There have been some key moments over the last few years that have utterly derailed any progress we made.

The biggest that springs to mind was not keeping Cotterill, or not replacing him with someone capable. We had a championship-winning side that was on the up, and we entrusted our progress to an untried manager (Short), who made awful signings (Burgess, Spicer, etc.), and ruined any momentum we had. We then sacked him and started an utterly insane period of hiring and firing that brought the club to its knees.

The second one was last summer. For the first time in a decade, the club was on the up. All we had to do was build on the momentum and push for promotion. But we ripped up everything that had worked in search for some new identity as a lower-league Barcelona. Hardy and Nolan are to blame for the awful squad we assembled for this season.

So many other moments as well. Sacking Curle and replacing him with Kiwomya, appointing Moniz and then not giving him the time he needed to make it work, sacking Kewell after a few weeks for no apparent reason. The list is endless.

When you add it all up, one thing is clear: we absolutely deserve to be relegated. The club has been run so badly that anything else would be ridiculous. That fans don't deserve it, of course. It's a ****ing tragedy for us. But hey, that's football.