This was why I couldn't help but get in a discussion about it today. In the end I gave up as it was like talking to a wall. They won't have it that he failed.
I still can't believe the ppg would have had them stay up at our expense with a few more games. We were in fantastic form from Jan and would have moved further away from them. We put the kids out against watford and had I think two wrongly chalked off and still drew. If we needed we would have fielded the 1st team and took 3 points there.
But I've give up let them have there delusion. That's the difference we can always except we are shite, when our boss fails
Think what the lad meant was that if Benitez had came in two games earlier, had more time to work with the squad, not if the season had carried on to 40 games. We got beat 5-0 at Chelsea, then had almost 3 weeks til our next game, that would've been the time to sack McClaren and bring in Benitez before the Stoke and Bournemouth games, and that's where the possibly the extra points would've came from, as he'd have had an extra month working with the squad. Clearly he was doing something right as we finished the season 6 unbeaten.
Anyway it's a redundant discussion isn't it really, it is what it is. Promotion secured at the first attempt and we look forward to August.