Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
"deserve" implies getting your just deserts as punishment or a reward for putting in the extra hours and effort in.

If you asked fans of all clubs, "Do Sheff Wed DESERVE to be in the 3rd tier", almost all would say yes
Frame the question as "SHOULD Sheff Wed be in the 3rd tier" and you'd get a more even answer
Frame it as "OUGHT Shef Wed be in the 3rd tier with their gates and history" and almost all would say no.

Notts deserve to be where they are (due to poor stewardship), but we ought not to be (based on ground/gates)
That's what I was trying to say, but you said it better.