Titus Bramble insists Sunderland could still qualify for Europe.
Bramble realises it is a long shot, but does not want his team to give in and let a promising campaign slip away.
"It's just a case of trying to finish as high as possible," he argued. "Europe's still not out of the question, we've still got to have some sort of aim. We'll still aim for Europe and if not Europe, we'll try to finish as high as we can.
"As a player you don't want people to slack off, and you don't want to be playing for nothing in the last seven or eight games. The manager and the coaching staff will make sure that doesn't happen."
