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No, I mean this season.
Under achieved.

Second season syndrome is about newly-promoted teams that are relatively small for their new division. They have momentum, confidence and a good playing system from their promotion season, and bigger teams underestimate them. After their first season, bigger teams raid them of their best players and learn to stop the tactics that caught them off guard in the first season.

Obviously it’s a trend, not a golden rule. But I’d put money on Brentwood being nowhere near the top 5 next season (if they lose the final)

If they go up, I’m happy for them, but it’s better for us if they stay down

Doh, I think Barry Hearn is pumping some decent finance into Brentwood through sponsorship so reckon they might still be a major play off threat.