5 weeks? That's pushing it, give it 2/3 weeks. Actually they'll probably be slagging him off by the Boxing Day Friendly

I remember in the build up to the 2011 GF he used the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling. Seems quite appropriate now also.

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

I can't take that poem seriously since Mike Bassett

That's a fair point. Lambert and Butler....at centre back.

This imo is his greatest achievement & fair play what a win it was.
Yes the Treble will go down as our most successful Year but last night was amazing.
Ok both sides made plenty of errors but our lads lead by Mc.D off the pitch & Mags on it gave a masterclass in wet weather GF RL.
I said last week i still had concerns re-tonight but bleedin hell what a way to be answered.
So chuffed for this Squad & yes 100% chuffed for Mc.D & co.
So many great stories for individuals & collectively come from this win aswell not least Mags Ward & Tommy Briscoe but Mc.D's story is just incredible.