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Steven Fletcher happy to adapt to arrival of Danny Graham at Sunderland

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Steven Fletcher insists he is happy to adapt his role at Sunderland following the arrival of Danny Graham.

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Having lost their last two games, Sunderland travel to The Hawthorns on Saturday to take on West Brom and defender John O'Shea knows the team must be at their best to pick up a result. "As the manager has pointed out, where we are in the table looks fairly comfortable, but a couple of wins would really push us on," said O'Shea. "That's what we have to do, starting at West Brom. We're under no illusions how hard it will be - we got a good hammering there last year. We'll have to be on our toes. "But the second half against Arsenal 10 days ago was something to build on, even though we didn't score. We know we'll have to be defensively very strong as a team away from home at West Brom though."
Unpredictable
Although Martin O'Neill's side are currently 13th in the Premier League, they are not taking survival for granted just yet as midfielder Sebastian Larsson realises it has been a topsy-turvy season. "I have never known a Premier League like it and I have been in England for 12 years now. The league is very unpredictable and it has been all season," Larsson told The Journal. "We've seen Tottenham really push on for the top four in the last few years and obviously Manchester City are now such a force. You can't really call it a top four anymore because so many other teams are doing well. "And the same goes for the bottom of the league where it's really tight. The entire bottom half could get into trouble, but then again a lot of those teams could end up in the top ten. "That's why you've got to look at it in a positive way, certainly from our point of view. We've got to be honest and say we need to pick up a lot more points, but if we do well we can really push on and climb a good few places and, of course, that's what we've got to try and do."

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