I thought he spoke fantastically after the game tonight. Every single interview he ever gives is from the heart and is painfully honest. I saw one earlier today when he spoke of 'never walking away last year no matter what the fans were saying and calling for because he refused to be the man who would take this great club down a division'. Said that he threw everything into survival last year and turnaround this year, to the detriment of time with his family because the club and the players mean everything to him.

Then you look at the way he embraced and whispered to all the players (and also Powell...) after the game and it really shows up all the idiots who time and time again have insulted him and questioned his right to be where he is. The players clearly love him to bits and respect him like crazy, and his game plan tonight (and the way it was executed) was absolutely first class. He has, and always will have, my respect and support.

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

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.