Sunderland boss Steve Bruce refuses to buckle.

Bruce was refusing to be bowed by the boos which sounded around the stadium on the final whistle of their draw with West Bromwich Albion.

He said: "The one thing I won't do is shy away from it. I have been given stick all my life - it just makes the resolve even bigger with me that I will prove people wrong.

"I don't what I have to. I will just remind you that Sunderland were 10th last year - that was their third-best finish in 55 years.

"It's not as if the club is winning the Champions League year in, year out."