This is the problem. So much of history has been rewritten into myth. A load of us who spent years on that Off The Pitch thread will remember Rafa at one stage got into bed with Hicks. Used to talk about happy email contact with him blah de blah. I said at the time that I thought it was a marriage made of convenience - a way of trying to extract a transfer budget from the fat cancer's wallet. Was it a mistake? Possibly. We'll never know. Possibly not. It's pointless to go back now and submit everyone's actions to the microscope, just as it's ridiculous to paint the story in terms of a shining messiah who fought our battle for us. Everyone made mistakes. I made the mistake of discussing and not doing enough. Took Roy and Leo to galvanise us. So why don't we draw a line under it and move on. We've got the most inspirational manager in the bloody league in charge now, and by the looks of it, decent and ambitious owners. As Kenny said, this football club is not going to look back. This football club has its eyes set on a red horizon.
Juan - totally agree - we always said we wanted to talk about the football, and frankly it's a relief to be able to do so. & having said that, I'm out of here.
