Think we need to look at achieving top 6 in the context of our club situation. We have trimmed the squad significantly. Financially and numerically. Courts was a budget choice as manager too. Our bench is testament to our relative lack of depth - promising players perhaps but not much strength in depth.

Losing Jeando's energy in January is an under recognised issue for us. Missing Butch and Harkes today was a big loss. Agree we obviously need to improve, agree we need to bolster up front, agree pace is a huge issue for us but in the context of what we have had to do to try to balance the club somewhat, I think it is a huge achievement making top 6.

Would love us to play with some freedom now the pressure is off. Europe is one hell of a carrot to play for that I didn't think was possible before the season kicked off.

I would suggest the players and management team deserve a lot of credit for making top 6 this year. So tight a league it would have been easy to miss out.