Tom Flanagan injury boost and Sunderland's 44,000 crowd: Jack Ross provides pre-Bradford updates

Jack Ross faced the press ahead of Sunderland's Boxing Day clash with Bradford City - and there was plenty on the agenda.

From injury boosts to the bumper crowd in attendance at the Stadium of Light, Ross addressed a whole range of subjects in his media breifing. Scroll down and click through the pages for the key talking points from the Sunderland boss:

Jack Ross faced the press today ahead of Sunderland's game with Bradfordplaceholder image
Jack Ross faced the press today ahead of Sunderland's game with Bradford
"Any time that we lose a game, we'll always have a disappointment because of the expectations upon us and the ambitions we have as a team."placeholder image
"Any time that we lose a game, we'll always have a disappointment because of the expectations upon us and the ambitions we have as a team."
"Glenn actually injured himself in the challenge anyway so will be out for a couple of weeks. It means it becomes an irrelevance."placeholder image
"Glenn actually injured himself in the challenge anyway so will be out for a couple of weeks. It means it becomes an irrelevance."
"No. One was overturned, one should have been overturned and Saturday's was just a tackle."placeholder image
"No. One was overturned, one should have been overturned and Saturday's was just a tackle."
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