Sullivan names moment it was over for Sam

David Sullivan has revealed he felt the same as the fans when Sam Allardyce was booed off.

Whilst he doesn’t name the specific game it’s possibly fair to assume it was the one against Hull City which was followed by intense fan outrage.

The chairman told Mail Sport: “When we were booed off after winning it was the weirdest thing. I felt the same. 

That’s one of the reasons we knew we had to make a change. Sam had done his job well and we thanked him for doing it.

‘But, physically, he was tired. He needed three months off and he has had it and come back like a tiger as we all knew he would. With luck he will keep Sunderland up.

He is a good manager but he does it his way and at West Ham we do it our way. Sam never really bought into that. West Ham fans want a dream, they don’t want reality.”