs up – despite being in the Championship drop zone.

Black Cats MD Martin Bain, insisting Grayson is the man to turn it around, said: “Relegation is not something at the front of our minds, that we could be going down rather than up.

“From Simon’s perspective, he is looking at things exactly the same way I am. Every day here we work extremely hard to make sure we do the best for everybody.

“There are some green shoots in recent games that we are starting to gel.”