[johnno_pne]

Bit late here, sorry. Can't think much beyond Sheff Utd, same as others.

General play-off comment :
NE should have been in the mix this year and probably at least all of the last 6 years. However many years it takes to get back to Browney putting that pen against a post (against Derby?).

Readers may ask for the rationale for that first sentence.

It's quite simple: I assess the various squads on their abilities to play and not necessarily on their long-term performances over any specific season. Every recent manager has had fantastic performances from the team that he managed, at some stage.

The last sentence is one reason why it would be madness to criticise those who administered the club diligently to deliver each of those squads to the paying fans.

(And also where they paid the money - (edit) significant transfer fees in some cases.)

If the players don't deliver, after proving that they are very capable of doing so, that's a very revealing result about them.

And it happened under various managers. (Each manager has also had to bite their tongue.)

Alex Neil wanted to know : I tell them not to play long balls backwards and they still do so, but why ?
(Just one example.)