Sorry it's took a while to get back to you because I've been laughing my duck off that you try to use anything Robbie Savage says to prove a point, at least it cheered me up. Also made me chuckle in your comparison of Van Persie and Leon Clarke. Defenders age better than most other positions so one more season shouldn't make too much difference with the ones you mentioned. I'm still not quite sure what point you are trying to prove against mine to be honest when I said that a good manager will get the best and more out of a average squad which is what Fergie did (with Van persie like Pressley has had Clarke and Wilson) but Pressley has not managed to do that yet which is why to me the jury is still out. But when I read what you write about football I think back to your comment about Delfounseo being a very good signing for us. Even the people who really think they know it all don't.
You must be in complete denial.
The "true reflection" is reality...it's no good including 10pts that were taken away. Otherwise you may as well go right back to the lost earnings from a European campaign that never happened in 1988/89 due to the English clubs being banned. That income may have brought about an entirely different "reflection" as well!
you obviously know more about your club's history than me, but I would have thought your European campaign (European cup winners cup I assume) would have been in 1987/88?