Whether it was or wasn't it doesn't negate the fact that @fooca has a plethora of shortcomings to pick and choose from when it comes to management. Whereas the pickings have gotten somewhat slim for the Leopard trainers at the Circus now haven't they?
Can you count on more than one hand what they've actually said they're going to deliver on and actually have? ... oh no wait, they might have said it at a "mysterious meeting" but as you say, while not price sensitive enough to release to the market, it's a good enough a straw for you to clutch to in desperation.