Seriously, rivalry aside, we’ve been there, at least I have, chuffed to bits because we had narrow losses against the supposed top 6. Under, may I say far less supposed brilliant managers than Benitez. It didn’t mean we weren’t actually shit thoughWe have been beaten by the odd goal by Spurs, Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal. We should/could have had 3 points from those games. That in itself shows just shows how good a coach that Rafa is. The teams I have mentioned average 1 billion pounds in playing staff. Our pathetic transfer outlay averages out at 3 million pounds per season since Ashley has been here. We totally outplayed Arsenal in the first half but they turned it on in the second half. To compete with the likes of these teams is absolutely remarkable. It will be a sad day when he leaves in 8 months time (sad face).