In the end there was a consensus: having previously baulked at Jon Lansdown's assertion that Bristol City were "underachieving" and should be higher in the table, Nigel Pearson's post-season debrief accepted as much.
The Robins may have finished with a mild flourish to push themselves to a more acceptable points tally of 55 but 17th was not what was expected. CEO Richard Gould had previously indicated such was the club's wage bill that top-half was the minimum requirement.
Pearson conceded his team are slightly behind the curve in terms of where he wanted them to be after 18 months in charge and that what has taken place over the last nine months won't be acceptable in 2022/23, the word "play-offs" has also been touched upon.
