I think he did.

Talking about last night's game, he said "We know we have character going back two or three years.

"And maybe we would have lumped it then but the gaffer wants us to play."

Words almost fail me...the gaffer wants us to play?????

Does he think we're stupid and if he says shit like that we'll ignore the evidence of our own eyes and go 'righto, Jonjo, we're the new fucking Entertainers, we are'???

Look, there's no doubt that some of Rafa's football wasn't pretty but he had a proper plan and when the players were able to get it right we played exciing counter-attacking football-imagine the football we played in his last 6 months but with better players....so for Shelvey to dismiss it as just 'lumping' it and in the same sentence come out with a lie so ridiculous it wouls make Pinocchio blush and think he'd over-stepped the mark???

Basically translated as 'I had a shit game and, actually, I've been largely shite for a long time so i'd better big the boss up to keep my place in the team'.

pfft