Black Cats want title

Sunderland manager Roy Keane is looking for his team to continue their good form till the end for the season in order to win the Championship title.

Keane said: "We want to finish the season on a high and I will be disappointed if we do not win the game.

"But that will be my job over the next few days, watching lads in training because you find people who maybe get a bit carried away with a little bit of success.

"If players do that at this football club, especially with the game on Sunday, they will not play, they will not travel.

"I find making decisions like that very easy. I will watch players, I will watch their body language in training, who is preparing well, who is doing the warm-ups properly, who is listening to the points we are trying to get across.

"In this walk of life, some people do party maybe too much after a little bit of success. Those lads will not play on Sunday.

"There is a time to enjoy it - and I think the players have enjoyed that in the last one or two days.

"But in training over the next few days, they need to get focused for Sunday.

"I am pretty sure one or two players will take their eye off the ball - it is human nature - and they are the one or two who will not play.

"If you ask any player if they could win a championship on Sunday, they will all want to play."

He added: "It would be nice to finish the season off, it would be nice for the players to get something, to get a medal.

"I feel we deserve it - Birmingham obviously will have their own plans, but it would be nice to finish it off.

"But no matter what happens at Birmingham, we want to win the final game and finish on a high.

"We do not want to wake up on Monday morning after a defeat or a draw, we want to win the game and if that is enough to clinch the Championship, then well and good.

"If not, you still want to win the game of football. No matter where you are, if you lose, it still hurts.

"And that will be the same for Luton, of course, they will want to finish on a high."