It actually happened.

My hoping in the last post was not without some justification - much as even I could not bring myself to think such thoughts beforehand.

Good work, Benitez.

I have not completely disappeared...

...but won't be fully back until the end of next week.

It's been a busy and eventful term.  I am thoroughly exhausted, and need a long rest.  

It's coming up, as is an utter mauling of Manchester United by Liverpool (we hope, in the worldly sense...).