Tony Mowbray says Sunderland have genuine promotion ambitions this season - albeit their stretched squad will make it very tough over the final three months of the season. The Black Cats exited the FA Cup last night at the hands of Premier League Fulham, losing their fourth round replay 3-2 at the Stadium of Light.
And that means their entire focus will now be on their Championship campaign as they look to continue the momentum that has brought them to within a couple of points of the play-off places. Mowbray says the club's recruitment team deserves 'huge credit' for bringing in players of the calibre of Patrick Roberts, Amad, and Jack Clarke.
He says Sunderland are looking to lay the foundations of a team that can challenge for promotion to the top flight, but has not yet written off their chances of doing so this term although the fact their top scorer Ross Stewart and skipper Corry Evans have been ruled out for the rest of the campaign will make sustaining a challenge very difficult. "We've got some really good players," he said.
