"I said in last summer's transfer window this team is good enough to be in the top six by January, and it's good to be able to see that the quality of the team is beginning to show what they can do."...

"Just looking at how the team has been since he came, in we were always going to do that (offer a new contract)....

"I still think we can make the top six but I don't think it's as easy as it should have been,....

"This league need experienced managers and one thing Mick has is experience...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56291119
- MM has done well but I do hope that we haven't signed him because it saves Dalman an embarrassing quote.

- The new contract shouldn't be on basis of what MM has done so far with likes of Wilson, Ojo but on the basis of what he plans on doing next year when most high profile players leave and most of Warnock's singings enter final year of contract. Who does he plan on resigning? What style of play when most skillful players leave?

- (the traditional embarrassing quote)

- Barnsley don't have an experienced manager, at least not in UK football, but he has done better but he arguably done more over past 10 games than MM has due to beating Brentford and scaring Chelsea.

"Barnsley isn't a sudden case of a manager making a huge difference, it is a project that goes back to the 2017/18 takeover where they committed to a style and have recruited coaches and managers to fit. Available to all clubs with a long term view." - https://twitter.com/SBunching/status...32273762951169
MM has stood up well to every test so far but future plans, and execution of this, matter more than what he's been doing so far.