The coupling of the complete collapse of the other media styled big 4, our main rivals for the League title, and our new found belief and winning mentality borne from successive cup wins, triumphs which we were lead to believe showed once and for all the turning of a corner in terms of mentality, the stepping stones to real success.

It was as if the big clubs decided to take a year off for the old man, stood back and said here you go mate, one more before retirement.

However nobody worked the theory as far as the group of players who have demonstrated they are not good enough or that they are not managed in a way which produces the best results from their many combined talents.