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Sunderland fans are pleased with battling point against promotion rivals Barnsley

Sunderland drew 0-0 with promotion rivals Barnsley at Oakwell last night, meaning they stay four points behind the Tykes in the battle to clamber out of League One.

An impressive run of scoring in each game also came to an end, on a night where the Black Cats did not manage to show an awful lot of attacking intent, in tricky conditions.

There are two schools of thought about the result. On the one hand, it could be seen as a missed opportunity to make up some serious ground on the top two and be within their game in hand against Accrington of going into the automatic spots.

But on the other, the Black Cats avoided defeat on a night where losing would have all but finished off their chances of promotion, and kept on Barnsley’s coat-tails.

(Photo by Ian Horrocks/Sunderland AFC via Getty Images)

That’s the point of view many fans chose to take, and with ten matches still to come, there is not a need to panic just yet.

So we’ve put together some of the best reaction from a group of fans who are choosing to remain positive about the potential end to a season after two straight campaigns of despair and relegation…