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well of course the damage had been irretriviably done - we had no chance of finishing top 4 by the time we played Sunderland the second time round
No, we didn't, but that doesn't alter the fact that we should not have spent the best part of forty-five minutes on the back foot at home against Sunderland, minds on the CC SF or not. There being nothing to play for as far as the league is concerned in no way excuses the truly abject showings against the Barcodes, Birmingham and Boro. Nor should it have taken us until after half-time to impose ourselves against Derby.
It seems Jol was right when he claimed that we'd overachieved; in fact, many of us suspected this was the case—that when we were missing just two or three key players, as was the case for much of last season, our competitiveness was seriously impaired. Levy and Miller—and presumably the rest of the board, not to mention Comolli—appear to have disagreed.
Our new coach seems to have reached the same conclusion as Jol, and now Levy has changed his tune. How very surprising.