Re: It should not have come to this
Season was a basket case.
Solid and over-achieving under Eustace - self-inflicted wound to sack him
No fear and world class….not even close under Rooney - self-inflicted wound to appoint him
Looked ok again under Mowbray - out of everyone’s control he had to vacate
Venus - out of his depth
Rowett - got Rowett football, didn’t matter who we we playing
Add in poor recruitment, whatever the reasons, and a group of players who under-achieved pretty consistently after Eustace left.
Taking Venus out of the equation, we would almost certainly have stayed up with every manager except Rooney, had they had the full season. Would have been dull with Eustace and Rowett though.
Hopefully we can get Mowbray back but quite a few of the squad will be here next year too.
I’m hoping for a bounce back of the same kind we had under Barry Fry - I hated going down then but the season after was entertaining and pretty successful.
Ironic we went down this year but nothing will change it now.