Just winning a trophy this season would be incredible for Moyes

Before kick-off on Saturday, a colleague dryly remarked: “So, we’re a wobbling mid-table side, up against a tight, in-form, Champions League-able team, who have a settled-in manager, with players that he actually wants at the club, in a system they are comfortable with ... I’ll be happy with a point gained.”

He was only half-joking, though I wasn’t laughing at full-time.

Moyes had picked a good-looking line-up, which none of us were complaining about, and which deservedly took the lead, as well as hitting the woodwork twice. Then, as what we once called Fergie-time approached, we entered what I sincerely hope will not become known as Moyes-time i.e. a period when the bottom quivers, nonsensical defensively-minded changes are made, and a game is surrendered.