You, sir, are the Class A Muppet :)
Honestly though, if you believe what Don Givens says (I assume I know what you're referring to with the whole self-evaluation jibe) then your credibility goes out the window.
I don't want to be the reason for another Connolly thread, so PM me if you have more to say, or put it in the Connolly thread, at least my post was on this topic. Lets have more reasons to be optimistic.
Honestly, there really aren't too many.
I have one though, I get to go to my first Ireland game this campaign :D