Thanks Ricky.
This has been a tough year, hot on the heels of a devastating year.
I personally think you've been great for the club. As a kid I absolutely loved cheering for you as a player, and I always thought we were in with a chance with you as head coach.
You very publicly stuck by the team and the players in what was arguably our darkest hour - a storm created outside your sphere of control. But you took all the hits brought about by wayward players and management, etc. You did it with all the grit you always displayed on the field.
Until this news, I never saw you take a backward step, and only wish you'd had a little more luck in the Shire.
Good luck, and thanks for working so bloody hard for us.
I will be accused of serous man love here, and fair enough I guess, but living in another country I won't get the chance to shake his hand and buy him a beer. Something I would have liked to have done.