There are far too many factors and all are legitimate - finances, the wafer thin squad, the inability to add to it through the season, the lack of a suitable replacement for Neil Alexander until November, club finances, that legal wrangle verus Langston, the relative failure of the Hasslebaink-Sinclair-Fowler high waged trio although Jimmy has done well, the lack of support at times. That's all off the pitch matters which gravely affected any Premiership or play-off push.
However City will be looking at themsleves on the field too. Many recall those last minutes missed penalties at Ninian Park to give away points, three away leads at Sheffield, West Brom and Watford being gifted away at the death and other bad performances and results.
Away form is has just verged on acceptable but isa characterised by far too many draws (11 and counting) although, currently lying in 12th, every aside above City with the exception of Ipswich have collected at least 3 more points on the road and about 10 on average. Two early season away wins have been followed by just two more wins in the last 19 Championship away days.
Perhaps what really killed us at the death, despite that 10 game unbeaten run, just ended - and during it too - were poor results against the strugglers. It's been a Cardiff trait to perform against the best sides but fail against the worst and here we go again.
Playing yesterday's bottom four in recent weeks - Colchester, Sheffield Wednesday, Scunthorpe and Leicester - City collected just 1 point out of 12, just not good enough at what was the "business end of the season".
TIME TO DIG OUT THAT OLD CLICHE THEN - THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT SEASON!
ROGER JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT SOME LOST POINTS TO THE ECHO
Will City rue missed chances?ic Wales - United Kingdom
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