Tony Mowbray remains hopeful that Ellis Simms will make his eagerly-anticipated return to the Sunderland squad at Luton Town this weekend.
Sunderland are waiting for the results of blood tests after Thorben Hoffmann missed the defeat to Cheltenham Town through illness.
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