Sad Gary cannot believe his eyes
That is why he is refusing to set Swansea a points target for survival – or spend hours calculating who might win which games between now and May 21.
As far as Clement is concerned that would be a totally worthless exercise and a distraction from the real task at hand – lifting the Swans away from trouble.
Of course, he is well aware of all their rivals’ forthcoming fixtures in the battle to avoid crashing out of the Premier League.
But ahead of today’s crunch home clash with fellow strugglers Middlesbrough, Clement claims predicting the spills and thrills to come over the final weeks of the campaign is simply impossible – and irrelevant.
The f or mer Real Madrid, Chelsea and Bayern Munich No.2 said: “I haven’t done that at Swansea. All I’ve got is a list of who plays who in the run-in.
“In the past, with Carlo Ancelotti, we’d get all the fixtures out and say, ‘We’ll get three points here, three GARY McALLISTER will cheer Coventry City on at Wembley today not quite believing how far his old club have spiralled out of control.
It is 30 years since the Sky Blues enjoyed their greatest day – beating Tottenham in the 1987 FA Cup Final.
Now, though, they are bottom STEVE MILLAR of League One and relegation appears to be a certainty.
Amazingly, more than 40,000 devoted Coventry fans will still pack Wembley today for the Checkatrade Trophy Final against Oxford United.
McAllister (right) played for and managed the club and said: “What has happened to them is tragic. Ask anyone around the area and they can’t explain it.
“They are going to go down again and it’s just horrible.
“To see them drifting into League Two is so sad.”