Sad but true ian. With the brief blip under Warnock the club seems to have reverted to type, not learned, or progressed. I would have thought that after two and a bit years in the Championship we would have had a settled side approx mid table in ability. I would have expected a stable if not slightly improved match day attendance and a waiting list for corporate hospitality. Instead it just seems like amateurs trying to set a new club up for the very first time.

Each year the same mantra 'Quality over Quantity' and yet each year its almost a complete rebuild, and despite who is at the helm (Warnock the exception) no matter how many different players we have, it always seems to be the same hit or miss tactics, same tired legs, the same excuses and the same outcomes.

I could believe the tough league story, the big money that we cant compete with, the agents who thwart us, and the nasty clubs who snatch players away as we're poised, pen in hand to sign them. Yet clubs comparable to ours and smaller in some cases seem to do ok and apparently prosper. Its no use arguing one game does not make a season and that its over a season of 46 games, because once a game is gone thats it, and the games yet to play are in the ether somewhere and do not exist only on paper. Its the now that is important, but we are always waiting for jam tomorrow, sniffing around hoping we can grab a goal, nick a point here and there and hope that those around us fare worse. The deeper I look and the more I consider the situation, the more parallels I can draw from the dark days.

Its true we balance the books with a spanking stadium to be proud of no doubt. But as for everything else ? Its as you were. Not long at this rate before its the old 3 -4 thousand Millmoor faithful looking lost New York stadium. I just hope I'm very wrong.

We had a table for the last 3 seasons but haven't had one this year. Currently sat in the east stand and the corporate area looks rather sparse!

Anyone noticed how quiet Tony has gone lately?