Out of both cups now. Probably quite deflated, with Premiership survival the only thing for them now to play for. Will they be focused on the task in hand or still deflated on what might've been?

A 3-0 defeat to a team we have beaten twice certainly won't have boosted morale.

Rather a double edged sword their cup defeat. Poyet will have banged on non-stop about the great cup runs they have had but told them now is the time to focus on retaining their league status. That starts with us, at home and they and the crowd will be fired up.

It is, however, difficuly to know how individual players will react psychologically. Some will move on and forget the Hull and Machester City defeats whilst others will still have those losses on their minds.

I am not sure but I do not think we have lost two consecutive games under TP. Sunderland are not as good as either Swansea or Southampton regardless of their exploits in the cups. We have to go their looking for a point at the very least but with a dertermination to try and get all three.

Sunderland 0 - 1 Palace.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho Marx

if they play like they did yesterday against Hull, we should win.

if they play like they did last week against city, could be a long afternoon!

For two and a half of the last three games we have played like a poor championship side. The worst in the league.

However, we are fifth from bottom and a point on Saturday will be just fine no matter how awful we are. Cardiff and West Brom are under a lot more pressure than us with Fulham already gone.

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I would focus at our play and not Sunderland......

A team looses games when hoping for a week opponent.....