Only in 5th place. Terrible job he must have been doing.
The official stance is that they have not made enough progress. They're 5 points off the top FFS.
they're derby county ffs!
To be fair, they have been failing at the playoffs for the past several years. I can see why they feel that automatic promotion is the only definition of 'progress'.
However, the fact that they're 5 points off top does really throw their desperation into relief.