‌“I am comfortable in saying that Sunderland can compete for Europe,” Nevin said. “But the Sunderland team I’ve watched this season is a completely different team to the one that played last season. “But watching Sunderland, even after that first game, I thought: ‘Yeah, that’s what happens, first game, all excited, that’s not going to last'. It’s a really, really young team. Article continues below“I’m given games to do in my job and I can’t wait to get another Sunderland game.