Agreed, although I think I suffer from a little bit of rose tinted glasses when looking back at that period (promotion season aside, I’d taken a “sabbatical” by then). That period saw arguably the best football I’ve seen played down the city but when it comes down to it DJ’s sides were too brittle for the marathon of a promotion winning season.
That Blackpool final is such a sliding doors moment. Would’ve loved to have seen how that team would’ve coped in the top flight.
From my perspective it seems a fairly mediocre division this season. Current top four look a different class but even then, based purely on the games and teams I’ve got to watch this season, I think only Brentford have seriously impressed me with their style of play.