Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is targeting a top ten finish after he saw his side beat West Ham 1-0 at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.
The Black Cats were made to work for their victory over the Hammers but the win takes their points tally to 23 and sees them sat in seventh place in the table.
That is the position they finished in twice under Peter Reid and Bruce is challenging them to repeat the feat this time around.
He said:"Nothing has changed since I came here 18 months ago. We are seventh going into the Christmas period.
"I have always said, we have got to stop being a yo-yo club – that was my immediate aim – and if we can get ourselves into the top 10.
"Our immediate aim is to go and mirror what we have just done, take 20-odd points from the next 16 games, and that would set us up very nicely for what should be a nice spring."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email