On a positive note, if the Manager of the Month curse is anything to go by, imagine what Manager of the Year's curse could be like.....maybe we've dodged a bullet with that one.
El Abd just won the fair play award. Well deserved, top quality non cheating individual if there ever was one.
By the way, Poyets award was NOT for Manager of the Year, its for Managerial Achievement which should have gone to Lee Clark and his unbeaten Huddersfield team.