Nolan: “Sunderland have gone out and spent millions and millions of pounds.
“If we had have had the chance to do that and bring players in, we would have been a bit higher than we are.
“Then you see Steve Bruce saying he’s got to buy seven players in the summer.
“That’s a target (finishing ahead of Sunderland) to make sure we finish the season strongly.
“It’s something we can work on – I don’t see why not.
“We don’t really want this season to peter out – we want to finish strongly and get the momentum for next season.
“Our fans are brilliant, I always speak so highly of them.
“They’ve been like that all season.
“People at Liverpool were just saying to me that they were fantastic.
“There’s no-one to beat them home and away.
“They’ve been with us through thick and thin, and hopefully we can give them a good couple of home games and get some points on the board.”