![]() ![]() We liked this book because we are afraid of things too and it is a real story about people. The lesson of this story is that everyone is afraid sometimes and that it is okay to be scared. In the end, Thomas admitted that he was a little bit afraid. The reason grandfather told him this story was because he wanted Thomas to tell the truth about his feelings and express that he was afraid about being in the dark. Finally a stranger found Melvin and brought him home. There was a big storm outside and he was afraid to go out of the house and look for his dog Melvin. So, grandfather decides to tell him a story about when he was a boy and about a time when he was very afraid. Thomas pretends that he is not afraid but his grandfather knows that he is. All of a sudden the electricity goes out and they are both left in the dark. It is a dark, stormy night and it is raining, thundering and lightening. ![]() Instead of lining up with Santon, Subotic and Sakho, we had Love, Djilobodji and Januzaj donning the red and white stripes.This book is about a boy named Thomas and his grandfather. Instead of Big Sam, we went into the new season with David Moyes. ![]() While Santon’s move fell through, Allardyce was ploughing on full steam ahead in the transfer market, with West Ham’s Diafra Sakho seemingly desperate to rejoin his former boss in the north east, and Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic also rumoured to be in his sights.Ī mere 12 days later, the world collapsed.Īllardyce headed south and so did Sunderland. I suspect the words ‘Inter Milan’, ‘transfer’ and ‘injury’ caused palpitations in the Stadium of Light’s legal department. The finer details of the financial agreement - believed to revolve around protection for Sunderland over Santon’s injury – couldn’t be agreed upon, and the deal collapsed. Inter had accepted Sunderland’s bid, and Santon accepted Sunderland’s proposal – flying to England to seal the deal. Santon, who started his career with I Nerazzurri before heading to England, had only rejoined Inter the previous season, but suffered a knee injury shortly before Christmas, ruling him out of the second half of the campaign. Santon had been at Newcastle for four seasons before returning to Milan Photo by Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images Instead, he saw greater value in Davide Santon of Inter Milan, putting in an offer of £3m for the full-back, who’d played primarily as a left-back during his four years on Tyneside. The young Spurs full-back had spent a decent enough season at Sunderland, had certainly improved under Allardyce, but Big Sam baulked at Daniel Levy’s £6m asking price, and rightly so in my view. Having signed Kone, Khazir and Kirchhoff (and Dame N’Doye) in January, Allardyce had proven his credentials in the transfer market – identifying positions in which we needed strengthening and signing players to fill those gaps.Īs well as planning on getting a move for Yann M’Vila, who’d spent the season on loan with us, Allardyce was busy replacing another loanee – DeAndre Yedlin. Still, six years ago today (How is it only that long? It seems an eternity,) Big Sam’s name was just starting to get mentioned as a possible replacement for Hodgson, and optimism was still running high after our excellent form in the second half of the season – topped off by a superb run-in – had seen us escape relegation at the expense of Newcastle. Big Sam was leading Sunderland’s pre-season preparations in Austria – but the international rumour mill was in full flow Photo by Ian Horrocks/Sunderland AFC via Getty Images But for a couple of weeks, we convinced ourselves it wouldn’t happen.Īrsene Wenger or Harry Redknapp – the other two leading candidates – would be a far better fit for the suits at St George’s Park, surely.īy virtue of the fact they prefer their wine by the glass, they would have been, as it turned out. He was off like a shot as soon as England made eyes over the carvery. He’ll want to stay and really establish us as a Premier League force. It was Big Sam’s time – his credentials rubber-stamped after the excellent job he’d done with Sunderland.īut, as always in football, we’d convinced ourselves it wouldn’t be. Looking back, it was obvious after Roy Hodgson left the England job.
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