I'm sure you're right j636 and the final picture won't be clear until early 2015.
The growth in the peak summer months this year has been exceptional, and more than predicted, and MAN has performed better in the percentage rise in pax numbers than most other UK airports. Jet 2 have recently commented in an upturn in bookings after a sluggish start (not specifically referring to MAN), so they may be re-evaluating the issue of over capacity.
Not had chance to study the CAA stats yet but from comments on another site there are some impressive figures.