"I think he would be the first to accept he has improved as a player over that period, along with the team and has benefited from being here, as we have benefited from him". Roughly translated in Brenda speak, aren't I the bestest of the best manager in the world and getting the tissue out sob, sob, boohoo and he 'made me a better man, I'll miss you so so much, Luis. By the way a packed the 40 foot portrait of me in your removal van so you can look at it every night and praise the lord that you had the privilege to have worked under my tutelage.
Without him Brenda will need all the luck in the world to bluff this years failure.