Watson was booed by own fans, disappointed on the pitch and was left out of the side when Le Bris reverted to his strongest XI for the final games of the campaign and the play-offs. Le Bris' appointment was a masterstroke and the 'model' has led the Black Cats to the Premier League, with the Man of the Match, the captain and the stoppage time matchwinner at Wembley all local boys and Sunderland fans as kids. When Sunderland's players told Le Bris in his first meeting as head coach that they wanted to win promotion, he didn't know at that stage whether it was achievable.