Steve Bruce hopes the Mackems will give Bramble a chance before the Boo Boys get on his case.
Bruce: "Look, I thought long and hard about signing him, long and hard because I knew it might be a difficult one for Sunderland fans and for him.
"But the great thing is that the lad's got plenty of bottle - he wanted to come here, he wanted to play for me and Sunderland, and I feel sure that Sunderland fans will recognise that and give him a fair crack of the whip.
"At the end of the day, Sunderland fans want the same as me and the same as Titus Bramble, which is success for this club.
"If Titus shows - as I think he will - that he can make us better, then I don't think supporters will have a problem accepting him.
"The easiest thing would have been not to sign him and to avoid any hassle, but I think he's a player who can genuinely improve us.
"He had a difficult start to his top flight career. I think the move to Newcastle was too soon for him, it was too big a club at too tender an age and he's had his work cut out to shift the image of himself he created there."