"Sunderland will take some stopping because Roy has brought in some very good players.
"Jonny Evans looks a superb player and Nyron Nosworthy was outstanding, although I don't remember him ever wanting to play centre-back for me!
"But I've enjoyed being back because I've got a lot of happy memories from the place.
"It was always going to be the toughest task of the weekend for anyone of the top six to eight sides, but I thought we acquitted ourselves well."