Poyet positive

Gus Poyet is determined to take the positives into Saturday's game with Sunderland, despite us not getting our season off to the best of starts at the weekend.

A 2-1 defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough has placed the emphasis firmly on the Black Cats' visit to The Lane, and our First Team Coach is refusing to be downbeat.

Gus feels that summer signings Luka Modric and Giovani Dos Santos experienced an important learning curve on