Nope sorry, disagree. They were 7th and out of Europe. When The European nights start again they would have been missing. Nothing for the media to jizz over, nothing for them to tell us every day how great these nights were under Sir Matt.It annoys the crap out of me too, but I like to think it was a 9-D chess move to keep them barely alive and prolong their anguish. A bit like what the serial-killer did to that bloke in the film Seven.
Not for everyone ;-)Winning the league 4 times in a row isn't to be sniffed at.
Edited for accuracy."Can't sign Branthwaite as we'll break the spending rules that we wanted in an attemptt to maintain the status quo."
"Give JFE a few beer tokens instead. Jobs a good 'un!"