You are spot on,& I tend to think he never got or gets the credit he deserves, simply because of his ties with Sheffield utd, as some fans were against his appointment from the start.& had made their minds up whatever happened.
Reminds me of a philosophy lecturer I had. He marked an essay and said he'd only change two things: The arguments I'd raised and the words I'd used to express them. He was too serious to be ironic either. LoL