IT’S NOT ALL RIGHT – JACK

Jack Rodwell admits that it must be tough following Sunderland at the moment.

The midfielder bemoaned a ‘terrible result’ – Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Stoke City – that left the Black Cats still deep in relegation trouble.

There had been hope that the side would build on an encouraging run of home form against the Potters, and a win would have lifted them two points above Sam Allardyce’s Crystal Palace and within two points of Middlesbrough.

Last year’s champions, Leicester, would have been within just one win.

However, individual errors put the Black Cats three goals down within 35 minutes and Rodwell admitted it was a mental battle from there on in.

Rodwell said: “It’s a terrible result.