Oh, and heres a nice interview with Nicklas so you can all read his thoughts! This truly is the thread that just keeps on giving, keeping you all bang up to date. You'll like the first paragraph!
From:
http://www.journallive.co.uk/safc/safc- ... -29526918/
"COURAGE, fight and heart were qualities associated with the Vikings and Sunderland’s own Nordic warrior Nicklas Bendtner had plenty of that in his locker to help the Black Cats come back from the dead.Their side two-nil down after five minutes in Saturday’s encounter against West Bromwich Albion at the Stadium of Light, those in the stands must have feared a cave-in of epic proportions.
However, step forward Bendtner who, in tandem with the impressive Stephane Sessegnon, led from the front as Sunderland pulled off a comeback to earn a point which seemed miles away after the first five minutes.
Bendtner got the ball rolling as he bagged his first goal for the club following his recent on-loan move from Arsenal, before his sublime cross from the left was headed in by Ahmad Elmohamady.
Bendtner, though, was too modest to take the acclaim for himself and hailed the character from his new team-mates for bringing Sunderland back from the brink.
He said: “What was going through my mind in the first five minutes? You do not want to know.
“I have never been involved in such a start. We showed courage, a lot of fight and a lot of heart.
“We got back quickly to 2-2 and we were unlucky not to win because we had a lot of possession in front of their goal to get in to scoring positions.
“We also had ten corners. It is a bit unfortunate, but we showed we offered a challenge. That cannot be taken away from us.
“It was a huge moment at two goals down for us, but we recovered greatly and we have to look at that rather than saying we started slowly even though it was shocking. We have to forget about the negatives. The courage and heart we showed was the key. We were shell-shocked. We had to overcome it.
“Every team is different, but at Sunderland every one looks at each other and has to trust we all give 100% every time we cross the white line for each other, for the manager, all the staff.
“As long as you have that you have a chance to get back in any game.
Bendtner was also quick to praise his gaffer, who has come under a bit of pressure given Sunderland’s recent bad run – and the Dane insisted Bruce is the ideal man for the Wearside hotseat. He added: “In training we try to evaluate everything and quickly because the next game is not far away.
“The atmosphere since I arrived has always been happy. There is always good banter and that is needed at a club.
“Everyone in training gives everything and that is what you need. You need to go in to training and be happy because that is what makes you play.
“Even here, if you find yourself out, people are there to pick you up and help you out and try to get a relationship going. That should be in every team.â€