Author Topic: Were you 'one of the forty'?  (Read 4431 times) During the spring, forty brave Rawkites became hostages to fortune with the click of a mouse. Not for us the return of a Messiah, not for us a ?proven? manager, nor were we persuaded by another comparative ingnue from a few miles up the M58 No, we chose the Liverpool manager as our Liverpool manager. As that first press conference drew to a close I?m certain that I was just one of at least forty believers intoxicated by the substance, composure and delivery that we had witnessed. A few doubters began to join us, a few nevers turned to maybes This man was starting to convince. Five months and the odd roughly hewn milestone or two later, how does that click feel today? A bit of background to set the scene. For the first time in my 30+ years supporting the club, I am older than the manager. For the first time since the Souness era (I don?t count Hodgson) my dad is openly criticising the manager in his first season. Where once I got that knot of excitement in the stomach, going to the game is almost starting to feel like an experience to be endured. Almost Because for every 0-0 at home to Stoke there is a 2-5 at Carrow Road, for every 3-0 at West Brom there is a..........1-2 at West Brom! But ultimately because it still just feels right. For all the stats and the