Martin, I did partake of that discussion and was very much on the side of the J as I was flying it then but I had also flown the K so I was coming at it from an informed position; many of the J’s detractors were not.
I have also flown the A400M and while it’s a great strat ac it has some serious limitations that in my opinion will make it struggle to takeover from the J, particularly in the Tac role. Again I’m coming hopefully from an informed position.