Originally Posted by
FatherKnowsBest
As much as anyone is free to think that, for me, the answer was that we had a very good first 11, but no depth when we got beyond that. Plenty good enough for L1, yes, but not at this level.
Therefore our failure was caused by having a squad not good enough for 46 games in the Championship. And I contend that the 'opportunity' of promotion was more likely a mirage that got us all excited, but which seemed to fool no-one else. Just 7 wins since November would tend to say that we really weren't that close.