> > I hope you are right Matt, but I'd suggest it > might be another near miss in the end. And Shankly > and Paisley will be rolling on their graves at the > thought of a manager being allowed so many near > misses. That is possibly the most ridiculous statement I have ever read on this thread. Shanks and Paisley would be horrified with the way that modern managers are treated. At least in their day it was more of a level playing field. Edit - Cheers MM, I did know it was you, just deleted the wrong bit.