Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood is feeling positive ahead of the weekend's meeting with Sunderland.
Villa have won their past two fixtures both over West Midlands derby rivals West Bromwich Albion, with Sherwood indicating that morale is high in the lead-up to Saturday's trip to the Stadium of Light.
"We are buoyant now going into the Sunderland game," Sherwood said.
"We will go to win wherever we go to play. We want to drag people in who are above us and make sure they get some squeaky bum time."
Villa currently sit 17th on the Premier League table, three points clear of 18th and 19th sides QPR and Burnley.
