This is a hotly contested prize on the phone-in with many candidates. Well done Phil, you must be truly stupid.
If he posts on here, my money is on SIR ERNIE.
I refer you to post #12 by KG7.
But in answer to your 'assumptions':
A - No we wouldn't, we'd have been passing to whoever took Armstrong's place.
B - No we wouldn't, they all left.
Your pain is entirely self inflicted.
But not the only constant... playing in sky blue for example. It's such a bullshit argument, it's a bit like saying we've had a shit NHS for years so it must be the fault of... let's think of a constant... vending machines?