Unfortunately it does appear that this is another hangover left from the Trew era. Having secured our survival in this league then this could be said to have been a cost for survival which I’d swallow and accept now as it proved installing Kevin Nolan was a good move.
However back then there were no guarantees that we would survive as a league club and to have a run as appalling as we did has seen many managers lose their jobs. RT should have sacked JS before AH even took over.