Journalist Michael Graham has praised Sunderland for this recent, off-field announcement. Sunderland are certainly at a crossroads right now. On the pitch, they’ve fallen hard this season, going from top-six hopefuls to looking over their shoulder at the drop zone last month. But things have steadied in the last few games. Mike Dodds‘ side have now lost just one of their last five in the Championship, following a 0-0 draw vs Leeds United in midweek. And the Black Cats have kept four clean sheets in those five, albeit with a calamitous 5-1 defeat at home to Blackburn Rovers in the middle of tho…