Well for starters you can’t win the league, champions league, FA Cup, League Cup, and the Olympic gold for figure skating every year, cos we are.

As for Mr. Bruce, I don’t think he’s been overly criticised. He has of course always put his boots on to go to work, whilst being there when the Daffodils come up. His teams have always ‘been there, or thereabouts, especially doing without all those injured (during his training sessions) players.

The press loves him, as they do ‘Arry’, all for the quotes, and the fact that neither of the two dinosaurs has actually managed their own club into the ground.

Social media is a whole new ball game though, it’s uncontrollable. A wise (insert gender or no gender here) wouldn’t read it anyway. So would that suggest those who do read their own press, are in fact only trying to inflate their own ego? Sh1t happens to those who go in search of it. The abuse is merciless. Sadly we are not a very nice species, some thrive in other people's misery, Bix01. Those of us, of the Claret and Blue persuasion, are obviously, nicer than most.

Enjoy the journey on the new Arabian flying carpet, due in at Sandcastle United shortly. I’d say the Mackems are delighted with your good fortune.