Roy Keane is looking to make amends tonight after last season's disappointing cup exits.
Sunderland travel to Keane's former club Nottingham Forest in the Carling Cup second round.
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Sign up for free SAFC email updatesKeane said: "We have been starved of success. I suppose the only chance that we would have of getting a trophy over the next few years would be trying to do well in the Carling Cup or the FA Cup.
"We have seen clubs over the last one or two years - Portsmouth have done it (in the FA Cup), Tottenham won it last year - so you have got to believe. A good cup run and a bit of luck in a couple of draws and you have got a chance.
"We didn't take those opportunities last year, but if it comes around this year, we have got to make the most of it."
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