Another win and clean sheet – but boss not satisfied

STRENGTH IN DEPTH, KEY MEN AND INJURIES – BUT IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT DAY FOR THE TRAVELLING FANS

Sunderland have won five consecutive league games for the first time in 11 years -– but Jack Ross believes there is still much more to come.

The 2-0 win at Home Park, courtesy of Aiden McGeady’s brace, saw the Black Cats move into second place in League One after Peterborough United’s defeat at Wycombe.

It was the sixth win in all competitions and the fourth straight clean sheet.

Momentum is firmly with Sunderland but Ross believes there is much more to come from his side, with the Scot targeting the League One title this year.

Having gone second in League One, Ross said: “We want to go that one step further and we have said that all along.

“We won’t be satisfied till we are there and stay there. The players have been good for me all season, they are churning out the results and the clean sheets too.

“I think we have improvement in us. We will get better.”

Ross added: “First half we were good, I couldn’t have too much criticism. They defended their box well, the latter part of the first half.

“We got a bit impatient and narrow and forcing things. We have good quality in the wide areas so we needed to exploit that and to the players’ credit, they did that.”

Sunderland lacked a cutting edge in the first half but McGeady’s brilliance eight minutes into the second half proved the difference.

He delayed his shot having run across the edge of the area before unleashing an unstoppable effort to leave the 1,400-strong away following delighted.

Ross said: “We have been clinical this season, we have scored in every league game this season.

“Maybe when we went a bit narrow and rushed that was partly my fault as we had Lynden and Aiden playing on the opposite sides to the ones they normally do.

“To the players’ credit they made the park bigger in the opening of the second half.”