JUST want to concentrate on football”. No honestly, that’s what he said! People have asked on many occasions why my outlook is so gloomy. In reply I give you the extraordinary events of the last month as Exhibits A-Z. I can’t begin to convey how unhappy I was in December, for obvious reasons. It’s equally difficult to measure the fillip from the mauling of Newcastle, but it’s almost as if someone flicked a switch: “Getting too good now, time for a reality check”.