A great point!

Sunderland 1-1 Stoke

The hoodoo hangs over us still.

Eighteen Premier League games now on a Monday without a win, but it could have been so very much worse. 1-0 down inside ten minutes, a man sent off and not playing at all well for almost all of the first half.

But a superb rally in the second half. We probably should have even won, hitting the post and having the best of the chances after our equaliser. A terrific wholehearted effort , in particular by Adam Johnson who looked an England player tonight.

 It's only a point, and by itself is not likely to be enough, but the boost the players will get from that result and second half performance might spur us to get enough to scrape to safety.

Too close to call though and not just for us. But at least we are fighting.

 We are not down yet.