As every groundhog season ended over the past 10 years or so, I fell into the same routine - delighted for a break from it all for a few weeks but quickly longing for a return to action as the excitement started to build again.
Yes, the build-up to the same fixtures we’d had year after year and the players we were going to sign to finally get us up (but without genuine belief as only three ever went up and it was never going to be us). I’d moan about parachute payments like it was a comforting excuse; you get the picture.
So, the reality of what happened last season still hasn’t hit, just as the reality of what our club are now doing to ensure I never have to pretend to be excited about Barnsley away again is incredible. The way this transfer window is going, I don’t think any of us could’ve thought it would be us.
